unincorporated community
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in
Caddo Parish, Louisiana
Caddo Parish () () is a Parish (administrative division), parish located in the northwestern corner of the U.S. state of Louisiana. According to the 2020 United States census, 2020 U.S. census, the parish had a population of 237,848. The paris ...
,
Miller County, Arkansas
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, and
Cass County, Texas
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, United States. The community is at the point where three states meet:
Texas
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,
Arkansas
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, and
Louisiana
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. In 2000, the population was 45. The Louisiana side of Three States is part of the
Shreveport – Bossier City metropolitan area
Shreveport ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Louisiana. It is the third-most populous city in Louisiana after New Orleans and Baton Rouge. The bulk of Shreveport is in Caddo Parish, of which it is the parish seat. It extends along the west ban ...
, while the Arkansas side is part of the
Texarkana metropolitan area
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.
History
The Three States area may have been developed during an oil boom in the early 1920s. County maps from the next decade showed homes and businesses scattered along the highway. It then showed houses on the Texas side of the community and small businesses on the Louisiana and Arkansas sides in the last half of the 20th century. Its population was 45 in 2000.
Geography
Three States is located on
Texas State Highway 77
State Highway 77 (SH 77) is a numbered state highway in Texas, occupying the counties of Morris and Cass. SH 77 is long, and connects U.S. Highway 259 (US 259) to the Louisiana state line.
Route description
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, southeast of
Atlanta
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on the eastern border of Cass County, the northwestern border of Caddo Parish in Louisiana, and the southwestern corner of Miller County in Arkansas.
Education
Kids who live on the Texas side of the community attend the
Atlanta Independent School District
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, the Louisiana side is in the
Caddo Parish School District
Caddo Public Schools is a school district based in Shreveport, Louisiana, United States. The district serves all of Caddo Parish.
History
In 1967, the board was sued by Shreveport pastor and civil rights leader E. Edward Jones and his wife ...
, and the Arkansas side is served by the
Fouke School District
Fouke School District 15 is a public school district based in Fouke, Miller County, Arkansas, United States. The district serves more than 1,100 students in prekindergarten through grade 12 and employs more than 150 faculty and staff at its th ...