Texarkana, Texas | |
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![]() Texarkana Texas City Hall | |
Nickname(s): The Texas Side, T-Town, TK, Kana, Twin City | |
Motto: Twice as Nice | |
![]() Location of Texarkana, Texas | |
Coordinates: 33°26′14″N 94°04′03″W / 33.43722°N 94.06750°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Texas |
County | Bowie |
Government | |
• Type | Council-Manager |
• City Council | Mayor Bob Bruggeman Jean H. Matlock Mary Hart Betty Williams Christie Page Bill Harp Jay Davis |
• City Manager | David Orr, Ph.D. |
Area | |
• Total | 29.47 sq mi (76.33 km2) |
• Land | 29.03 sq mi (75.20 km2) |
• Water | 0.44 sq mi (1.13 km2) |
Elevation | 299 ft (91 m) |
Population (2020) | |
• Total | 36,193 |
• Density | 1,228.13/sq mi (474.16/km2) |
Time zone | UTC−6 (Central (CST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
ZIP codes | 755XX. |
Area codes | 903, 430 |
FIPS code | 48-72368[2] |
GNIS feature ID | 1369752[3] |
Website | ci |
Texarkana is a city in Bowie County, Texas, United States, in the Ark-La-Tex region. Located approximately 180 miles (290 km) from Dallas, Texarkana is a twin city with neighboring Texarkana, Arkansas. The Texas city's population was 36,193 at the 2020 census.[4]
The city and its Arkansas counterpart form the core of the Texarkana metropolitan statistical area, encompassing all of Bowie County, Texas, and Miller County, Arkansas. The two cities had a combined population of 65,580 in the 2020 decennial census, and the metropolitan area had a population of 149,482.[5]
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