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Hunt County, Texas

65 topographic sheets cover 49 settlements here, and 9 properties are on the National Register of Historic Places.

Research this county

From the record

9 National Register listings published here.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

Texas within the United States
Hunt County within Texas
Explore by year 1873 1894

What the record shows

  • 390 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
  • 9 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 9 buildings.
  • 1 of the 9 listings was added during the 1970s.
  • The Geographic Names Information System records 49 populated places in this county; 49 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.

Places on the National Register

9

Every property in this county listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the year it was listed and the federal nomination document.

Photograph PropertyType ListedReference
Blanton Schoolbuilding200606000823
William and Medora Camp Housebuilding198888002130
Central Christian Churchbuilding200403001376
Greenville Masonic Lodge No. 335 A.F. & A.M.building2023100009494
Hunt County Courthousebuilding199696000688
Katy Depotbuilding199796001625
Post Office Buildingbuilding197474002081
President's Housebuilding200101001264
Washington Hotelbuilding201010000962

Bird's-eye views and land ownership maps

5

Drawn when these were printed as single large sheets: the town seen from the air, and the county divided into its farms with every owner named. Each opens the original at the Library of Congress.

Bird's-eye view, 1886 - Greenville, Tex., county seat of Hunt County 1886
Bird's-eye view (1886) - Greenville, Tex., county seat of Hunt County 1886. Library of Congress.
Bird's-eye view, 1891 - Wolfe City, Texas 1891
Bird's-eye view (1891) - Wolfe City, Texas 1891. Library of Congress.
Land ownership map, 1873 - Hunt County
Land ownership map (1873) - Hunt County. Library of Congress.
Land ownership map, 1879 - Hunt County, Texas
Land ownership map (1879) - Hunt County, Texas. Library of Congress.
Land ownership map, 1894 - Hunt Co., Texas
Land ownership map (1894) - Hunt Co., Texas. Library of Congress.

Photographs from libraries nationwide

5 of 6 shown

Selected from the Digital Public Library of America's 6 image records catalogued for this county. Every one shown here carries a public-domain status or a licence that permits reuse on a site that carries advertising; non-commercial, share-alike and restricted images are excluded. The selection is spread across the county's towns (at most eight per town), so no single institution's bulk upload crowds out the rest. Each opens the holding library's record, and the complete set at the Digital Public Library of America is one click away.

"Diaper Jeans," trade mark reg. pat. A dude in denim... P. O. Box 425, Greenville, Texas, Boston Public Library - undated
"Diaper Jeans," trade mark reg. pat. A dude in denim... P. O. Box 425, Greenville, Texas. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Cotton gin, Greenville, Texas, Boston Public Library - undated
Cotton gin, Greenville, Texas. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Airport obstruction chart, OC 5138, Majors Airport, Greenville, Texas, Boston Public Library - undated
Airport obstruction chart, OC 5138, Majors Airport, Greenville, Texas. United States. National Ocean Service, Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
J. P. "Punk" McNatt Motor Co., Olds - Cadillac - Greenville, Texas - Phone 147, Boston Public Library - undated
J. P. "Punk" McNatt Motor Co., Olds - Cadillac - Greenville, Texas - Phone 147. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Greenville Seed House, Greenville, Texas, Boston Public Library - undated
Greenville Seed House, Greenville, Texas. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.

The county from the air

48 shown

Flown by the U.S. Geological Survey between 1937 and 1989, the Aerial Photo Single Frames collection is the definitive mid-century view of the land: fields, roads and rivers as the camera saw them. The Survey holds 1,201 frames inside the rectangle that bounds this county; the 48 frames below were taken over the county itself, chosen across the decades of flights (at most four a year from that rectangle), so one flight cannot crowd out the rest. The full set is free to browse and download at EarthExplorer under the dataset Aerial Photo Single Frames.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1949-09-30, scale 1:70000
1949-09-30, scale 1:70000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1949-09-30, scale 1:70000
1949-09-30, scale 1:70000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1949-09-30, scale 1:70000
1949-09-30, scale 1:70000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1949-09-30, scale 1:70000
1949-09-30, scale 1:70000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1952-12-16, scale 1:69000
1952-12-16, scale 1:69000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1952-12-16, scale 1:69000
1952-12-16, scale 1:69000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1952-12-16, scale 1:69000
1952-12-16, scale 1:69000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1952-12-16, scale 1:69000
1952-12-16, scale 1:69000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1953-01-04, scale 1:69000
1953-01-04, scale 1:69000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1953-01-04, scale 1:69000
1953-01-04, scale 1:69000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1953-01-04, scale 1:69000
1953-01-04, scale 1:69000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1953-01-04, scale 1:69000
1953-01-04, scale 1:69000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1954-03-08, scale 1:28400
1954-03-08, scale 1:28400. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1954-03-08, scale 1:28400
1954-03-08, scale 1:28400. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1954-03-08, scale 1:28400
1954-03-08, scale 1:28400. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1954-03-08, scale 1:28400
1954-03-08, scale 1:28400. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1959-11-30, scale 1:18600
1959-11-30, scale 1:18600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1959-11-30, scale 1:18600
1959-11-30, scale 1:18600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1959-11-30, scale 1:18600
1959-11-30, scale 1:18600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1959-11-30, scale 1:18600
1959-11-30, scale 1:18600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1961-02-09, scale 1:17000
1961-02-09, scale 1:17000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1961-02-09, scale 1:17000
1961-02-09, scale 1:17000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1961-02-09, scale 1:17000
1961-02-09, scale 1:17000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1961-02-09, scale 1:17000
1961-02-09, scale 1:17000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1962-03-05, scale 1:17600
1962-03-05, scale 1:17600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1962-03-05, scale 1:17600
1962-03-05, scale 1:17600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1962-03-05, scale 1:17600
1962-03-05, scale 1:17600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1962-03-05, scale 1:17600
1962-03-05, scale 1:17600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1964-02-16, scale 1:17600
1964-02-16, scale 1:17600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1964-02-16, scale 1:17600
1964-02-16, scale 1:17600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1964-02-16, scale 1:17600
1964-02-16, scale 1:17600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1964-02-16, scale 1:17600
1964-02-16, scale 1:17600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1975-01-15, scale 1:22000
1975-01-15, scale 1:22000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1975-01-15, scale 1:22000
1975-01-15, scale 1:22000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1975-01-15, scale 1:22000
1975-01-15, scale 1:22000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1975-01-15, scale 1:22000
1975-01-15, scale 1:22000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1978-12-04, scale 1:80000
1978-12-04, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1978-12-04, scale 1:80000
1978-12-04, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1978-12-04, scale 1:80000
1978-12-04, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1978-12-04, scale 1:80000
1978-12-04, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1979-11-10, scale 1:64500
1979-11-10, scale 1:64500. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1979-11-10, scale 1:65000
1979-11-10, scale 1:65000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1979-11-10, scale 1:65000
1979-11-10, scale 1:65000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1979-11-16, scale 1:64272
1979-11-16, scale 1:64272. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1980-02-26, scale 1:64461
1980-02-26, scale 1:64461. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1980-02-26, scale 1:64461
1980-02-26, scale 1:64461. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1980-02-26, scale 1:64461
1980-02-26, scale 1:64461. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1980-02-26, scale 1:64461
1980-02-26, scale 1:64461. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

Weather records

13 stations, 5 gages

The thermometers that kept this county's weather, and the gages that measured the flow of its streams, as the federal records hold them. The extremes below are measured values from those records, not estimates.

The 1950 census, district by district

72 districts

Who lived here in 1950, one enumeration district at a time, as the Census Bureau described each district. Each row opens its official National Archives result, with Population Schedules and ED Maps available there.

  • 116-1Justice Precinct 1: Greenville city: Greenville city - That part of Ward 1 Bounded by State Highway 24, City limits; City limits; U.S. Highway 67, Lee; Gordon, Anderson, State Highway 24
  • 116-2Justice Precinct 1: Greenville city - That part of Ward 1 Bounded by Sockwell Blvd., Wesley, Sabine River; City limits, State Highway 24, Stonewall; Anderson, Wesley, Silver, Wright
  • 116-3Justice Precinct 1: Greenville city - That part of Ward 1 Bounded by City limits; City limits; Sabine River, Wesley, Sockwell Blvd., Wright, Dalton; Missouri Kansas Texas Railroad, City limits
  • 116-4Justice Precinct 1: Greenville city - That part of Ward 1 Bounded by City limits, Missouri Kansas Texas Railroad, Dalton; Wright; Polk, Sayles, Polk; City limits
  • 116-5Justice Precinct 1: Greenville city - That part of Ward 1 Bounded by Silver, Wesley, Anderson; Stonewall; Bourland, Wesley, Bourland; Wright
  • 116-6Justice Precinct 1: Greenville city - That part of Ward 1 Bounded by Anderson; Gordon; Lee; Stonewall
  • 116-7Justice Precinct 1: Greenville city - That part of Ward 1 Bounded by Bourland, Wesley, Bourland; Stonewall; Lee; Wright
  • 116-8Justice Precinct 1: Greenville city - That part of Ward 1 Bounded by Polk, Sayles, Polk; Wright; Lee; Walnut;
  • 116-9Justice Precinct 1: Greenville city - That part of Ward 1 Bounded by City limits, Polk; Walnut; Lee, State Highway 24; City limits
  • 116-10Justice Precinct 1: Greenville city - That part of Ward 2, excluding Beckham Hotel Bounded by Lee; Wesley; St. Louis Southwestern Railway; Texas
  • 116-11Beckham Hotel (In Greenville city, Ward 2 in Justice Precinct 1)
  • 116-12Justice Precinct 1: Greenville city - That part of Ward 2 Bounded by Lee; Texas; St. Louis Southwestern Railway; Langford
  • 116-13Justice Precinct 1: Greenville city - That part of Ward 2 Bounded by State Highway 24; Langford; St. Louis Southwestern Railway; City limits
  • 116-14Justice Precinct 1: Greenville city - That part of Ward 2 Bounded by St. Louis Southwestern Railway; Texas, Templeton, King; City limits; City limits
  • 116-15Justice Precinct 1: Greenville city - That part of Ward 2 Bounded by St. Louis Southwestern Railway; Wesley; Oneal; Texas
  • 116-16Justice Precinct 1: Greenville city - That part of Ward 2 Bounded by Oneal; Wesley; City limits, King, Templeton; Texas
  • 116-17Justice Precinct 1: Greenville city - That part of Ward 3, excluding Washington Hotel Bounded by Lee, U.S. Highway 67; Louisiana and Arkansas Railway; Wesley
  • 116-18Washington Hotel (In Greenville city, Ward 3, in Justice Precinct 1)
  • 116-19Justice Precinct 1: Greenville city - That part of Ward 3 Bounded by Louisiana and Arkansas Railway, Bois D'Arc, Mill; Henderson; Jones; Wesley
  • 116-20Justice Precinct 1: Greenville city - That part of Ward 3 Bounded by Louisiana and Arkansas Railway, U.S. Highway 67; City limits; Jones; Henderson, Mill, Bois D'Arc
  • 116-21Justice Precinct 1: Greenville city - That part of Ward 3 Bounded by Jones; City limits; Division; Moulton
  • 116-22Justice Precinct 1: Greenville city - That part of Ward 3 Bounded by Jones; Moulton; Missouri Kansas Texas Railroad; Wesley
  • 116-23Justice Precinct 1: Greenville city - That part of Ward 3 Bounded by Missouri Kansas Texas Railroad; City limits; City limits; Wesley
  • 116-24Justice Precinct 1: Greenville city - That part of Ward 3 Bounded by Division; City limits; City limits; Moulton
  • 116-25Justice Precinct 1: Mineral Heights city
  • 116-26Justice Precinct 1 - That part northwest of St. Louis Southwestern Railway and northeast of Missouri Kansas Texas Railroad, outside Greenville city
  • 116-27Justice Precinct 1 - That part southwest of Missouri Kansas Texas Railroad and north of State Highway 24, outside Greenville city
  • 116-28Justice Precinct 1 - That part south of State Highway 24 and northwest of U.S. Highway 67, outside Greenville city
  • 116-29Justice Precinct 1 - That part south of U.S. Highway 67 and west of East Caddo Fork
  • 116-30Justice Precinct 1 - That part southeast of Missouri Kansas Texas Railroad, U.S. Highway 67, west of Texas and New Orleans Railroad, and east of East Caddo Fork, outside Greenville and Mineral Heights cities
  • 116-31Justice Precinct 1 - That part southwest of Missouri Kansas Texas Railroad, north of Vansickle - Wieland - Lone Oak Rd. and east of Texas and New Orleans Railroad
  • 116-32Justice Precinct 1 - That part south of Vansickle - Wieland - Lone Oak Rd. and east of Texas and New Orleans Railroad
  • 116-33Justice Precinct 1 - That part southeast of St. Louis Southwestern Railway and northeast of Missouri Kansas Texas Railroad, outside Greenville city
  • 116-34Justice Precinct 2: Celeste town
  • 116-35Justice Precinct 2 - That part northwest of Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway and east of Missouri Kansas Texas Railroad, outside Celeste town
  • 116-36Justice Precinct 2 - That part southwest of Missouri Kansas Texas Railroad and north of Unnamed road extending westward from Celeste town to county line, outside Celeste town
  • 116-37Justice Precinct 2 - That part south of Unnamed road extending westward from county line to Celeste town and northwest of Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway, outside Celeste town
  • 116-38Justice Precinct 2 - That part west of Missouri Kansas Texas Railroad, northwest of Kingston - Merit Rd. and southeast of Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway, outside Celeste town
  • 116-39Justice Precinct 2 - That part southeast of Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway and Merit - Kingston Rd. and southwest of Missouri Kansas Texas Railroad
  • 116-40Justice Precinct 2 - That part southeast of Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway and northeast of Missouri Kansas Texas Railroad, outside Celeste town
  • 116-41Justice Precinct 3: Caddo Mills city
  • 116-42Justice Precinct 3 - That part northwest of St. Louis Southwestern Railway
  • 116-43Justice Precinct 3 - That part southeast of St. Louis Southwestern Railway and northwest of U.S. Highway 67, outside Caddo Mills city
  • 116-44Justice Precinct 3 - That part southeast of U.S. Highway 67, outside Caddo Mills city
  • 116-45Justice Precinct 4: Lone Oak town
  • 116-46Justice Precinct 4 - That part north of Louisiana, Arkansas & Texas Railway
  • 116-47Justice Precinct 4 - That part south of Louisiana, Arkansas & Texas Railway, east of Cumby - Lone Oak Rd. and northeast of Missouri Kansas Texas Railroad, outside Lone Oak town
  • 116-48Justice Precinct 4 - That part south of Louisiana, Arkansas & Texas Railway, northwest of Cumby - Lone Oak Rd., northeast of Missouri Kansas Texas Railroad, southeast of Dixon - Campbell Rd., outside Lone Oak town
  • 116-49Justice Precinct 4 - That part south of Louisiana, Arkansas & Texas Railway and north and west of Dixon - Campbell Rd.
  • 116-50Justice Precinct 4 - That part southwest of Missouri Kansas Texas Railroad, outside Lone Oak town
  • 116-51Justice Precinct 5: Wolfe City: Wolfe City - That part Bounded by Town limits; Town limits; Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway; Town limits
  • 116-52Justice Precinct 5: Wolfe City - That part Bounded by Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway; Town limits; Murphy, Greenville, Hanna
  • 116-53Justice Precinct 5: Wolfe City town - That part Bounded by Hanna, Greenville, Murphy; Town limits; Town limits; Town limits
  • 116-54Justice Precinct 5 - That part northeast of St. Louis Southwestern Railway, outside Wolfe City
  • 116-55Justice Precinct 5 - That part southwest of St. Louis Southwestern Railway, west of State Highway 34 and northwest of South Sulphur River, outside Wolfe City
  • 116-56Justice Precinct 5 - That part southwest of St. Louis Southwestern Railway, northeast of South Sulphur, River and east of State Highway 34, outside Wolfe City
  • 116-57Justice Precinct 5 - That part southwest of South Sulphur River
  • 116-58Justice Precinct 6: Commerce city: Commerce city - That part Bounded by City limits; City limits; Texas and New Orleans Railroad, St. Louis Southwestern Railway, Sycamore; Park
  • 116-59Justice Precinct 6: Commerce city - That part Bounded by City limits; Park; Texas and New Orleans Railroad, Bois D'Arc, Live Oak; City limits
  • 116-60Justice Precinct 6: Commerce city - That part Bounded by Texas and New Orleans Railroad; Park; Chestnut, Pecan, Live Oak; Bois D' Arc
  • 116-61Justice Precinct 6: Commerce city - That part Bounded by Sycamore, St. Louis Southwestern Railway, Texas and New Orleans Railroad; City limits; City limits; Mangum, Aldridge, Mangum, Spruce, Clark, Chestnut, Park
  • 116-62Justice Precinct 6: Commerce city - That part Bounded by Live Oak, Pecan, Chestnut; Clark, Spruce, Mangum, Aldridge, Mangum; City limits; Monroe, Aldridge, Monroe
  • 116-63Justice Precinct 6: Commerce city - That part Bounded by Live Oak; Monroe, Aldridge, Monroe; City limits; City limits
  • 116-64Justice Precinct 6 - That part north of Middle Sulphur River and east of State Highway 11
  • 116-65Justice Precinct 6 - That part west of State Highway 11, northeast of Middle Sulphur River
  • 116-66Justice Precinct 6 - That part southwest of Middle Sulphur River, west of State Highway 11 and north and northwest of State Highway 24, outside Commerce city
  • 116-67Justice Precinct 6 - That part south of Middle Sulphur River and southeast and south of State Highway 24, west of State Highway 11, outside Commerce city
  • 116-68Justice Precinct 7: Quinlan city
  • 116-69Justice Precinct 7 - That part north of South Fork Sabine River and east of Texas and New Orleans Railroad, outside Quinlan city
  • 116-70Justice Precinct 7 - That part west of Texas and New Orleans Railroad and north of Union Valley - Quinlan Rd., outside Quinlan city
  • 116-71Justice Precinct 7 - That part south of Union Valley - Quinlan Rd., west of Texas and New Orleans Railroad and north of South Fork Sabine River, outside Quinlan city
  • 116-72Justice Precinct 7 - That part south of South Fork Sabine River

Wildfire, 2000 to 2020

2,001 fires

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 2,001 of them, burning about 14,982 acres. 24 started naturally and 48 were recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.

Reported cause Fires
Debris and open burning1026
Missing data/not specified/undetermined571
Equipment and vehicle use238
Arson/incendiarism48
Smoking33
Power generation/transmission/distribution25
Natural24
Misuse of fire by a minor19
Recreation and ceremony12
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Other causes1
Fireworks1

The five largest, by the area the report gives. Two of them were set deliberately.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
18 January 2006Arson/incendiarism320 acresTexas A & M Forest Service4106 FIRE
5 January 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined300 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceFLOYD
9 November 2008Debris and open burning275 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceFLOYD 2 - 122
10 August 2007Arson/incendiarism250 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCADDO MILLS- 9
18 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined250 acresTexas A & M Forest ServicePENIAL FIRE
19 September 2005Equipment and vehicle use210 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 381
9 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined200 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCROWELL RD FIRE
29 January 2017Debris and open burning200 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE

Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.

Storms, 1954 to 2026

60 of 674 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 674 reports for this county, causing 4 deaths, 45 injuries and about $13,767,910 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event Reports
Thunderstorm Wind257
Hail251
Flash Flood75
Tornado62
Flood17
Lightning9
Heavy Rain2
Funnel Cloud1

The most serious of them, by death, then injury, then recorded damage. The accounts are quoted exactly as the forecast office filed them.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
January 2017Thunderstorm WindLake Tawakoni2 killedThe bodies of a 26 year old man and his 5 year old son were found on Lake Tawakoni a day after being reported missing. According to reports, the pair were on the lake at the time the squall line blew through the area. Their boat was thought to have capsized, leading to the drowning of the father and son.
November 1983Thunderstorm Windnot stated1 killed, 2 hurtno account filed
February 2023Flash FloodLybrand1 killed, $100,000Brushy Creek overflowed Interstate 30 near FM 1565 and several cars were stuck in high water. The fast moving water swept one car off the road on the north service road and unfortunately the elderly man drowned.
May 1985Tornado (F2)not stated23 hurt, $2,500,000no account filed
May 1966Tornado (F3)not stated5 hurt, $25,000no account filed
April 2014Tornado (EF1)Wagner4 hurt, $900,000A National Weather Service storm survey crew determined a long track tornado produced EF1 damage in several spots in Hunt County. The hardest hit home was a ranch for exotic birds and chickens. This tornado produced a non continuous path for nearly 12 miles, producing several pockets of tree and fence damage.
May 1985Thunderstorm Windnot stated4 hurtno account filed
June 2004LightningGreenville3 hurt, $1,000Lightning struck a house, injuring 3 people.
December 1971Tornado (F2)not stated2 hurt, $2,500,000no account filed
November 1992Tornado (F0)not stated1 hurt, $250,000no account filed
June 1974Tornado (F2)not stated1 hurt, $25,000no account filed
May 2014Flash FloodMuddig$500,000Very heavy rainfall fell across the county resulting in significant flooding. Rainfall totals from 4-5.5 were reported across the county with radar estimates of higher amounts in the northwestern portions of the county. Significant flooding was reported in the city of Commerce. Many streets in the city were flooded and described as flowing rivers. Two cars were trapped on flooded roads and the drivers had to be rescued. Flood waters entered homes in Quinlan and Tawakoni. The roof of the cafeteria at Ford High School in Quinlan ruptured during the lunch hour sending ceiling tiles falling and water into the lunchroom. No one was injured. Several roads across the county were closed due to high water.
April 2012Tornado (EF2)Union Vly$500,000A strong EF-2 tornado began in eastern Rockwall County and traveled northeast into Hunt County before lifting. As the tornado crossed into Hunt County, it destroyed one mobile home near the Rockwall/Hunt County Line. The tornado then continued to the northeast where it destroyed the roof of one more home before lifting north of Highway 276. The path length of the tornado in Hunt County was nearly a mile long, but the total path length was 3.3 miles. Maximum estimated winds with the tornado while it was in Hunt County were likely around 130 mph and the tornado was approximately 400 yards wide.
October 2010Tornado (EF0)Lone Oak$500,000An EF0 tornado hit the Rolling Hills subdivision southwest of Lone Oak. Ten homes sustained damage with one home completely destroyed. The destroyed home was an unoccupied apartment over a garage. The apartment was lifted up from its wood beam supports and displaced along the track of the twister. In addition, tree damage was observed, and some trees and tree limbs damaged homes and cars. The maximum winds were estimated to be between 80-85 mph.
May 2009Thunderstorm WindCommerce$500,000Numerous and substantial damage was reported in and around Commerce. An estimated 10-15 homes and 8-10 cars were heavily damaged by straight line winds. Trees were snapped in half and some trees fell down on homes, on power lines, and also on streets. Some of the trees that were snapped or uprooted were several feet in diameter. Also, the pavilion at the city park was leveled, and just west of town, the roof was torn off a small house that was being used for storage.
July 2007Flash FloodCampbell$400,000Between two and three inches of rain fell in less than an hour across portions of the county, causing significant flooding. Several homes were evacuated and flooded, and at least two cars were filled to their windows with water. One of the cars was located off Highway 50 between Campbell and Commerce Streets. CR 4105 and the intersection of FM 1568 and CR 4312 were closed due to flooding.
March 2023Thunderstorm WindGreenville$300,000Damage was reported to multiple buildings in downtown Greenville along with downed trees. Time was estimated via radar.
April 2016HailQuinlan$300,000Amateur radio reported golf ball sized hail in and near Quinlan, TX.
April 2011Tornado (EF1)Cash$250,000A tornado touched down near the town of Cash and then moved northeast producing a non-continuous path of damage over 6 miles long. Up to 8 homes, a pipe manufacturing plant and two metal buildings were damaged in Cash. In addition, four U-haul trailers were blown across the highway in Cash. As the tornado continued northeast out of Cash, it damaged several more homes with most of them sustaining minor roof damage. However, one home sustained significant damage to the roof and second story near FM 1564 and FM 3519. Just before the tornado lifted, it damaged 5 more mobile homes, one of which was destroyed, and also significantly damaged a single family residence near the intersection of FM 1564 and Highway 69. This tornado has been rated an EF-1 with estimated maximum wind speeds of 100 to 110 mph.
December 1967Tornado (F3)not stated$250,000no account filed
November 2010Thunderstorm WindHarlow$150,000A microburst damaged part of the southern portions of the city of Greenville. Several businesses and residential structures sustained roof damage. The roof of a Braum's was heavily damaged, and the roof at an automobile service station on Business 67 was partially blown off. In addition, the garage door at the service station at the Enterprise Rent-A-Car was blown in and a gash was torn into the wall. Several large trees were blown down, a gas station sign was blown down, and a sign at Crossroads Mall fell on a car. Three power poles were snapped on Sayle Street causing a black out in the area. Maximum wind gusts were estimated to be 65 mph. One person sustained minor injuries, and was treated and released from the medical center.
April 1996Tornado (F2)Commerce$150,000no account filed
June 2019Thunderstorm WindPeniel$100,000A National Weather Service survey team concluded that a significant damaging thunderstorm wind event occurred in and near the city of Greenville during the late afternoon hours on Wednesday June 19th. Much of the city was impacted with |widespread tree and structural damage. Maximum wind speeds were estimated near 85 mph.||Location...Greenville to Lone Oak in Hunt County. Widespread tree and structural damage occurred in the city of Greenville. The most significant damage occurred in and just to the northeast of the downtown area where wind speeds were estimated between 70 and 85 mph. Many trees and branches were toppled onto homes, vehicles, storage buildings and fencing, |resulting in considerable residential property damage. Significant structural damage occurred to a few businesses near downtown, including a warehouse building which was pushed over and toppled. A church on Highway 69 southwest of downtown also sustained damage when a roof overhang was peeled back and thrown 30 yards. |No injuries are known to have occurred at this time. ||The debris within the large damage field fell overwhelmingly in a southwesterly through southeasterly direction. The strong wind field was likely caused by a rear flank downdraft on the south side of a severe supercell thunderstorm that tracked east-|southeastward across Hunt County. Eyewitnesses were interviewed and reported a wall cloud and rotation in the sky, but no one conclusively saw a condensation funnel cloud or a connection of the rotation from the sky to the ground. ||The damage began northwest of Greenville along Highway 69 where scattered tree damage occurred indicative of 60 mph winds. Damage increased near Graham Park where wind speeds were estimated at 70 mph. Damage suggested the winds continued to increase to near 80 to 85 mph as it approached downtown from the north. Thereafter |wind speeds decreased below 70 mph as it moved toward I-30 on the south side of town, where scattered tree and sign damage was seen. Scattered tree damage continued south-southeastward toward the community of Lone Oak in southeast Hunt county and Miller Grove in Hopkins county, where winds were estimated at 60 mph. |Scattered tree damage east of Greenville was particularly indicative of divergence, as some tree limbs fell to the east, again suggesting that a downburst was responsible for the winds.
August 2019Flash FloodCommerce Muni Arpt$100,000Numerous motorists were stranded in Commerce due to high water. In addition, flooding was reported along Highways 24 and 50 just north of Commerce, in areas that do not normally flood. An estimated 6-7 inches of rain fell in the area.
October 2019Thunderstorm WindWilkes Spur$100,000Emergency management reported damage on the campus of Texas A & M University Commerce. Mature trees were blown over, windows were blown in, squares of shingles on new dorm construction were ripped off, and at least one light pole was pulled off it's concrete base. Large tree branches were also split off of trees, metal bleachers were tossed and damaged, and the roll up doors on one building were blown off. At a campus facility to the south of town, 3 sheds were blown across the road.
June 2015FloodJacobia$100,000The South Sulphur River bridge at FM118 collapsed.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindCaddo Mills$100,000The Hunt County Emergency Manager reported power lines and tree limbs blown down throughout the county. Homes in the Royse City and Caddo Mills areas suffered roof and fence damage. Two barns along County Road 2630 were also damaged by the winds.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindQuinlan$100,000Thunderstorm winds produced widespread damage near Quinlan and across areas south of Greenville in Hunt County. The strongest hit areas were along a line from near Cash to Lone Oak. Winds downed numerous trees, power lines and damaged several structures in these areas.
May 2011LightningKingston$100,000Lightning struck a home near County Road 1035, and the home was fully engulfed in flames by the time fire fighters arrived.
October 2010HailCommerce$100,000Golf ball size hail was reported in Commerce. The local newspaper reported some minor roof damage and lots of car damage from the hail.
October 2007LightningLone Oak$100,000A church on Highway 69 South was hit by lightning and burned to the ground. The fire marshall reported the building was a total loss.
June 2004LightningGreenville$100,000Two homes were destroyed by lightning started fires.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindLone Oak$100,000Barns were blown down, trees a blown down onto houses and utility poles blown down.
June 2023HailMexico$100,000no account filed
April 2014HailCommerce$90,000Golf ball sized hail was reported in Commerce, including on the campus of Texas A&M University-Commerce. The large hail lasted for approximately fifteen minutes.
April 2016HailLake Tawakoni$70,000Nearly 2 inch sized hail was reported on Fox Point Road near Lake Tawakoni.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindCommerce$60,000Multiple downed trees were reported in Commerce. The roof was also blown off of a house. Multiple vehicle accidents were also reported in Commerce, including an overturned 18 wheeler.
April 2026HailCommerce$50,000Emergency manager reported an estimated 3.5 inch hailstone just north of Commerce, via picture.
May 2024Tornado (EF1)Lane$50,000A brief, EF-1 tornado developed in western Hunt County, just west of FM 36 between Private Road 1184 and CR 1096. Multiple barns and farm outbuildings were destroyed on a property near the roadway along with damage to the roofs of several nearby single family residences. As the tornado tracked east towards CR 1097, it passed through a few wooded areas resulting in tree damage including broken small and large branches. The front porch roof was pulled off of a home on the northern end of CR 1097 causing damaging to the roof of the home (DI 2, DOD 2). Tree damage continued east of the property before the tornado lifted over open land north of CR 1096. Maximum winds were 90 mph.
May 2023Thunderstorm WindWagner$50,000An emergency manager reported snapped power poles. Some mature trees were uprooted or snapped, and a hay barn roof was destroyed. The damage swath was estimated to be a tenth of a mile wide.
December 2015Flash FloodCommerce Muni Arpt$50,000Heavy rain resulted in flooding of roads in Commerce. Some high water rescues were needed for motorists stuck in the water.
November 2015FloodLake Tawakoni$50,000Many county roads and low water crossings are flooded across the county after several inches of rain fell. Barricades have been placed in some locations.
January 1999Thunderstorm WindLone Oak$50,000A roof was damaged by high winds.
January 1999Thunderstorm WindCommerce$50,000Thunderstorm winds damaged several school buildings and four mobile homes. An eighteen wheeler was blown over and power lines were blown down.
December 1997Flash FloodGreenville$50,000A temporary bridge on Highway 224 was washed out.
November 1994Tornado (F0)Caddo Mills$50,000A brief tornado touchdown knocked down a barn.
October 1994Thunderstorm WindNeylandville$50,000The City Hall was blown down by high winds with damage to a church and a mobile home. Numerous trees and power lines were blown down on county roads. Damage to city hall was estimated at 35-40,000 dollars.
October 1994Thunderstorm WindCommerce$50,000At Humbolt (6 SW Commerce), roof damage occurred to the Community Center, and trees were blown down at a cemetery.
May 1993Tornado (F1)Forney to$50,000This tornado formed between the two tornadoes previously listed in ,Kaufman County, and moved northeast. A feed store 5.3 miles east ofForney on Interstate 20 was destroyed. The tornado moved into extreme southeast Rockwall County, crossing the county line south of Royse City, and then moved into southwest Hunt County, one-half mile north of the Kaufman County line. The tornado continued moving northeast before lifting at approximately 4 SW Quinlan. There was no damage reported in Rockwall or Hunt Counties.
May 1993Thunderstorm WindQuinlan$50,000Thunderstorm winds damaged a truck and trees.
March 2008Flash FloodCaddo Mills$40,000Several high water rescues were required. A family in Caddo Mills had to be rescued after their house was flooded by several feet of water. Another family was rescued after their mobile home took on water on CR 4315. High water rescues were needed after cars stalled in high water on the north I-30 service road at FM 1570 and also in the city of Commerce. Several streets were closed in the county, including Monroe and Washington Streets, FM 3218, FM 118 at the Sulphur River, FM 1565, and FM 36.
May 2007Thunderstorm WindCaddo Mills$40,000Numerous trees, large tree limbs, and power poles were downed. A tree fell on a carport on FM 36 near Caddo Mills. Another roof collapsed near the vicinity of Polk and Pickett Streets in Greenville. In Celeste, a tree fell on the covered parking at a church.
May 2007Flash FloodQuinlan$40,000Cars were stranded in high water near Quinlan. Three homes were flooded and had to be evacuated in the Rolling Oaks subdivision on the south shore of Lake Tawakoni. Several roads were flooded and barricaded, and a culvert on Northshore Road near Lake Tawakoni was washed out.
March 2006Flash FloodCountywide$40,000Significant flooding countywide with numerous roads closed, including I-30 service roads. Sulphur River overflowed onto State Highway 224 between the cities of Commerce and Neylandville. Also, 380 west of Greenville and 276 west of Quinlan were barricaded all afternoon and evening due to flooding. FM 1570, 1565, and 118 were all closed due to flooding. Flood waters entered homes and apartments in Greenville. A portion of CR 3702 collapsed due to the flooding, washing out an entire 4 to 5 foot section. CR 3208 was also damaged by the floods.
June 1997Thunderstorm WindCommerce$40,000Strong winds blew a tree onto a house.
June 1997Thunderstorm WindMuddig$40,000Strong winds damaged the roof and a wall of a home.
March 2004Thunderstorm WindGreenville$35,000A barn was blown down at the intersection of FM 1524 and FM 36. Numerous power lines were blown down north of Greenville. Several homes in Greenville were partially unroofed.
June 2004LightningGreenville$35,000A lightning started fire damaged a 6 month old house.
March 2004Thunderstorm WindWolfe City$30,000A mobile home was moved off it's blocks, a barn was destroyed, the concession stand of a ball field was destroyed, fences were blown down, and numerous trees were blown down.
September 2022Thunderstorm WindCampbell$25,000Emergency management reported that a 30 by 40 foot barn and several small cow shelters were damaged by thunderstorm winds near Campbell, TX.

Every populated place in the county

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Named settlements recorded in the Geographic Names Information System, each with the topographic sheets covering it. Villages, hamlets and abandoned places alike. Each is shown with the nearest named watercourse or landform and the survey quadrangle it falls on.

Provenance

  • Topographic sheets. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection, county index, measured from the bulk metadata.
  • Fire insurance maps. Library of Congress Sanborn collection, faceted to this county.
  • Photographs. Each place queried individually against the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs search.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
  • Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.