Greenville is located 50 miles northeast of Dallas on the rolling Blackland Prairies, one of the most fertile strips of land in the state. Early settlers were rugged frontiersmen and their families from the Upper South who were attracted to the Red River Valley by the 1820s. Gradually, they drifted southward into the region now known as Hunt County. Today, Greenville is home to over 26,000 citizens, several Fortune 500 companies and various industry.