Maud is a city in Bowie County, Texas, United States, within the Texarkana metropolitan area. According to the 2020 U.S. census, it had a population of 977.

Maud is on the St. Louis Southwestern Railway near U.S. Highway 67 in southern Bowie County. The territory nearly Maud, known previously the Republic of Texas mature as the Red River Country, was in the middle of the earliest fixed areas, but Spanish claims to the land, outlaws from the Neutral Ground, and general mayhem discouraged extensive development. Before the city of Maud was established, the historic Trammel Trace road went just south of where the city where the crossing of the Sulphur River was made by exaggeration of Epperson’s Ferry.

After the railroad reached the site in 1870, a community gradually began to emerge. The town was named for Maud Knapp, daughter of Samuel D. Knapp, the first postmaster and the donor of estate for the townsite. A proclaim office opened in 1881, closed the next year, then reopened in 1893. By 1910, the population of the town had reached 300, and by 1940 it had grown to 750. During World War II the Red River Army Depot and the Lone Star Army Ammunition Plant were built 6 miles (10 km) north of the community. These two services provided jobs for many Maud citizens. In 1982, Maud had eleven rated businesses and an estimated population of 1,059. The two military installations remained the largest employers of Maud residents. In 1990, the community population was 1,049.

Maud is located in southern Bowie County at 33°19′56″N 94°20′36″W / 33.33222°N 94.34333°W / 33.33222; -94.34333 (33.332185, –94.343244). U.S. Route 67 passes through the center of town, leading northeast 18 miles (29 km) to Texarkana and southwest 43 miles (69 km) to Mount Pleasant. Texas State Highway 8 leads south from Maud 23 miles (37 km) to Linden and north 13 miles (21 km) to New Boston. The city is 4 miles (6 km) north of Wright Patman Lake, a reservoir on the Sulphur River. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city of Maud has a total area of 1.5 square miles (3.9 km²), all of it land.