Wilson is a small rural city in the northeastern quadrant of Lynn County, Texas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 489.

The town of Wilson was customary in 1912 by William Dickson Green of Shiner, Texas, and Lonnie Lumsden. Early settlers included German and Polish emigrant farmers who acquired property upon former Wilson County School lands located in Lynn County, hence the city’s name.

Wilson was founded in anticipation that the Panhandle and Santa Fe Railway would lay tracks through the area. The Panhandle and Santa Fe Railway Company was one of the two major involved subsidiaries of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company (Santa Fe) in Texas, with lines crossing the Texas Panhandle and South Plains regions, as without difficulty as a descent across the Trans-Pecos to Presidio. A branch line amongst Slaton Junction and Lamesa was build up in 1911, and this line would pass directly through Wilson.

In 1917, William Green built the “Green Building” that housed a mercantile addition that speedily became the middle of excitement in this small town. The couple most lively in practicing the growth were Mr. and Mrs. J.T. Williams, who managed the amassing from 1916 to 1936, when Mr. Williams died. Mrs. Williams continued to govern the increase for choice few years until the to come 1940s. In 1963, the citizens of Wilson highly praised the renovation of the Green Building, and today, the refurbished building serves as the city hall and historical museum, and continues to be a community buildup spot.