Hunt County
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Hunt
County is located in northeastern Texas. Greenville, the county seat
and largest town, is fifty-one miles northeast of Dallas on Interstate
Highway 30. The county's center lies at approximately 36°06' north
latitude and 96°05' west longitude. The county comprises 840 square
miles of the Blackland Prairie region of the state, a vast plain. The
stream valleys are shallow, and the drainage divides are well rounded.
Elevation in the county ranges from a low of 450 feet above sea level
in the southeastern part to a high of 700 feet in the northwestern
part. The extreme northwestern portion of the county lies within the
drainage basin of the Trinity River. The northeastern part of the
county is drained by the Sulphur River, and the remainder is drained by
the Sabine.
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