Tyler, Texas

Tyler, Texas
Downtown
Caldwell Auditorium
City Hall
Smith County Courthouse
KLTV studios
Official seal of Tyler, Texas
Nickname(s): 
Rose City, Rose Capital, Rose Capital of America
Motto: 
A Natural Beauty
Location in Smith County and Texas
Location in Smith County and Texas
Coordinates: 32°21′05″N 95°18′04″W / 32.35139°N 95.30111°W / 32.35139; -95.30111
CountryUnited States
StateTexas
CountySmith
Founded1846 (1846)
IncorporatedJanuary 29, 1850 (1850-01-29)
Named forJohn Tyler
Government
 • MayorDon Warren (R)
 • City Council
Members
  • Linda Sellers
  • Broderick McGee
  • Shirley McKellar
  • James Wynne
  • Bob Westbrook
  • Brad Curtis
 • City ManagerEdward Broussard
Area
 • City58.31 sq mi (151.02 km2)
 • Land57.79 sq mi (149.67 km2)
 • Water0.52 sq mi (1.34 km2)
Elevation538 ft (164 m)
Population
 • City105,995
 • Estimate 
(2022)[4]
109,286
 • RankUS: 289th
TX: 38th
 • Density1,891/sq mi (730.2/km2)
 • Urban
131,028 (US: 258th)
 • Urban density1,607/sq mi (620.5/km2)
 • Metro
241,922 (US: 198th)
 • Metro density263/sq mi (101.4/km2)
DemonymTylerite
Time zoneUTC–6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC–5 (CDT)
ZIP Codes
75701-75709 75798-75799
Area code(s)903 and 430
FIPS code48-74144
GNIS feature ID1348998[2]
U.S. routes
Major state highways
Primary airportTyler Regional Airport
Websitecityoftyler.org

Tyler is a city in and the county seat of Smith County, Texas, United States.[5] As of 2020, the population is 105,995.[3] Tyler was the 38th most populous city in Texas (as well as the most populous in Northeast Texas) and 289th in the United States. It is the principal city of the Tyler metropolitan statistical area, which is the 198th most populous metropolitan area in the U.S. and 16th in Texas after Waco and the College Station–Bryan areas, with a population of 233,479 in 2020.[6] The city is named for John Tyler, the tenth President of the United States.[7][8]

In 1985, the international Adopt-a-Highway movement began in Tyler. After appeals from local Texas Department of Transportation officials, the local Civitan International chapter adopted a two-mile (three kilometer) stretch of U.S. Route 69 to maintain. Drivers and other motorists traveling on this segment of U.S. 69 (between Tyler and nearby Lindale) will see brown road signs that read "First Adopt-A-Highway in the World".

Tyler is known as the "Rose Capital of America" (also the "Rose City" and the "Rose Capital of the World"),[9] a nickname it earned from a long history of rose production, cultivation, and processing. It is home to the largest rose garden in the United States, a 14-acre public garden complex that has over 38,000 rose bushes of at least 500 different varieties.[10] The Tyler Rose Garden Center is also home to the annual Texas Rose Festival which attracts thousands of tourists each October.[10]

As Northeast Texas and Smith County's major economic, educational, financial, medical and cultural hub, Tyler is host to more than 20,000 higher-education students; the University of Texas at Tyler; a university health science center; and regional hospital systems. It is the headquarters for Brookshire Grocery Company and many other large employers. Tyler is also home to the Caldwell Zoo and Broadway Square Mall, and the seat of Roman Catholic Diocese of Tyler and its Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception.

  1. ^ "2023 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved February 24, 2024.
  2. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Tyler, Texas
  3. ^ a b "Explore Census Data". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved February 24, 2024.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference USCensusEst2022 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
  6. ^ "2020 Population and Housing State Data". Census.gov. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
  7. ^ "Tyler History". City of Tyler, TX. Retrieved February 13, 2024.
  8. ^ "Tyler ISD Board Will Remove Confederate Names From High Schools". KERA News. July 17, 2020. Retrieved February 13, 2024.
  9. ^ Tyler Convention & Visitors Bureau. "Welcome to Tyler, Texas". Retrieved April 10, 2017.
  10. ^ a b Recreation, City of Tyler – Parks and. "City of Tyler – Parks and Recreation > Park Directory > Tyler Rose Garden". parksandrec.cityoftyler.org. Retrieved October 14, 2016.

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