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Texas Almanac 2000-2001
Hunt
CountyPhysical Features: North
Texas county; level to rolling sur-
face; Sabine, Sulphur rivers; Lake
Tawakoni; mostly heavy Black-
land soil, some loam, sandy
loams.
Economy: Education, varied
manufacturing, agribusiness; sev-
eral Fortune 500 companies in
county; many residents employed
in Dallas area.
History: Kiowa Indians who
left soon after Anglo-American
settlers arrived in 1839. County
named for Memucan Hunt,
Republic secretary of navy; cre-
ated 1846 from Fannin, Nacogdo-
ches counties.
Ethnicity, 1990: White,
55,705 (86.6%); Black, 6,802
(10.6%); American Indian, 266
(0.4%); Asian, 351 (0.5%); Other,
1,219 (1.9%). Hispanic, 2,876
(4.5%).
Vital Statistics, 1997: Births,
1,030; deaths, 761; marriages,
691; divorces, 450.
Recreation: Lake sports;
Texas A&M University-Commerce
events; museum; Audie Murphy
exhibit.
Minerals: Sand and white
rock, gas, oil.
Agriculture: Cattle, forage,
greenhouse crops, top revenue
sources; horses, wheat, oats, cot-
ton, grain sorghum. Market value
$24 million. Some firewood sold.N / N
F A WOLFE
CITY ..-
272 816 1563
69 -
692 O 816
6 272 512 Al
2655
LESTE 2358 p
1 2 1566 A 512 SOUTH
SULPHUR
S36 903 IuNGSTo 118 COMM
1 3427
.*2874
2194 2194 118 NLLEAN
MERIT 1569 224
I 2736
S 903 1569 CAMPELL
CS 380 C434
KAUFMAN
0 2 4 6 8 ILES
m m MILES$GREENVILLE (25,238) county seat; aircraft electronics;
plastics distribution; varied manufacturing; hospitals; branch of
Paris Junior College; Cotton Jubilee in October, cotton
museum.
Commerce (7,123) Texas A&M University-Commerce;
varied manufacturing; tourism; Bois d'Arc Bash in September;
hospital.
Other towns include: Caddo Mills (1,156); Campbell
(819); Celeste (896); Hawk Cove (NA); Lone Oak (614);
"Where cotton is still King...."
AMERICAN COTTON MUSEUM
600 I-30 East P.O. Box 347
Greenville, TX 75403
903-454-1990
or (903) 450-4502
www.cottonmuseum.comMerit (215); Neylandvllle (116); Qulnlan (1,616); West Tawa-
konl (1,168) tourist center, light industry, catfish tournament,
Lakefest; Wolfe City (1,600).
Population ......................................................... 71,039
Change fm '90 ................................................ 10.4
Area (sq. mi.) ....................... ........... 882.0
Land Area (sq. mi.) ......................................... 841.2
A ltitude t.) ..................................................................437-692
R ainfall (in.) ........................................................................ 4 1 .6
Jan. mean min ..... ............................. ...... 29
July mean max ..................................... .......... 94
Growing season (days) ....................................... 237
Civ. Labor .................................. ..... .. 35,977
Unemployed ............................. .... .... 3.9
Annual Wages ........................................ $625,212,312
Av. Weekly Wage ....................................... $486.74
Fed. Wages ....................................... $13,242,841
Ag. Net Cash Return............................... $35,000
Prop. Value ........................................ $2,128,661,904
Retail Sales............................ ...... $554,643,401
For explanation of sources, abbreviations and symbols, see p. 130.VAN ZANOT
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