Hubbard is an

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, United States. According to the

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, the community had a population of 269 in 2000. It is part of the Texarkana metropolitan area.

History

The community was most likely named for early settler Richard B. Hubbard. The oldest graves in the Hubbard Chapel Cemetery date as far back as 1835. There was a church, a cemetery, and several scattered houses in Hubbard in 1936. Its population was recorded as 269 from 1990 through 2000.

Geography

Hubbard is located on U.S. Highway 259, west of Texarkana and southwest of DeKalb in western Bowie County.

Education

Hubbard had its own school in 1936. The Hubbard Independent School District as well as the

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serves area students.

References

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