Wise County, Texas

Wise County is a county in Texas. The population of the county is 59,127.
Wise County 	Texas
Founded 	1856
Named for 	Henry Alexander Wise
County seat 	Decatur
Population 	59,127
Habitat 	Farmland
Cong. Districts 	12th, 13th
County Guildmaster	Spencer Steele
Time Zone 	Central (UTC -6/-5)
== Major roads ==
US Route 81
US Route 81 Business
US Route 287
US Route 287 Business
US Route 380
US Route 380 Business
Texas State Highway 101
Texas State Highway 114
Texas State Highway 199
Loop 373
== Geography ==
=== Adjacent counties ===
Denton County (east)
Montague County (north)
Cooke County (northeast)
Parker County (south)
Tarrant County (southeast)
Jack County (west)
== Demographics ==
As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the racial composition of the county is:
78.46% White (46,391)
18.42% Hispanic or Latino (10,891)
2.00% Other (1,183)
1.12% Black or African American (662)
11.4% (6,740) of Wise County residents live below the poverty line.
== Theft rate statistics ==
Wise County has average rates of Pokemon theft and murder. The county reported 21 Pokemon thefts in 2018, and averages 1.09 murders a year.
== Pokemon ==
Pokemon 	Location	Rate
Charmander 	Farmland	1-25%
Charmeleon 	Farmland	1-10%
Rattata 	Farmland	1-35%
Raticate 	Farmland	1-20%
Ekans 	Farmland	1-26%
Arbok 	Farmland	1-13%
Pikachu 	Farmland	1-66%
Raichu 	Farmland	1-48%
Sandshrew 	Farmland	1-30%
Sandslash 	Farmland	1-20%
NidoranF/NidoranM	Farmland	1-17%
Nidorina/Nidorino	Farmland	1-7%
Vulpix 	Farmland	1-10%
Ponyta 	Farmland	1-40%
Rapidash 	Farmland	1-21%
Electabuzz 	Farmland	1-40%
Tauros 	Farmland	1%
Eevee 	Farmland	1-15%
Vaporeon 	Farmland	1-5%
Jolteon 	Farmland	1-15%
Flareon 	Farmland	1-10%
Cyndaquil 	Farmland	1-35%
Quilava 	Farmland	1-21%
Typhlosion 	Farmland	1-3%
Pichu 	Farmland	1-57%
Mareep 	Farmland	1-66%
Flaaffy 	Farmland	1-56%
Ampharos 	Farmland	1-43%
Espeon 	Farmland	1-5%
Umbreon 	Farmland	1-5%
Elekid 	Farmland	1-65%
Electrike 	Farmland	1-67%
Manectric 	Farmland	1-52%
Plusle/Minun 	Farmland	1-67%
Zangoose 	Farmland	1-25%
Seviper 	Farmland	1-15%
Chimchar 	Farmland	1-30%
Monferno 	Farmland	1-15%
Infernape 	Farmland	1%
Shinx 	Farmland	1-67%
Luxio 	Farmland	1-53%
Luxray 	Farmland	1-36%
Pachirisu 	Farmland	1-64%
Leafeon 	Farmland	1-5%
Glaceon 	Farmland	1-5%
Tepig 	Farmland	1-30%
Pignite 	Farmland	1-15%
Emboar 	Farmland	1%
Emolga 	Farmland	1-66%
Skiddo 	Farmland	1-37%
Gogoat 	Farmland	1-17%
Helioptile 	Farmland	1-65%
Heliolisk 	Farmland	1-49%
Sylveon 	Farmland	1-5%
Dedenne 	Farmland	1-65%
Togedemaru 	Farmland	1-68%
== Communities ==
=== Cities ===
Aurora - 1,220
Bridgeport - 5,976
Chico - 1,002
Decatur - 6,042
Lake Bridgeport - 340
New Fairview - 1,258
Newark - 1,005
Paradise - 441
Rhome - 1,522
Runaway Bay - 1,286
=== Towns ===
Alvord - 1,334
Boyd - 1,207
=== CDPs ===
Briar - 5,665
=== Unincorporated communities ===
Balsora
Boonsville
Cottondale
Greenwood
Slidell
=== Ghost towns ===
Audubon
Rush Creek
== Climate ==
Stats 	Amount
Average yearly rainfall 	37 inches
Average yearly snowfall 	2 inches
Average yearly sunny days	233
Severe storm risk 	10 (Very High)
Tornado risk 	9 (Very High)
Blizzard risk 	0 (Nonexistant)
== Fun facts ==
* As few residents of Wise County were slaveholders, opinions were mixed at the time of the Civil War, and many people opposed secession. Unionists were persecuted in North Texas, and some were lynched. Forty-two men were murdered in the Great Hanging at Gainesville in October 1862, over the course of several days in neighboring Cooke County. This has been described as the largest act of vigilante violence in US history.
* In recent years, Wise County allowed an increase in hydraulic fracturing. In 2011, the Parr family and others filed a lawsuit against several energy companies, including Republic Energy, Inc. and Ryder Scott Petroleum, claiming the extracting processes have created health complications for their family and neighbors. In April 2014, the Parrs won a $2.9 million award from a Dallas jury.
* Wise County, like most of rural Texas, was once solidly Democrat, but has swung powerfully Republican in the 20th century. It was, however, swing for the most part between the 1960s and 1990s.
* In 1985, Blue Bell Ice Cream filmed a television commercial in Paradise. The commercial starred some residents of the town.
* Lake Bridgeport and Runaway Bay are semi-popular regional recreational and fishing destinations.
* The Wise Eyes crime watch program, eventually adopted by mostly rural counties in several states, was started in 1993 by then-Sheriff Phil Ryan.
* Wise County is seeing growth as an outer suburban county of the metroplex, mostly in the southeastern part of the county. However, Decatur and Bridgeport are seeing growth as well.
* In order to maintain a quieter, more rural atmosphere, residential lots in New Fairview are legally limited to a minimum size of 1 acre.
* Newark was a prosperous farming community until the 1920s. It regained its status as a retail market for area farmers by the end of the 1940s. In 1951 Newark incorporated.
* On January 17, 2010, the Runaway Bay golf course was the subject of a chupacabra sighting in which the unidentified dead animal was described as a "brown, earth-colored creature is hairless with oversized canines and elongated padded feet with inch-long toes tapered with sharp, curved claws. The creature also had long hind legs." Upon investigation, a biologist with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department identified the animal as a hairless raccoon.
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