page_title: Greenville, Texas
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Greenville, Texas / Geography
caption_attribution_description: Greenville, Texas in 1886. Greenville, Tex. County Seat of Hunt County. 1886, 1885. Lithograph (tinted), 14 x 23.8 in., by Beck &amp; Pauli, Milwaukee. Published by Norris, Wellge, &amp; Co. Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth.
context_page_description: Greenville is a city in Hunt County, Texas, United States, about 50 miles northeast of Dallas. It is the county seat and largest city of Hunt County. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 25,557, and in 2019, its estimated population was 28,827.
  Greenville was named for Thomas J. Green, a significant contributor to the founding of the Texas Republic.
context_section_description: Greenville is located in North Texas at 33°7′34″N 96°6′35″W (33.126004, −96.109703), in central Hunt County, in the heart of the Texas blackland prairies, 50 miles (80 km) northeast of Dallas and about 45 miles (72 km) south of the Texas/Oklahoma border, on the eastern edge of the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex.
  According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Greenville has a total area of 33.4 square miles (86.6 km²), of which 32.6 square miles (84.5 km²) are land and 0.1 square miles (0.2 km²), or 2.46%, is covered by water. The Cowleech Fork of the Sabine River flows through the northeast part of the city.
caption: Panoramic map of the city in 1886 with list of landmarks
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