Texarkana is a city in the U.S. state of Arkansas and the county seat of Miller County, on the southwest border of the state. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 29,387. It is the twin city of Texarkana, Texas, located just across the state line. The city was founded at a railroad intersection on December 8, 1873, and was incorporated in Arkansas on August 10, 1880. Texarkana and its Texas counterpart are the principal cities of the Texarkana metropolitan area, which in 2021 was ranked 289th in the United States with a population of 147,174, according to the United States Census Bureau.
Southeast
Texarkana
Miller County, AR
Population
29,404
Walk Score
65 · Somewhat Walkable
Median rent
$837
Median home value
$153,400
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On the National Register
Historic districts
- Beech Street Historic District · listed 2010
- Buhrman-Pharr Hardware Company Historic District · listed 2004
- East Broad Street Historic District · listed 2008
Notable landmarks
- Adams, Wallace, Service Station · listed 2008
- Ahern, Patrick J., House · listed 2005
- Beech Street Brick Street · listed 2007
- Bottoms House · listed 1982
- Canaan Baptist Church · listed 1990
- Clifton, John, House · listed 2000
- Cotton Belt Railroad Office Building · listed 2008
- Dean House · listed 1976
- Garrison, Augustus M. House · listed 1982
- Hopkins Feed and Seed Store · listed 2008
- Kittrell House · listed 1982
- Miller County Courthouse · listed 1998
- Mullins Court · listed 2007
- Neif, Charles J., House · listed 1994
- Nix Creek Bridge · listed 2022
- Orr School · listed 1976
- Porter-McClure Paint Company Store · listed 2025
- Ritchie Grocery Building · listed 1990
- Shotgun House
- Swift Building · listed 2008
- Texarkana Union Station · listed 1978
- Texarkana US Post Office and Courthouse · listed 2000
- Texarkana, Arkansas, Municipal Building · listed 2004
- Wadley, J.K., House · listed 1999
- Whitmarsh, Alvah Horace, House · listed 1980
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