Earlier this year, Hunt County Commissioner Steve Harrison received the Humanitarian Award from the Commerce Chamber of Commerce. Harrison was honored for serving first responders and others who struggled during last year’s ice storm, specifically delivering pallets of water bottles to first responders and starting a program to give firewood to the less fortunate, elderly, … [Read more...] about Servant Leadership
Hunt County
Monuments of Justice: Hunt County Courthouse
County Seat: Greenville • County Population: 86,129 (2010 census)
The Hunt County Courthouse was built in 1929 in a Moderne style as designed by C.H. Page Jr. and Brothers. The brick and stone structure, boasting Classical columns extending from its lower floors, cost the county some $400,000, including furniture. Hunt County was created in 1846 by the first Texas Legislature and named for Memucan Hunt, the secretary of the U.S. Navy. The … [Read more...] about Monuments of Justice: Hunt County Courthouse