Texarkana, Texas

Texarkana, Texas
City
Texarkana Texas City Hall
Nickname(s):  The Texas Side, T-Town, TK, Kana, Twin City
Motto:  Twice as Nice
Location of Texarkana, Texas
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Coordinates: 33°26′14″N 94°04′03″W / 33.43722°N 94.06750°W / 33.43722; -94.06750
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 [1]
• 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.tx.us

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]