Texoma is an interstate region in the United States, split between

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and Texas. The name is a portmanteau of Texas and Oklahoma. Businesses use the term in their names to describe their intended service area. This includes 8 counties with a population estimate of 319,455.

Definition

Texoma is usually defined as the area on either side of the state border along the Red River valley, in particular the area around

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. The surrounding area is alternatively referred to as Texomaland. The Wichita Falls– Lawton and Paris–

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areas are often included in Texoma or Texomaland due to their proximity to the Red River and the Texas/Oklahoma border. Texoma mainly comprises the area and cities surrounding

, which includes eight counties. Much of the population is concentrated in the Sherman–Denison Metropolitan Statistical Area and three Micropolitan Statistical Areas. The area around Bonham is also populous. Most of the region is also part of the Dallas–

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Combined Statistical Area. A portion of Texoma south of Lake Texoma has been designated an

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Notable cities

Other cities and towns

; in Oklahoma * Achille, Oklahoma *

Altus, Oklahoma Altus () is a city in and the county seat of Jackson County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 19,813 at the 2010 census, a loss of 7.7 percent compared to 21,454 in 2000. Altus is home to Altus Air Force Base, the United States Air F ...

Ardmore, Oklahoma Ardmore is the county seat of Carter County, Oklahoma, United States. According to the 2010 census, the city had a population of 24,283, with an estimated population of 24,698 in 2019. The Ardmore micropolitan statistical area had an estimated ...

Armstrong, Oklahoma Armstrong is a town in Bryan County, Oklahoma, United States, along the Blue River. The population was 105 at the 2010 census, a 25.2 percent decrease from the figure of 141 recorded in 2000. The town was named for Frank C. Armstrong, a member o ...

Bennington, Oklahoma Bennington is a town in Bryan County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 334 at the 2010 census. History In 1853, a Presbyterian minister named A. G. Lansing established Mount Pleasant Mission Station near present-day Matoy in the Ch ...

* Bromide, Oklahoma *

Bokchito, Oklahoma Bokchito is a town in Bryan County, Oklahoma, Bryan County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 632 at the 2010 census, an increase of 12.1 percent over the figure of 564 recorded in United States Census, 2000, 2000. In the Choctaw language ...

* Caddo, Oklahoma * Calera, Oklahoma * Colbert, Oklahoma * Dickson, Oklahoma * Duncan, Oklahoma * Gene Autry, Oklahoma * Healdton, Oklahoma * Hugo, Oklahoma *

Hendrix, Oklahoma Hendrix is a town in Bryan County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 79 at both the 2010 and the 2000 censuses. According to the Bryan County Genealogy Society, Hendrix was originally known as Kemp City. This led to it often being con ...

* Kemp, Oklahoma *

Kenefic, Oklahoma Kenefic is a town in Bryan County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 196 at the 2010 census, a 2 percent increase from the total of 192 recorded in 2000. The town was named for William Kenefick, president of the Missouri, Oklahoma and G ...

Kingston, Oklahoma Kingston is a town in Marshall County, Oklahoma, United States, in the central southern portion of the state close to the border. The population was 1,601 at the 2010 census. Geography Kingston is located at (34.000146, -96.721133). According ...

Lawton, Oklahoma Lawton is a city in and the county seat of Comanche County, in the U.S. state of Oklahoma Oklahoma (; Choctaw language, Choctaw: ; chr, ᎣᎧᎳᎰᎹ, ''Okalahoma'' ) is a U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Ce ...

Leon, Oklahoma Leon is a town in Love County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 91 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Ardmore Micropolitan Statistical Area. Geography Leon is located in western Love County at (33.878618, -97.428710). It is eas ...

Lone Grove, Oklahoma Lone Grove is a city in Carter County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 5,054 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Micropolitan Statistical Area of Ardmore. The city, located west of Ardmore on U.S. Route 70, is a bedroom communit ...

Marietta, Oklahoma Marietta is a city and county seat in Love County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 2,626 at the 2010 census, a 7.4 percent increase from the figure of 2,445 in 2000. Marietta is part of the Ardmore, Oklahoma, Micropolitan Stati ...

* Madill, Oklahoma * Mannsville, Oklahoma *

Mead, Oklahoma Mead is a town in Bryan County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 122 at the 2010 census, compared to 123 in 2000. Mead was originally named for C.W. Meade, the first postmaster, but the town later dropped the final "e" of the name.Brim ...

Milburn, Oklahoma Milburn is a town in Johnston County, Oklahoma, Johnston County, Oklahoma, United States, along the Blue River (Oklahoma), Blue River. The population was 317 at the 2010 census, an increase of 1.6 percent from the figure of 312 in 2000.

* Mill Creek, Oklahoma * New Woodville, Oklahoma *

Oakland, Oklahoma Oakland is a town in Marshall County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 674 at the 2000 census and grew to a population of 1,057 as of the 2010 census, an increase of 56.8%. History Oakland was county seat of Pickens County, Chickas ...

* Ratliff City, Oklahoma *

Ravia, Oklahoma Ravia is a town in Johnston County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 528 at the 2010 census, up from 459 in 2000. Geography Ravia is located in southwestern Johnston County at (34.241756, -96.755592). Oklahoma State Highway 1 passe ...

Silo, Oklahoma Silo is a town in Bryan County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 331 at the 2010 census, an increase of 17.4 percent from the figure of 282 recorded in 2000. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a tot ...

Soper, Oklahoma Soper is a town in Choctaw County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 261 at the 2010 census. The town was named for Pliny L. Soper, who was an attorney for the Arkansas and Choctaw Railway. History At the time of its founding, Sope ...

* Springer, Oklahoma * Tatums, Oklahoma * Thackerville, Oklahoma * Tishomingo, Oklahoma * Wapanucka, Oklahoma *

Wilson, Oklahoma Wilson is a town in Carter County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 1,724 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Ardmore, Oklahoma Micropolitan Statistical Area. It is home to one of the oldest Assemblies of God churches in Oklahoma, ...

; in Texas * Archer City, Texas * Bailey, Texas * Bells, Texas *

Bowie, Texas Bowie ( ) is a town in Montague County, Texas, United States. The population was 5,218 at the 2010 census. History On July 22, 1881, Bowie was incorporated as a town in Montague County, Texas. (There is also a Bowie County, which includes ...

* Burkburnett, Texas *

Callisburg, Texas Callisburg is a city in Cooke County, in the U.S. state of Texas. The population was 353 at the 2010 census. History The town was named for blacksmith Sam Callis, the first settler there. Geography Callisburg is located in northeastern Cooke ...

Childress, Texas Childress ( ) (established 1887; incorporated 1890) is a city in Childress County, Texas, United States. The population was 6,905 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Childress County. The city and county were named in honor of Georg ...

* Collinsville, Texas * Crowell, Texas *

Decatur, Texas Decatur is the county seat of Wise County, Texas, United States. Its population was 6,538 in 2020. History Wise County was established in 1856, and Taylorsville (in honor of Zachary Taylor) was made the county seat. Absalom Bishop, an early sett ...

* Dodd City, Texas * Dorchester, Texas * Ector, Texas *

Electra, Texas Electra is a city in Wichita County, Texas, United States. It is part of the Wichita Falls metropolitan statistical area. The population was 2,791 at the 2010 census., down from 3,168 in 2000. Electra claims the title of Pump Jack Capital of ...

Forestburg, Texas Forestburg is an unincorporated community in Montague County, Texas, United States. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 50 in 2000. History Forestburg was first settled in the early 1850s. Austin Perryman, Wash ...

* Gunter, Texas *

Gainesville, Texas Gainesville is a city in and the county seat of Cooke County, Texas, United States. Its population was 16,002 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Texoma region and is an important Agri-business center. History Founded in 1850, the city of Gain ...

* Honey Grove, Texas * Howe, Texas * Henrietta, Texas *

Jacksboro, Texas Jacksboro is a city in Jack County, Texas, in the United States. Its population was 4,511 at the 2010 census. U.S. Highways 281 and 380, and Texas State Highways 114 and 199 intersect at Jacksboro, which is the county seat of Jack County. His ...

Ladonia, Texas Ladonia is a town in Fannin County, Texas, United States. Its population was 612 at the 2010 census. History The area was first settled around 1840. Originally called McCownville, its name was changed to Ladonia in 1857, supposedly in honor of A ...

Leonard, Texas Leonard is a city in Fannin County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,990 at the 2010 census. Geography Leonard is located in southwestern Fannin County at (33.383165, –96.245248). U.S. Route 69 passes along the northern and eastern ...

* Lindsay, Texas * Montague, Texas * Muenster, Texas * Nocona, Texas * Oak Ridge, Texas * Paris, Texas * Pecan Gap, Texas * Pottsboro, Texas * Quanah, Texas *

Ravenna, Texas Ravenna is a city in Fannin County, Texas, United States. The population was 209 at the 2010 census. Geography Ravenna is located in northwestern Fannin County at (33.671759, –96.241773). It is northwest of Bonham, the county seat, northe ...

* Sadler, Texas *

Savoy, Texas Savoy is a city in Fannin County, Texas, United States. The population was 831 at the 2010 census. Geography Savoy is located in western Fannin County at (33.601262, –96.363793). Its western border is the Grayson County line. Texas State Hig ...

Scotland, Texas Scotland is a city in Archer County in the U.S. state of Texas. It is part of the Wichita Falls, Texas Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 501 at the 2010 census. The town is named for its founder, Henry J. Scott. Geography Scotl ...

* Seymour, Texas * Sherman, Texas *

Southmayd, Texas Southmayd (the latter syllable pronounced like "maid") is a city in Grayson County, Texas, United States. The population was 992 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Sherman– Denison Metropolitan Statistical Area. Geography Southmayd is ...

* Sunset, Texas * Tioga, Texas * Tom Bean, Texas * Trenton, Texas *

Valley View, Texas Valley View is a city in Cooke County, Texas, United States. Its population was 757 at the 2010 census. History The town was first settled in 1870 by the Lee family. L.W. Lee plotted a town on his land in 1872, naming it "Valley View", presumabl ...

* Van Alstyne, Texas * Vernon, Texas *

Windom, Texas Windom is a town in Fannin County, Texas, United States. The population was 199 at the 2010 census, down from 245 at the 2000 census. Geography Windom is located in eastern Fannin County at (33.564513, –95.999534). Texas State Highway 56 runs ...

Windthorst, Texas Windthorst is a town in Archer County, Texas, Archer and Clay County, Texas, Clay counties in the U.S. state of Texas. It is part of the Wichita Falls, Texas Wichita Falls metropolitan area, Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 409 a ...

* Whitesboro, Texas * Whitewright, Texas * Wichita Falls, Texas

Counties and statistical areas

The Texoma region consists of eight counties, five of which are in Oklahoma and three of which are in Texas. ;in Oklahoma *

Bryan County, Oklahoma Bryan County is a county in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2010 census, the population was 42,416. Its county seat is Durant. It is the only county in the United States named for Democratic politician William Jennings Bryan. Bryan Cou ...

* Carter County, Oklahoma *

Johnston County, Oklahoma Johnston County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2010 census, the population was 10,957. Its county seat is Tishomingo. It was established at statehood on November 16, 1907, and named for Douglas H. Johnston, a go ...

* Love County, Oklahoma * Marshall County, Oklahoma ;in Texas *

Cooke County, Texas Cooke County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. At the 2020 census, its population was 41,668. The county seat is Gainesville. The county was founded in 1848 and organized the next year. It is named for William Gordon Cooke, a soldier du ...

* Fannin County, Texas * Grayson County, Texas Some of the counties are included in Texoma's one

metropolitan area A metropolitan area or metro is a region that consists of a densely populated urban agglomeration and its surrounding territories sharing industries, commercial areas, transport network, infrastructures and housing. A metro area usually com ...

and three micropolitan areas. In each case, the metro- or micropolitan area corresponds to a single county. * Ardmore USA, covering Carter County. * Durant USA, covering Bryan County. * Gainesville USA, covering Cooke County. * Sherman–Denison MSA, covering Grayson County.

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