Texarkana (Arkansas)
Miller County
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Texarkana is a city in Miller County on the border between the U.S. states of Arkansas and Texas with 29,919 inhabitants ( 2010) and the administrative seat of Miller County. The city covers an area of 83 km ².
On the other side of the border is the sister city of Texarkana, Texas. Both cities are separate administratively, but in many ways form a unit. The city's name was formed from the states of Texas, Arkansas and Louisiana.
Demographics
Sons and daughters of the town
- Parnelli Jones, racing driver and team owner
- Dana Kimmell, Actress
- Dustin Moseley, baseball player in Major League
- Conlon Nancarrow, Mexican composer of U.S. origin
- Walter E. Rogers, politician, Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
- Mike Ross, politician, member of the House of Representatives
- Jack B. Sowards, screenwriter, film producer and film actor