Greenville, Texas For other places with the same name, see Greenville .
Greenville, Texas Lee Street in downtown Greenville Lee Street in downtown Greenville Flag of Greenville, Texas Location of Greenville, Texas Location of Greenville, Texas Greenville is a North Texas town/city located in central Hunt County, approximately 45 miles from Dallas.
It is the governmental center of county and biggest city of Hunt County. As of the 2010 census, the town/city population was 25,557.
Greenville is positioned at 33 7 34 N 96 6 35 W (33.126004, 96.109703). Greenville is situated in the heart of the Texas Blackland Prairies, 45 minutes northeast of Dallas, and about 50 minutes south of the Texas/Oklahoma border on the easterly edge of the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 34.7 square miles (90 km2), of which, 33.9 square miles (88 km2) of it is territory and 0.8 square miles (2.1 km2) of it (2.30%) is water.
Cotton scene, enhance square, Greenville, Texas (postcard, about 1908) Greenville was established in 1846.
As the Civil War loomed, Greenville was divided over the copy of secession, as were a several area suburbs and counties.
Greenville attorney and State Senator Martin D.
The divided nature of Greenville, Hunt County and the State of Texas is noted by an historical marker in "The SPOT" Park at 2800 Lee Street in downtown Greenville.
In the post-Civil War era, Greenville's economy became partly dependent on cotton as the small-town economy entered a reconstructionof transition. With a populace of 12,384 in the 1920 census, the city, at one time, was the 20th biggest in Texas.
In World War II, the Mexican Escuadron 201 was stationed in Greenville while training at close-by Majors Field.
The sign read: "Welcome to Greenville, The Blackest Land, The Whitest People." The initial intent behind "the whitest citizens " was to define "the people of Greenville as friendly, trustworthy and helpful was sincere, and it was meant to include all people, regardless of race." However, the sign later acquired ethnic overtones, and the initial sign was taken down and placed into storage on April 13, 1965, possibly at the urging of Texas Governor John Connally, who had made a visit to the town weeks before. In 1968, Greenville Sybil Maddux had the sign reinstalled, with the wording modified to read "The Greatest People"; the initial sign is in the compilation of the Audie Murphy American Cotton Museum. In 1957, Greenville took in the small town of Peniel, Texas, which had been established in 1899 as a Pentecostal Church of the Nazarene improve centered around Texas Holiness University.
On May 12, 2011, a white buffalo was born near Greenville, Texas amid a thunderstorm on the ranch of Arby Littlesoldier, who identified himself as a great-great grandson of Sitting Bull.
KGVL airways broadcast in Greenville Greenville is served by the Dallas/Fort Worth Television Stations on small-town cable and also regular programming.
KGVL is a airways broadcast that serves the town/city of Greenville.
KETR in Commerce also serves the town/city of Greenville due to the adjacency of the two cities.
In addition to The Dallas Morning News, which serves the entire Dallas/Fort Worth area, Greenville is also served by a small-town daily newspaper, the Herald-Banner.
The Paris Junior College locale in Greenville Primary and secondary education of Greenville is provided by Greenville ISD along with private establishments such as Greenville Christian School.
Texas A&M University-Commerce, a primary university of over 12,000 students, is positioned 15 minutes northeast in the neighboring town/city of Commerce.
The City of Greenville Police & Courts building in August 2015 According to the city's most recent Comprehensive Annual Financial Report Fund Financial Statements, the city's various funds had $19.9 million in Revenues, $21.7 million in expenditures, $10.1 million in total assets, $1.8 million in total liabilities, and $1.4 million in investments. The town/city of Greenville is a voluntary member of the North Central Texas Council of Governments association, the purpose of which is to coordinate individual and collective small-town governments and facilitate county-wide solutions, eliminate unnecessary duplication, and enable joint decisions.
Greenville is represented in the Texas Senate by Republican Bob Hall, District 2, and in the Texas House of Representatives by Republican Dan Flynn, District 2. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) operates the Greenville District Parole Office in Greenville. Greenville is part of Texas' US Congressional 4th District, which is presently represented by Republican John Ratcliffe.
The United States Postal Service operates the Greenville, Greenville Finance, and Rolling Hills postal services. The Northeast Texas Farmers Co-op Sabine Valley Feeds feed foundry in Greenville The world's biggest inland cotton compress was positioned in Greenville until it was finished by fire in the mid-1900s.
This airport, created in 1942 and initially financed by the small-town Rotary club, was used as a training base for P-47 Thunderbolt fighter pilots in World War II, and since then has served as a focal point for economic expansion in Greenville.
Tourism promotion has been under the wing of the Greenville Chamber of Commerce / Convention and Visitors Bureau and the City of Greenville, which took over CVB duties in 2014.
According to the City's 2014 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top employers in the town/city are: 2 Greenville Independent School District 702 Entertainment includes the Kenneth Threadgill Concert series, which brings well-known Texas performers to the Municipal Auditorium stage in three concerts per year; the Greenville Entertainment Series, a subscription concert series featuring artists from a range of musical genres; the Symphony Festival Series, which brings the world-famous Dallas Symphony Orchestra to Greenville for three concerts and an additional children's concert per year; and the Greenville Follies, a musical review highlighting small-town talent every other year.
Tourism draws include the Audie Murphy/American Cotton Museum, Collin Street Bakery and the historic downtown region which includes wineries, antique malls, enhance plant nurseries, boutique shopping, and regular affairs at the 1,700 seat Greenville Municipal Auditorium.
The Rally 'Round Greenville festival is held the third weekend each September and includes the Cotton Patch Challenge Bicycle Ride, an Art Show, Barbecue and Chili Cook-Off, Texas Music Weekend, Kids Alley, and more.
Greenville is also home to the Hunt Regional Medical Center.
Freeway) -- is a primary route through Greenville.
Freeway) -- runs concurrent with Interstate 30 through Greenville.
69 (Joe Ramsey Boulevard) -- Serves as a partial loop through Greenville.
380 / Texas Highway 302 to just past Business U.S.
380 (Joe Ramsey Boulevard/Lee Street) -- Heads west out of Greenville through Farmersville, Mc - Kinney, and Denton.
Within Greenville town/city limits it runs mostly concurrent with U.S.
69 -- Follows a several small-town streets which serve the northern, downtown, and southern areas of the city.
The small-town street names are Rees Street (through Peniel), Sockwell Street (north of downtown), Stonewall Street / Johnson Street (couplet through downtown, where Stonewall is southbound and Johnson is northbound), Park Street (east of downtown), and Moulton Street (south of downtown and over Interstate 30).
Texas 34.svg Texas Highway 34 (Wesley Street, Wolfe City Drive) -- Serves as a major north-south route through Greenville and chief commercial corridor.
Texas 66.svg Texas Highway 66 (Old Dallas Highway) -- Heads southwest out of the town/city towards Caddo Mills and Royse City.
Texas 224.svg Texas Highway 224 (Commerce Drive) -- Heads northeast out of town/city towards Commerce and Cooper.
Texas Spur 302.svg Texas Highway Spur 302 (Lee Street / Washington Street) -- Serves as an east-west route through Greenville.
Texas FM 118.svg Farm Road 118 (Fannin Street) -- heads north out of Greenville from FM 499 towards Jacobia.
Texas FM 499.svg Farm Road 499 (Forester Street) -- Heads east out of Greenville from Spur 302 going through Campbell and Cumby.
Texas FM 1569.svg Farm Road 1569 -- Heads west out of Greenville from a junction with highway 69 towards Merit.
Texas FM 1570.svg Farm Road 1570 (Jack Finney Boulevard) -- Serves the southern parts of the city, especially the L-3 facility / Airport Sign.svg Majors Field Airport.
Texas FM 2101.svg Farm Road 2101 -- Heads south out of Greenville from Airport Sign.svg Majors Airport towards Boles Home in Quinlan.
A enhance transit called The Connection serves Greenville and all of Hunt County.
Reservations have to be made one day in advance and the transit charges $2 ($4 round trip) if the passenger is traveling to a place inside the same improve or city, and $3 ($6 round trip) if the passenger is traveling from one town/city or improve to another inside Hunt County.
Dick Hervey, mayor of College Station, 1971-1974; former executive secretary of the Association of Former Students at Texas A&M University; born in Greenville in 1920. Audie Murphy, film star and the most decorated American soldier of World War II, lived near Greenville.
The Audie Murphy/American Cotton Museum in Greenville contains memorabilia related to Audie Murphy.
Captured and executed by the Japanese; member of the first ever Greenville High School football team to reach the state playoffs in 1931.
Mercy - Me is an Christian modern band established in Greenville, Texas.
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City of Greenville 2009 CAFR Retrieved 2010-11-16 City of Greenville website Retrieved 2010-11-16 "Texas House Member".
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City of Greenville, Texas Finance Department.
Personal Reflections on Greenville and Hunt County, Texas.
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Municipalities and communities of Hunt County, Texas, United States
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