Locations & Directions
Wells is located at 31°29′25″N 94°56′27″W (31.490395, -94.940950).[3]
Wells is at the southernmost tip of Cherokee County in East Texas approximately 65 miles (105 km) south of Tyler and 17 miles (27 km) north of Lufkin on U.S. 69. Nacogdoches is 20 miles (32 km) Northeast, Dallas is 165.84 miles (266.89 km) to the north and west while Houston is 137.51 miles (221.30 km) to the south and west.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 2.0 square miles (5.2 km2), all of it land