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 against Texarkana, Arkansas. The Texas city’s population was 36,193 at the 2020 census.

The city and its Arkansas counterpart form the core of the Texarkana Metropolitan Statistical Area, encompassing everything of Bowie County, Texas, and Miller County, Arkansas. The two cities had a mass population of 65,580 in the 2020 decennial census, and the metropolitan Place had a population of 149,482.

Railroads were Fast to look the possibilities of connecting markets in this immense area. In the late 1850s, the builders of the Cairo and Fulton Railroad were pushing their descent steadily south across Arkansas. By 1874, they crossed the Red River and reached the Texas give access line. Between February 16 and March 19, 1874, trains ran with the Texas connect and the Red River, whence passengers and freight were ferried north to Fulton, Arkansas to continue by rail. The Red River Bridge opened on March 20, 1874. Since then, trains have govern directly from Texarkana to St. Louis, Missouri.

Keen rivalry existed in the company of the 1870s railroad builders. The Texas and Pacific Railroad reached across Texas to the Arkansas state line. The affix was the methodical place for the exchange railways to connect. On December 8, 1873, the Texas and Pacific sold the first town lots for the far along city. The first buyer was J. W. Davis, who purchased the estate where today’s Hotel McCartney now stands, opposite Union Station.