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is a town in Cherokee County, Texas, United States. The population was 769 at the 2000 census.
Wells is in the southernmost tip of Cherokee County in East Texas approximately 65 miles south of Tyler and 17 miles north of Lufkin on U.S. 69. Dallas is 165.84 miles to the north and west while Houston is 137.51 miles to the south and east.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 2.0 square miles (4.9 km²), all of it land.