Hunt County: Where Municipal Water Stops and Rural Life Begins

Hunt County sits about 50 miles east of Dallas, and that distance matters. Greenville has municipal water, but the county’s rural tracts — and there are a lot of them — do not. If you own acreage near Caddo Mills, Lone Oak, Celeste, or Commerce, you’re almost certainly on well water or you need to be. This is a working rural county, and private wells are standard practice here, not a fallback.

TurnKey Wells drills in Hunt County and across East and North Texas. With over 1,400 county well records in our dataset, we know what’s typical here and what’s not.

Shallower Ground, More Manageable Costs

Hunt County benefits from a favorable water table. The Trinity aquifer — specifically the Woodbine sand and associated formations — is productive and accessible here without the extreme depths you see farther west. Our records show a median well depth of 216 feet in Hunt County, with most residential wells landing between 156 and 281 feet.

That’s genuinely manageable. It means drilling costs come in on the lower end of the North Texas range, and pump sizing stays straightforward. The closer you get to Lake Tawakoni on the county’s southern edge, the more geological variability you’ll see — but most of the county is consistent drilling country.

What a Well Costs in Hunt County

At a median depth of 216 feet and a per-foot rate of $65–$120, residential drilling in Hunt County tends to land at the lower end of the $15,000–$40,000 range. Pump and pressure system installation adds $3,000–$8,000, and TCEQ permitting and the North Texas Groundwater Conservation District filings run $500–$1,500.

Agricultural irrigation wells — common around the cotton and grain operations east of Greenville — are a different conversation. Those are sized by GPM requirement and quoted separately. Call us with the acreage and intended use and we’ll give you a number.

Why TurnKey Wells

TurnKey Wells connects property owners with vetted, licensed water well drillers across Texas. Submit your project details and we’ll match you with qualified contractors in your area — no cold calls, no guesswork.

Hunt County is in our service area. We’ve worked in Collin, Grayson, and surrounding counties and we’re not strangers to East Texas drilling conditions. If you’re getting competing quotes, we’re happy to look at them with you.

Areas We Serve in Hunt County

We drill throughout Hunt County including Greenville, Caddo Mills, Lone Oak, Commerce, Celeste, Wolfe City, Campbell, and the rural areas surrounding Lake Tawakoni. If your property is outside city water service in Hunt County, we can help.