Official Name: | Wolfe City, Texas |
Settlement Type: | City |
Motto: | Caring Folk, Industry, Country Living. |
Mapsize: | 250px |
Image Map1: | Hunt County WolfeCity.svg |
Mapsize1: | 250px |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Texas |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Hunt |
Government Footnotes: | [1] |
Government Type: | Mayor-Council |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Sharion Scott |
Leader Title1: | City Council |
Leader Name1: | Cory McElwrath Jimmy Doolin Anthony Cruz Brad Moore Amy Pickering |
Leader Title2: | Chief of Police |
Leader Name2: | Mike Gonzalez |
Leader Title3: | Fire Chief |
Leader Name3: | Gene Dawson |
Established Title: | Incorporated |
Established Date: | 1887 [2] |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Footnotes: | [3] |
Area Total Km2: | 2.91 |
Area Land Km2: | 2.91 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.00 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 1.12 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 1.12 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 1399 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Density Sq Mi: | auto |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Elevation Ft: | 666 |
Coordinates: | 33.3722°N -96.0717°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 75496 |
Area Code: | 903, 430 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 48-79948[4] |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 2412292 |
Wolfe City is a city in Hunt County, Texas, United States, located at the intersection of State Highways 34 and 11. It is north of Greenville in north-central Hunt County, and was settled in the 1860s or 1870s, when J. Pinckney Wolfe built a mill near the banks of Oyster Creek. The population was 1,399 at the 2020 census, down from 1,412 at the 2010 census.[5]
Wolfe City is located near the northern border of Hunt County. State Highway 34 runs through the center of town as Santa Fe Street, leading northeast to Honey Grove and south to Greenville, the Hunt County seat. State Highway 11 crosses Highway 34 in the northern part of Wolfe City, and runs northwest to Whitewright and southeast to Commerce.
According to the United States Census Bureau, Wolfe City has a total area of 4km2, of which 3.7km2 are land and 0.3km2, or 7.56%, is covered by water.[5]
White (NH) | 984 | 70.34% | |
Black or African American (NH) | 133 | 9.51% | |
Native American or Alaska Native (NH) | 10 | 0.71% | |
Asian (NH) | 7 | 0.5% | |
Some Other Race (NH) | 4 | 0.29% | |
Mixed/Multi-Racial (NH) | 70 | 5.0% | |
Hispanic or Latino | 191 | 13.65% | |
Total | 1,399 |
Wolfe City is served by Wolfe City Independent School District.