About Texarkana

Visitors to the twin cities of Texarkana sometimes found themselves a bit confused. And it's easy to understand why. Texarkana is a border city where State Line Avenue divides Texarkana, Texas and Texarkana, Arkansas.

Who named Texarkana is up for debate. The popular version credits Colonel Gus Knobel who surveyed this section for the Iron Mountain Railroad right-of-way from Little Rock. The story goes that Colonel Knobel wrote Tex-Ark-Ana on a board and nailed it to a tree and remarked that this was the name of the town which was going to be built here.

Here's the rest of the story in case you're wondering. Colonel Knobel believed he was at or near the spot where the borders of three states met. So he named the city after these states - Texas, Arkansas and Louisiana.

The two cities are routinely referred to as the State Line Cities because the main thoroughfare, State Line Avenue, is the Arkansas-Texas border.

Texarkana's motto: Twice As Nice, appropriately conveys the political structure here. There are two of most everything: two city mayors, two city governments, two police departments, two fire departments. Texarkana is a thriving agricultural, transportation, wholesale and manufacturing center serving four states. Residents and visitors alike enjoy the moderate climate and a variety of recreational and entertainment activities.

More About Texarkana

Find out more about Texarkana by following the hyperlinks below.

Community Links of Interest
Chamber of Commerce
Main Street Texarkana  
City of Texarkana
See Texarkana
Texarkana Airport
Texarkana Regional Arts & Humanities Council
Texarkana Library
Texarkana Urban Transit District

Schools and Colleges
Texarkana Texas ISD
Texarkana Arkansas ISD
Pleasant Grove ISD  
Liberty Eylau ISD
Redwater ISD
Redlick ISD
Texarkana College
Texas A&M Texarkana