Gregg County

Gregg County, Texas

Gregg County, Texas

Gregg County Historical Museum in the City of Longview, Texas. Photograph by Billy Hathorn.
Gregg County, Texas

Gregg County, Texas

Map of Gregg County, Texas. Map Credit: Robert Plocheck.

Gregg County, in northeastern Texas, is bounded on the north by Upshur, on the south by Rusk, on the west by Smith, and on the east by Harrison counties. Longview, Gregg County's largest town, is 130 miles east of Dallas and sixty-five miles west of Shreveport, Louisiana. The county's center lies at approximately 32°30' north latitude and 94°50' west longitude. Gregg County comprises 273 square miles, with an elevation ranging from 230 to 524 feet above sea level. It is within the East Texas timberlands. The terrain is gently sloping to hilly, with well-drained to moderately well-drained loamy and gravelly soils. Numerous streams drain to the Sabine River, which runs through Gregg County from northwest to southeast. Temperatures range from an average high of 96° F in July to an average low of 38° in January, rainfall averages 47.18 inches per year, and the growing season extends for 247 days. Mineral resources include oil and gas, sand, and gravel.

Northern Gregg County was a part of the hunting grounds of the Caddo Indians, and the part of the county south of the Sabine River was occupied at times by various Indian groups, generally peaceful farming people. Soon after 1800 the Cherokees were driven west across the Mississippi River, and they in turn drove the other Indians out of Northeast Texas and occupied the area. There is much remaining evidence of the Cherokees in Gregg County. One of the earliest roads across Gregg County was the Cherokee Trace, which crosses from north to south and passes over the Sabine near Longview; it was used by the Cherokees when driven from East Texas by President Mirabeau B. Lamar in 1838, and later served as a military road from South Texas to Fort Lawson on the Red River.

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Adapted from the official Handbook of Texas, a state encyclopedia developed by Texas State Historical Association (TSHA). It is an authoritative source of trusted historical records.

Currently Exists

Yes

Place type

Gregg County is classified as a County

Altitude Range

240 ft – 530 ft

Size

Land area does not include water surface area, whereas total area does

  • Land Area: 273.3 mi²
  • Total Area: 275.8 mi²

Temperature

January mean minimum: 34.2°F
July mean maximum: 93.8°F

Rainfall, 2019

48.1 inches

Population Count, 2019

123,945

Civilian Labor Count, 2019

56,006

Unemployment, 2019

9.6%

Property Values, 2019

$10,039,870,353 USD

Per-Capita Income, 2019

$45,401 USD

Retail Sales, 2019

$3,079,835,498 USD

Wages, 2019

$971,640,965 USD

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