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Welcome to Wise ...

Wise is located

Wise is located in Van Zandt County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Wise, you might consider that their post office opened in 1889.

Wise is 420 feet [128 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Wise lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Wise: 903 & 430<3>

Communities Also Named Wise ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Texas communities named Wise: This one is located in Van Zandt County and the other is located in Hopkins County.

Beyond Texas, there are 18 communities that are also named Wise - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas (2), California, Georgia (2), Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina (2), Virginia and West Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Wise.

Communities near Wise ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Wise.

  • Kaufman
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Gun Barrel City
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Mabank
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Canton
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Canton is located in Van Zandt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,941 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Canton <4>
  • Wills Point
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Tool
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Tool is located in Henderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tool
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,335 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tool <4>
  • Edgewood
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Seven Points
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Kemp
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Kemp is located in Kaufman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kemp
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,251 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kemp <4>
  • Eustace
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Wise. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Wise.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Wise. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Wise.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Wise. See our Newspapers Page for Wise.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Wise ...

Looking for more information about Wise? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Wise, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Wise.

Adding Wise to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Wise in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Wise was on a map titled Map of Texas (from Rand McNally, 1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Wise.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Van Zandt, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Wise - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 903 code has been Overlayed with the 430 area code. New phone numbers in the Wise area will be assigned with one of these codes: 903 or 430. As a result, placing a call in the Wise area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.