Texarkana, Texas

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Texarkana
Nickname : T-Town
The Post Office on the Texas-Arkansas border
The Post Office on the Texas-Arkansas border
Location in Texas
Texarkana, Texas
Texarkana
Texarkana
Basic data
Foundation : December 8, 1873
State : United States
State : Texas
County : Bowie County
Coordinates : 33 ° 26 ′  N , 94 ° 1 ′  W Coordinates: 33 ° 26 ′  N , 94 ° 1 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Inhabitants :
-  Metropolitan Area :		 36,411 (as of 2010)
143,486 (as of 2010)
Population density : 548.4 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 66.6 km 2  (approx. 26 mi 2 ) of
which 66.4 km 2  (approx. 26 mi 2 ) is land
Height : 91 m
Postcodes : 75500-75599
Area code : +1 903
FIPS : 48-72368
GNIS ID : 1369752
Website : www.txkusa.org
Mayor : Stephen A. Mayo
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Entrance to Texarkana College at Texas A&M University

Texarkana is a city in Bowie County in the northeast of the US state Texas on the border with Arkansas . Together with Texarkana, Arkansas it forms a twin city that lies on the border between the states of Texas and Arkansas. The two Texarkanas form a center of the Ark-La-Tex- greater area, which includes northeast Texas, southwest Arkansas, northwest Louisiana and southeast Oklahoma.

geography

Texarkana is located in northeast Texas. The flat landscape is characterized by mixed forests that merge into pastureland to the west. A few kilometers north of the city is the Red River . The city itself is surrounded by some small streams, such as B. the Swampoodle Creek, flowed through. South of the city is Wright Patman Lake, a reservoir that is used by the residents of the region as a recreational area.

population

growth of population
Census Residents ± in%
1880 1833 -
1890 2852 55.6%
1900 5256 84.3%
1910 9790 86.3%
1920 11,480 17.3%
1930 16.602 44.6%
1940 17,019 2.5%
1950 24,753 45.4%
1960 30,218 22.1%
1970 30,497 0.9%
1980 31,271 2.5%
1990 32,294 3.3%
2000 34,782 7.7%
2010 36,411 4.7%
1880-2000, 2010

In 2010 Texarkana had 36,411 inhabitants, of which 47.5% were male and 52.5% female. Of the population, 55.4% were White, 37.1% Black, 1.3% Asian, 0.5% Native American, and 5.6% of other or multiple races. 6.4% of all residents were Hispanics or Latinos. 12.4% of the population were below the poverty line and the median household income was $ 29,727, approximately $ 12,000 below the US average.

economy

Significant industries (including plants in Texarkana, Arkansas) are the timber industry, tire production (Cooper Tires) and paper production. As the center of the region, retail plays an important role: With the Central Mall, two Wal-Mart supercenters and other shopping opportunities, there are many jobs in this sector. The state prison and Texas A&M University and Texarkana College are also important to the city's economy.

history

The area of ​​today's Texarkana was first settled by Caddo Indians. White people populated the area around 1873 as part of the construction of the Cairo and Fulton Railroad , which met the tracks of the Texas and Pacific Railroad in what is now the city area . At this point the city of Texarkana, Texas was founded on December 8, 1873. The first development was planned and carried out by the Texas and Pacific Railroad Company and in 1876 the settlement was recognized by the Texas government.

The city grew steadily and by 1896 already had a waterworks, an electricity company, a tram, a gasworks, several local newspapers and 14,000 residents. In 1907 Texarkana, Texas was granted city rights. The city continued to grow and became an important railway junction in the southwest. The city experienced a further boom when the Red River Army Depot with an ammunition factory was built in the 1940s.

In the following decades, the city developed further and at the beginning of the 21st century, a new upturn is emerging, among other things caused by the construction of the new Interstate 49 , of Shreveport on Texarkana toward Oklahoma is run. In 2009, the factory, now renamed the Lone Star Ammunition Plant, employed around 4,500 people.

Infrastructure and traffic

Texarkana is located on Interstate 30 from Fort Worth to Little Rock . An extension of Interstate Highway 49 from Louisiana to Oklahoma, which will cross Interstate 30 in Texarkana, Texas, is under construction. The US Highways 59 and 71 (towards western Arkansas and Houston ), 67 (towards Dallas and Little Rock) and 82 (towards Paris (Texas) and southern Arkansas) also run through the city . Railroad lines run in all directions with routes to Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas. Passenger traffic exists with the Texas Eagle, which connects Chicago with Los Angeles via St. Louis , Texarkana, Dallas and San Antonio . The station Texarkana Union Station is like the post office on the state line. Air traffic is handled through Texarkana Regional Airport in the Texarkana, Arkansas area. From here there are connections to the international hub Dallas / Fort Worth . TUTD (Texarkana Urban Transit Department) operates a city bus system with 7 lines in the two Texarkanas and in the surrounding villages.

The twin cities

Texarkana, Texas, forms a twin city with the city of Texarkana, Arkansas. Officially, the two cities are completely independent. In practice, however, the two cities can be understood as one unit, since most of the time one does not notice that one is crossing the state border. However, there are some differences between the two cities: Bowie County, Texas, is a so-called " dry county ", in which no alcohol can be sold. This explains the high number of liquor stores in Texarkana, Arkansas, on the state line. In the tax area there are some special regulations for the residents of Texarkana in order to balance the different tax burdens in Texas and Arkansas.

sons and daughters of the town

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ United States Army Corps of Engineers
  2. ↑ Texas Almanac (PDF; 1.2 MB). Retrieved October 4, 2012
  3. ↑ US Census ( Memento of the original from May 8, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved October 16, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / quickfacts.census.gov
  4. ↑ Texarkana census data

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