Texarkana, Texas
Texarkana | |
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Texarkana Texas City Hall | |
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| Nicknames: The Texas Side, T-Town, TK, Kana, Twin City | |
| Motto: Twice as Nice | |
Location of Texarkana, Texas | |
Texarkana Location within Texas Texarkana Location within the United States Texarkana Texarkana (North America) Texarkana Texarkana (America) Texarkana Texarkana (Earth) | |
| Coordinates: 33°28′34″N 94°06′30″W / 33.47611°N 94.10833°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Texas |
| County | Bowie |
| Established | December 8, 1873 / June 12, 1874 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Council-Manager |
| • Mayor | Bob Bruggeman |
| 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 | 325 ft (99 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 36,193 |
| • Density | 1,228.1/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 |
| GNIS feature ID | 2412054 |
| Website | texarkanatexas.gov |
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.
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.