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c. 1945
Bane Motor Company, 5th and Hazel, Texarkana, Arkansas (78767), c. 1945
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John Clifton House
The John Clifton House is a historic house at 1803 Pecan Street in Texarkana, Arkansas, United States.
About Texarkana
City in Arkansas, United StatesTexarkana 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. Within the Ark-La-Tex subregion of southwest Arkansas, Texarkana is located in the Piney Woods,…
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Housing in Texarkana
The typical Texarkana home is worth about $167,000, up 0.9% in a year, 27% below the Arkansas typical home.
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Safety in Texarkana
Safety Grade D-
Texarkana reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 97% report less.
Work & commute in Texarkana
Full picture →About one in 4 of Texarkana’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Texarkana (31%), Little Rock (3%) and Nash (2%). Half commute less than 5 miles.
Health in Texarkana
Health Grade D
Healthier than 6% of U.S. towns on seven CDC estimates.
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of 32 measures CDC estimates. The other 17 are too close to call.
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Natural hazards in Texarkana
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 69% of U.S. communities.
Climate in Texarkana
Full climate →Texarkana has mild winters and hot summers, with plenty of rain. A typical July afternoon reaches 93°, a January night drops to 34°, and about 2 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.
Schools in Texarkana
All Texarkana schools →School Grade C-
The public schools Texarkana’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 83% of Arkansas’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within AR. Ratings are from neighbors.
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