GREENVILLE, a city of north-eastern Texas, U.S.A., 48m. N.E. of Dallas, near the head-waters of the Sabine river; the county seat of Hunt county. It is on Federal highway 67, and is served by the Louisiana Railway and Navigation company, the Missouri-Kansas-Texas, the St. Louis Southwestern and the Texas Midland railways. The population was 12,384 in 1920; 12,407 in 193o. It is the trading centre for a cotton-growing and farm ing region, and has cottonseed-oil mills, a petroleum refinery, railroad shops and various other industries. The total output of the factories in 1927 was valued at $3,513,09o. Burleson college (Baptist) and Wesley college (Methodist) are situated here. The village of Peniel, one mile from the city, is a community of the "holiness" sect. Greenville was settled in 1844; chartered as a city in 1875; and in 1907 adopted a commission form of govern ment.