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- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Hunt County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 99,956. Its county seat is Greenville. The county is named for Memucan Hunt, Jr., the first Republic of Texas Minister to the United States from 1837 to 1838 and the third Texas Secretary of the Navy from 1838 to 1839. Hunt County is part of the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metropolitan statistical area.
Timeline
| Date | Event | Source
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| 1846 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1846 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1847 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1850 | First census | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1851 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1858 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1880 | No significant boundary changes after this year | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1903 | Birth records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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Population History
- source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
| Census Year | Population
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| 1850 | 1,520
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| 1860 | 6,630
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| 1870 | 10,291
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| 1880 | 17,230
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| 1890 | 31,885
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| 1900 | 47,295
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| 1910 | 48,116
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| 1920 | 50,350
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| 1930 | 49,016
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| 1940 | 48,793
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| 1950 | 42,731
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| 1960 | 39,399
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| 1970 | 47,948
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| 1980 | 55,248
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| 1990 | 64,343
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