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Texoma is an interstate region in the
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, split between
Oklahoma Oklahoma (; Choctaw language, Choctaw: ; chr, ᎣᎧᎳᎰᎹ, ''Okalahoma'' ) is a U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States, bordered by Texas on the south and west, Kansas on the nor ...
and
Texas Texas (, ; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2 ...
. The name is a
portmanteau A portmanteau word, or portmanteau (, ) is a blend of wordsRed River valley, in particular the area around
Lake Texoma Lake Texoma is one of the largest reservoirs in the United States, the 12th largest US Army Corps of Engineers' (USACE) lake, and the largest in USACE Tulsa District. Lake Texoma is formed by Denison Dam on the Red River in Bryan County, Oklaho ...
. The surrounding area is alternatively referred to as Texomaland. The
Wichita Falls Wichita Falls ( ) is a city in and the seat of government of Wichita County, Texas, United States. It is the principal city of the Wichita Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses all of Archer, Clay, and Wichita counties. Accordin ...
Lawton and
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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
Lake Texoma Lake Texoma is one of the largest reservoirs in the United States, the 12th largest US Army Corps of Engineers' (USACE) lake, and the largest in USACE Tulsa District. Lake Texoma is formed by Denison Dam on the Red River in Bryan County, Oklaho ...
, 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 Dallas () is the List of municipalities in Texas, third largest city in Texas and the largest city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the List of metropolitan statistical areas, fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States at 7.5 ...
Fort Worth Fort Worth is the fifth-largest city in the U.S. state of Texas and the 13th-largest city in the United States. It is the county seat of Tarrant County, covering nearly into four other counties: Denton, Johnson, Parker, and Wise. According ...
Combined Statistical Area Combined statistical area (CSA) is a United States Office of Management and Budget (OMB) term for a combination of adjacent metropolitan (MSA) and micropolitan statistical areas (µSA) across the 50 US states and the territory of Puerto Ric ...
. A portion of Texoma south of Lake Texoma has been designated an
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, the
Texoma AVA Texoma is an interstate region in the United States, split between Oklahoma 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 ...
. The Texas part of Texoma is served by the
Texoma Council of Governments The Texoma Council of Governments (TCOG) is a voluntary association of cities, counties and special districts in North Texas. Based in Sherman, the Texoma Council of Governments is a member of the Texas Association of Regional Councils. It is al ...
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Notable cities


Other cities and towns

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Achille, Oklahoma Achille is a town in Bryan County, Oklahoma, United States. As of the 2010 census, the town population was 492, a 2.8 percent decrease from the figure of 506 recorded in 2000. The town's name is derived from a Cherokee word, ', meaning fire.Wilso ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Bromide, Oklahoma Bromide is a town in Coal and Johnston counties in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. The population was 165 at the 2010 census. The area around Bromide was noted for its mineral springs, and the bromide content of the water gave the town its name. It w ...
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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 ...
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Caddo, Oklahoma Caddo is a town in Bryan County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 997 at the 2010 census, a 5.6 percent gain over the figure of 944 recorded in 2000. The name is derived from a Caddo word, ''ka do hada’ cho'', meaning "real chief" i ...
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Calera, Oklahoma Calera is a town in Bryan County, Oklahoma, United States, located five miles south of Durant and 10 miles north of the Oklahoma-Texas state line. The population was 2,906 at the 2020 census, an increase of 34.2 percent over the figure of 2,164 ...
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Colbert, Oklahoma Colbert is a town in Bryan County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 1,140 at the 2010 census, a 7 percent increase over the figure of 1,065 recorded in 2000. It was incorporated in 1939. History Colbert men became prominent leaders amo ...
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Dickson, Oklahoma Dickson is a town in Carter County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 1,207 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Ardmore, Oklahoma Micropolitan Statistical Area. Life Dickson has no post office, so residents are served by the USPS i ...
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Duncan, Oklahoma Duncan is a city and county seat of Stephens County, Oklahoma, United States. Its population was 22,310 at the 2020 census. Its main claim to fame is as the birthplace of the Halliburton Corporation. Erle P. Halliburton established the New Me ...
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Gene Autry, Oklahoma Gene Autry is a town in Carter County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 158 as of the 2010 census, up from 99 in 2000. It is part of the Ardmore, Oklahoma Micropolitan Statistical Area. History The town was originally named "Lou" by ...
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Healdton, Oklahoma Healdton is a city in Carter County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 2,788 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Ardmore, Oklahoma Micropolitan Statistical Area. History A post office was established at Healdton, Indian Territory ...
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Hugo, Oklahoma Hugo is a city in and the county seat of Choctaw County, Oklahoma, United States. It is located in southeastern Oklahoma, approximately north of the Texas state line. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 5,310. The city was founded i ...
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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 ...
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Kemp, Oklahoma Kemp is a town in Bryan County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 133 at the 2010 census, a decrease of 7.8 percent from the total of 144 recorded in 2000. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total a ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Madill, Oklahoma Madill is a city in and the county seat of Marshall County, Oklahoma, United States. It was named in honor of George Alexander Madill, an attorney for the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway. The population at the 2010 census was 3,770, an increa ...
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Mannsville, Oklahoma Mannsville is a town in Johnston County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 863 at the 2010 census, up from 587 in 2000. Geography Mannsville is located in southwestern Johnston County at (34.185707, -96.880271). It is bordered to the ...
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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 ...
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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.
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Mill Creek, Oklahoma Mill Creek is a town in Johnston County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 319 at the 2010 census, a decline from the figure of 340 in 2000.
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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 ...
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Ratliff City, Oklahoma Ratliff City is a town in Carter County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 120 at the 2010 census. Ratliff City was named for Ollie Ratliff, owner of a local garage. It is part of the Ardmore, Oklahoma Micropolitan Statistical Area. H ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Springer, Oklahoma Springer is a town in Carter County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 700 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Ardmore, Oklahoma Micropolitan Statistical Area. History A post office was established at Springer, Indian Territory o ...
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Tatums, Oklahoma Tatums is a historic Freedmen's town in Carter County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 151 at the 2010 census, a decline of 12.2 percent from the figure of 172 in 2000. It is part of the Ardmore, Oklahoma Micropolitan Statistical Are ...
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Thackerville, Oklahoma Thackerville is a town in Love County, Oklahoma. It is located in South Central Oklahoma. The population was 445 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Ardmore, Oklahoma Micropolitan Statistical Area. Geography Thackerville is located at (33. ...
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Tishomingo, Oklahoma Tishomingo is the largest city in, and the county seat of, Johnston County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 3,034 at the 2010 census, a decline of 4.1 percent from the figure of 3,162 in 2000. It was the first capital of the Chick ...
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Wapanucka, Oklahoma Wapanucka (pronounced Wop´-uh-nuck´-uh) is a town in northeastern Johnston County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 438 at the 2010 census, a 1.6 percent decrease from the figure of 445 in 2000. It is about northeast of Tishomingo. T ...
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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, ...
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Archer City, Texas Archer City is a city in and the county seat of Archer County, Texas, United States. The city lies at the junction of State Highway 79 and State Highway 25. It is located 25 miles (40 km) south of Wichita Falls, and is part of the Wichi ...
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Bailey, Texas Bailey is a city in Fannin County, in the U.S. state of Texas. The population was 289 at the 2010 census, up from 213 at the 2000 census. History The town began in the late 1850s, when farmers moved into the area to take advantage of the rich so ...
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Bells, Texas Bells is a city in Grayson County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,392 at the 2010 census, up from 1,190 at the 2000 census. The city lies north of Dallas and is part of the Sherman– Denison Metropolitan Statistical Area. Histor ...
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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 ...
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Burkburnett, Texas Burkburnett is a city in Wichita County, Texas, United States. It is part of the Wichita Falls, Texas metropolitan statistical area. Its population was 10,811 at the 2010 census. The community newspaper, the ''Burkburnett Informer/Star,'' is publi ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Collinsville, Texas Collinsville is a town in Grayson County, Texas, United States. Its population was 1,624 at the 2010 census, up from 1,235 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Sherman–Denison metropolitan statistical area. Collinsville is located on U.S. Rout ...
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Crowell, Texas Crowell ( ) is a city in Foard County, Texas, United States. It serves as the county seat, and the population was 948 at the 2010 census, down from 1,141 at the 2000 census. Geography Crowell is located near the center of Foard County at (33.9 ...
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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 ...
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Dodd City, Texas Dodd City is a town in Fannin County, in the U.S. state of Texas. The population was 369 at the 2010 census, down from 419 at the 2000 census. History The town was established in 1839. Geography Dodd City is located east of the center of Fanni ...
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Dorchester, Texas Dorchester is a city in Grayson County, Texas, United States. The population was 148 at the 2010 census, up from 109 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Sherman– Denison Metropolitan Statistical Area. Geography Dorchester is located in ...
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Ector, Texas Ector is a city in Fannin County, Texas, United States. The population was 695 at the 2010 census, up from 600 at the 2000 census. Geography Ector is located in western Fannin County at (33.577470, –96.272284). Texas State Highway 56 runs th ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Gunter, Texas Gunter is a city in the southwestern corner of Grayson County, Texas, United States. The population was 2,060 at the 2020 census, up from 1,498 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Sherman–Denison metropolitan area. History Gunter was found ...
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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 ...
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Honey Grove, Texas Honey Grove is a city in Fannin County, Texas, United States. Honey Grove bills itself as "The Sweetest Town in Texas". The population was 1,668 at the 2010 census. Geography Honey Grove is in central North Texas, in eastern Fannin County, east ...
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Howe, Texas Howe is a town in Grayson County, Texas, United States. The population was 3,451 in the 2020 U.S. Census. It is part of the Sherman– Denison metropolitan statistical area. History The first settlers in the area arrived around the time of ...
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Henrietta, Texas Henrietta is a city in and the county seat of Clay County, Texas, United States. It is part of the Wichita Falls metropolitan statistical area. The population was 3,141 at the 2010 census, a decline of 123 from the 2000 tabulation of 3,264. His ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Montague, Texas Montague ( ) is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Montague County, Texas, United States. It is the county seat of Montague County and had an estimated population of 400 in 2000, according to the Handbook of Texas. Its pop ...
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Muenster, Texas Muenster ( ) is a city in western Cooke County, Texas, United States, along U.S. Route 82. The population was 1,544 at the 2010 census. Muenster is a primarily German-Texan and Catholic city. History In 1887, the Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railr ...
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Nocona, Texas Nocona is a city along U.S. Highway 82 and State Highway 175 in Montague County, Texas, United States. The population was 3,033 at the 2010 census. The city, its lake, and its resurgence as a regional travel destination were featured in thJune ...
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Paris, Texas Paris is a city and county seat of Lamar County, Texas, United States. Located in Northeast Texas at the western edge of the Piney Woods, the population of the city was 24,171 in 2020. History Present-day Lamar County was part of Red River Co ...
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Pecan Gap, Texas Pecan Gap is a city in Delta and Fannin counties within the U.S. state of Texas. It is sometimes informally referred to as "The Gap" by area residents. The population was 178 at the time of the 2020 census. It is named for the gap between two pec ...
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Pottsboro, Texas Pottsboro is a town in Grayson County, Texas, United States. Its population was 2,160 at the 2010 census, up from 1,579 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Sherman– Denison metropolitan statistical area. Geography Pottsboro is located in ...
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Quanah, Texas Quanah is a city in and the county seat of Hardeman County, Texas, United States. As of the 2010 census the population was 2,641, down from 3,022 at the 2000 census. Quanah is northwest of Fort Worth and south of the Red River, which forms ...
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Sadler, Texas Sadler is a city in Grayson County, Texas, Grayson County, Texas, United States. The population was 343 at the 2010 United States census, 2010 census, down from 404 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Sherman, Texas, Sherman–Denison, Texas ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Seymour, Texas Seymour is a city in and the county seat of Baylor County, Texas, United States. Its population was 2,575 as of the 2020 Census. Geography Seymour is located on the Brazos River. It is southwest of Wichita Falls and north-northeast of Abilen ...
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Sherman, Texas Sherman is a U.S. city in and the county seat of Grayson County, Texas. The city's population in 2020 was 43,645. It is one of the two principal cities in the Sherman–Denison metropolitan statistical area, and it is part of the Texoma region o ...
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Tioga, Texas Tioga is a town in Grayson County, Texas, United States. The population was 803 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Sherman– Denison Metropolitan Statistical Area. History The town was named for the Tioga Native American tribe of New ...
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Tom Bean, Texas Tom Bean is a city in Grayson County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,045 at the 2010 census, up from 941 at the 2000 census. Tom Bean is part of the Sherman– Denison Metropolitan Statistical Area. Geography Tom Bean is locate ...
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Trenton, Texas Trenton is a city in Fannin and Grayson counties, Texas, United States. The population was 635 at the 2010 census. History Settlers from Tennessee arrived by wagon train from their home state in 1852. At the time of their arrival, the settlement ...
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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 ...
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Van Alstyne, Texas Van Alstyne is a city in Grayson and Collin Counties in the U.S. state of Texas. The population was 3,046 at the 2010 census, up from 2,502 at the 2000 census. The Grayson County portion of Van Alstyne is part of the Sherman– Denison Metro ...
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Vernon, Texas Vernon is a city and the county seat of Wilbarger County, Texas, United States. and as of the 2010 Census had a population of 11,002. History The original town was called Eagle Springs by the indigenous community as early as 1858. After the ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Whitesboro, Texas Whitesboro is a city in Grayson County, Texas, United States. The population was 3,793 at the 2010 census. Whitesboro is named for its founder, Ambrose B. White. It is part of the Sherman-Denison metropolitan area. History The area was once kn ...
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Whitewright, Texas Whitewright is a town in Fannin and Grayson Counties in the U.S. state of Texas. The population was 1,604 at the 2010 census, down from 1,740 at the 2000 census. The Grayson County portion of Whitewright is part of the Sherman– Denison ...
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Wichita Falls, Texas Wichita Falls ( ) is a city in and the seat of government of Wichita County, Texas, United States. It is the principal city of the Wichita Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses all of Archer, Clay, and Wichita counties. Accordin ...


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 ...
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Carter County, Oklahoma Carter County is a county in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2010 census, the population was 47,557. Its county seat is Ardmore. The county was named for Captain Ben W. Carter, a Cherokee who lived among the Chickasaw.O'Dell, Larry"Cart ...
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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 ...
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Love County, Oklahoma Love County is a county on the southern border of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2010 census, the population was 9,423. Its county seat is Marietta. The county was created at statehood in 1907 and named for Overton Love, a prominent Chi ...
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Marshall County, Oklahoma Marshall County is a county located on the south central border of Oklahoma. As of the 2010 census, the population was 15,840. Its county seat is Madill. The county was created at statehood in 1907 from the former Pickens County of the Chicka ...
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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 ...
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Fannin County, Texas Fannin County is a county in the far northeast of the U.S. state of Texas, on the border with Oklahoma. As of the 2020 census, its population was 35,662. The county seat is Bonham. The county was named for James Fannin, who commanded the grou ...
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Grayson County, Texas Grayson County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 135,543. The county seat is Sherman. The county was founded in 1846 and is named after Peter Wagener Grayson, an attorney general of the Republic ...
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.


See also

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Big Pasture The Big Pasture was of prairie land, in what is now southwestern Oklahoma. The land had been reserved for grazing use by the Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache tribes after their reserve was opened for settlement by a lottery conducted during June th ...
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Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma The Choctaw Nation (Choctaw: ''Chahta Okla'') is a Native American territory covering about , occupying portions of southeastern Oklahoma in the United States. The Choctaw Nation is the third-largest federally recognized tribe in the United S ...
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East Texas East Texas is a broadly defined cultural, geographic, and ecological region in the eastern part of the U.S. state of Texas that comprises most of 41 counties. It is primarily divided into Northeast and Southeast Texas. Most of the region consi ...
* Eisenhower State Park *
Greer County, Texas Greer County, a county created by the Texas legislature on February 8, 1860 (and was named for John Alexander Greer, Lieutenant Governor of Texas), was land claimed by both Texas and the United States. The region of Greer County is now in present- ...
, now defunct county and site of a 19th-century state boundary dispute * Choctaw (Kiamichi) Country and Little Dixie, often considered interchangeable *
North Texas North Texas (also commonly called North Central Texas) is a term used primarily by residents of Dallas, Fort Worth, and surrounding areas to describe much of the north central portion of the U.S. state of Texas. Residents of the Dallas–Fort Wor ...
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Northeast Texas Northeast Texas is a cultural and geographic region in the northeast corner of the U.S. state of Texas. Geographically centered on two metropolitan areas strung along Interstate 20—Tyler in the west and Longview/Marshall to the east, the areas ...
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Piney Woods The Piney Woods is a temperate coniferous forest terrestrial ecoregion in the Southern United States covering of East Texas, southern Arkansas, western Louisiana, and southeastern Oklahoma. These coniferous forests are dominated by several spec ...
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South Central Oklahoma South Central Oklahoma is an amorphous region in the state of Oklahoma, perhaps encompassing 10 counties. It is centered on the Arbuckle Mountains, an ancient, eroded range traversing some across the region, and surrounded by rivers and lakes, ...
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Southwestern Oklahoma Southwest Oklahoma is a geographical name for the southwest portion of the state of Oklahoma, typically considered to be south of the Canadian River, extending eastward from the Texas border to a line roughly from Weatherford, to Anadarko, to ...
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Texoma Council of Governments The Texoma Council of Governments (TCOG) is a voluntary association of cities, counties and special districts in North Texas. Based in Sherman, the Texoma Council of Governments is a member of the Texas Association of Regional Councils. It is al ...
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Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge The Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge of the United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in N ...
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Washita River The Washita River () is a river in the states of Texas and Oklahoma in the United States. The river is long and terminates at its confluence with the Red River, which is now part of Lake Texoma () on the TexasOklahoma border. Geography The ...


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