Profile for Texarkana, Texas, TX

Texarkana is next to Texarkana, AR.

Crime: The number of violent crimes recorded by the FBI in 2003 was 409. The number of murders and homicides was 6. The violent crime rate was 11.4 per 1,000 people.

Well-known residents have included:
· H. Ross Perot, businessman and unsuccessful presidential candidate
· Eddie Mathews, baseball player
· Ken Houston, football player
· Scott Joplin, ragtime composer

Local festivals include:

• Four States Fair & Rodeo - Sept. 14-22, 2007
• Quadrangle Festival - Sept. 8-9, 2007

Historic sites and museums: Discovery Place, Museum of Regional History

Colleges and universities: Texarkana College

Support for libraries: Local government funding for the local library system, in fiscal years 2001-2002, was below the national average. (See library links below.)

Gays & lesbians
National index: 100
Local index: 68

Listed places near Texarkana

Airports (1)

Archives (1)

Cemeteries (23)

Colleges (2)

Communities (4)

Hotels (16)

Libraries (2)

Museums (3)

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• School enrollment & education levels in Texarkana
• Transportation & commute times in Texarkana
• Bowie County data
• Fastest-growing counties in Texas
• State data - Texas
• Data by street address
• Historical census records (Ancestry.com)

Sections below provide additional information and links about Texarkana demographics, travel and tourism, nearby airports, cemeteries, the Bowie County economy, education, environment, genealogy, government, historic sites, Texarkana area jobs, libraries, maps, museums, newspapers and other media, nonprofit groups, real estate, recreation, religion, transportation, and weather in the 75569 ZIP code.

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• Texarkana city government
• Bowie County government

7% of Texarkana residents report German ancestry, and 10% report Irish. For more info on local ancestry groups, see the Texarkana ancestry & family history guide.

• Cemeteries in or near Texarkana
• Cemeteries in Bowie County
• Libraries in or near Texarkana

Post a query on a message board:

• Bowie County Ancestry forum
• GenForum

Records & databases:

• Ancestry.com - TX data
• Birth, marriage & death records
• Cemetery records
• County history catalog
• Census records (historic)
• Court, land & probate records
• Death index
• Family & local history
• Immigration records
• Military records (historic)
• Newspaper articles

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• Texarkana museums
• Texarkana historic sites
• Texarkana area parks
• Wineries near Texarkana

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• Cemeteries in Bowie County
• Cemetery record compendium
• Texas cemetery message boards
• National database of cemetery records
• Veteran grave locator

• Communities near Texarkana
• Nearby cities of 10,000 or more
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• Communities in Bowie County

• Texarkana business guide
• Better Business Bureau
• Business licenses
• Corporate records search

• Courts in Texas
• Local ordinances in Texas (Partial selection)

• Crime in Bowie County
• Arrests in Bowie County

• Obituaries - search nearby newspapers
• Obituary database - Ancestry.com
• Charitable donations

• Local information on disability access
• Americans with Disabilities Act
• Independent living centers in Texas
• National Council on Independent Living

At the time of the 2000 census, the per capita income in Texarkana was $17,815, compared with $21,587 nationally.

• Banks
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• Current labor force
• Wage estimates
• Bowie County economic census
• Bowie County economic summary
• Bowie County employment growth
• Bowie County unemployment rate
• Texas economic data

20% of Texarkana residents age 25 and older have a bachelor's or advanced college degree.

• Colleges in or near Texarkana
• Colleges in Texas
• Learning Disabilities Association in Texas
• Schools in or near Texarkana
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• School report cards
• Yearbooks (old) of Texas high schools

• Movies playing in or near Texarkana
• YouTube videos about Texarkana

• Air pollution in Bowie County
• Diesel soot in Bowie County
• Land contamination in Bowie County
• Nature Conservancy projects in Texas
• Ozone status & air pollution - American Lung Association
• Toxic chemical releases in Bowie County
• Water levels & streamflow conditions in Texas

Texarkana festival dates:

• Four States Fair & Rodeo - Sept. 14-22, 2007
• Quadrangle Festival - Sept. 8-9, 2007

Dates often change. Check with local tourism officials to be sure.

Texarkana festival web sites:

• Four States Fair & Rodeo

• ePodunk festival listings
• Texas county fairs
• Texas festivals (Texas tourism department)
• Send us festival info for Texarkana

• Confluence of latitude & longitude near Texarkana
• Geocaches in Texas

• Texarkana items now on sale

• Texarkana local government Web site
• Bowie County government
• Texas state government
• Driver's licenses
• Motor vehicles
• Passports
• Social Security
• Veterans affairs
• Where to write for birth, death, marriage or divorce records

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• Demographics
• Health
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• Nonprofit resources
• Sports & rec
• Travel

• Texarkana medical services & health statistics

• State historical society

• Historic sites in or near Texarkana
• Historic sites in Texas
• Museums in or near Texarkana
• Museums in Texas
• Texas state archives
• Texas state encyclopedia
• National Historic Landmark search
• Search the Library of Congress
• Search the National Register for historic properties
• Post history questions in Bowie County genealogy forum

Median rent in Texarkana, at the time of the 2000 Census, was $377.   Monthly homeowner costs, for people with mortgages, were $789.

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Libraries in Texarkana include Texarkana Public Library ... View libraries

• Texas library

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• Census map of Texarkana area
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• Historic maps of Texas
• Topographic map of Texarkana

Newspapers in Texarkana include Texarkana Gazette

TV stations in Texarkana include KTAL.

National Public Radio programming is carried locally by KTXK.

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Bowie County supported George W. Bush in the 2004 presidential election. For more information, see our Texarkana political report.

• Texas Democratic party
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• Texas elections board

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• Churches, other places of worship in or near Texarkana
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The average commute time for Texarkana workers is 16 minutes, compared with 26 minutes nationwide.

A total of 15 fatal motor vehicle accidents occurred in Texarkana between 2001 and 2003, according to reports gathered by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

This is a rate of 4.3 fatal crashes per 10,000 population, which was slightly higher than the national norm.

• Texarkana travel guide
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• Texas tourism bureau

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