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Wise County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 68,632. Its county seat is Decatur. Wise County is part of the Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington metropolitan statistical area.
Wise County, Texas was officially established in 1856. Named after Henry A. Wise, a U.S. Senator from Virginia who supported Texas annexation, Wise was later governor and a Confederate States of America General. Wise County was one of the Texas counties that voted against secession from the United States.
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Apr 1, 2021 · Wise County is in northwestern Texas, forty miles south of the Oklahoma border. Decatur, the county seat and largest town, is thirty-five miles northwest of Fort Worth on U.S. highways 81/287 and 380. The county, comprising 922 square miles, is divided from north to south between the Eastern Grand Prairie and the Western Cross Timbers regions ...
Wise County, Texas. Wise County, in northwestern Texas, is forty miles south of the Oklahoma border and is surrounded by Montague County to the north, Cooke County to the northeast, Denton County to the east, Tarrant County to the southeast, Parker County to the south and Jack County to the west.
Wise County is in northwestern Texas, forty miles south of the Oklahoma border. Decatur, the county seat and largest town, is thirty-five miles northwest of Fort Worth on U.S. highways 81/287 and 380.
May 1, 2024 · Wise County. Guide to Wise County, Texas ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records. Contents. 1 County Information. 1.1 Description. 1.2 County Courthouse. 1.3 Wise County, Texas Record Dates. 1.4 Record Loss. 1.5 Boundary Changes.
