Tira, Texas

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Tira, Texas
Town
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Location of Tira, Texas
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Coordinates: 33°19′36″N95°34′11″W / 33.32667°N 95.56972°W / 33.32667; -95.56972
Country United States
State Texas
County Hopkins
Area
[1]
 • Total1.44 sq mi (3.73 km2)
 • Land1.42 sq mi (3.67 km2)
 • Water0.02 sq mi (0.06 km2)
Elevation
[2]
469 ft (143 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total297
 • Estimate 
(2019) [3]
313
 • Density220.73/sq mi (85.23/km2)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
75482
FIPS code 48-73124 [4]
GNIS feature ID1380666 [2]

Tira is a town in Hopkins County, Texas, United States. The population was 297 at the 2010 census. [5]

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Geography

Tira is located in northern Hopkins County at 33°19′36″N95°34′11″W / 33.32667°N 95.56972°W / 33.32667; -95.56972 (33.326629, –95.569853). [6] Texas State Highway 19 runs through the western part of the town, leading north 25 miles (40 km) to Paris and south 13 miles (21 km) to Sulphur Springs, the Hopkins county seat. Tira is 1 mile (1.6 km) east of the dam at the outlet of Jim Chapman Lake (formerly known as Cooper Lake) and is 9 miles (14 km) by road northeast of the South Sulphur Unit of Cooper Lake State Park.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 1.4 square miles (3.7 km2), of which 0.02 square miles (0.06 km2), or 1.65%, are water. [5]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
1980 249—
1990 237−4.8%
2000 2484.6%
2010 29719.8%
2019 (est.)313 [3] 5.4%
U.S. Decennial Census [7]
Tira racial composition as of 2020 [8]
(NH = Non-Hispanic) [lower-alpha 1]
RaceNumberPercentage
White (NH)27485.89%
Black or African American (NH)92.82%
Native American or Alaska Native (NH)20.63%
Asian (NH)10.31%
Mixed/Multi-Racial (NH)103.13%
Hispanic or Latino 237.21%
Total319

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 319 people, 115 households, and 80 families residing in the town.

Education

Tira is served by the North Hopkins Independent School District.

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References

  1. ↑ "2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
  2. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Tira, Texas
  3. 1 2 "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". United States Census Bureau. May 24, 2020. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
  4. ↑ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  5. 1 2 "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001): Tira town, Texas". American Factfinder. U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 13, 2020. Retrieved March 15, 2018.
  6. ↑ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
  7. ↑ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
  8. ↑ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved May 22, 2022.
  9. ↑ https://www.census.gov/ [ not specific enough to verify ]
  10. ↑ "About the Hispanic Population and its Origin". www.census.gov. Retrieved May 18, 2022.
  1. ↑ Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race. [9] [10]
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