Ark-Tex Council of Governments

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General Information
Established	December 1968
Number of Counties	10 (9 in Texas, 1 in Arkansas)
Area (approx.)	6900 sq mi (17,870.9 km²).
Population	270,468 (2000) 278,045 (2006)

Counties served

• Bowie
  Bowie County, Texas
  Bowie County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. It is part of the Texarkana, Texas - Texarkana, Arkansas, Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of 2000, the population was 89,306. Its legal county seat is Boston, though its courthouse is located in New Boston...
  
  
• Cass
  Cass County, Texas
  As of the census of 2000, there were 30,438 people, 12,190 households, and 8,654 families residing in the county. The population density was 32 people per square mile . There were 13,890 housing units at an average density of 15 per square mile...
  
  
• Delta
• Franklin
  Franklin County, Texas
  As of the census of 2000, there were 9,458 people, 3,754 households, and 2,732 families residing in the county. The population density was 33 people per square mile . There were 5,132 housing units at an average density of 18 per square mile...
  
  
• Hopkins
  Hopkins County, Texas
  *Brashear*Dike*Como*Cumby*Gafford*Pickton*Saltillo*Sulphur Bluff*Sulphur Springs*Tira-See also:*National Register of Historic Places listings in Hopkins County, Texas-External links:*...
  
  
• Lamar
• Morris
  Morris County, Texas
  As of the census of 2000, there were 13,048 people, 5,215 households, and 3,749 families residing in the county. The population density was 51 people per square mile . There were 6,017 housing units at an average density of 24 per square mile...
  
  
• Red River
• Titus
  Titus County, Texas
  As of the census of 2000, there were 28,118 people, 9,552 households, and 7,154 families residing in the county. The population density was 68 people per square mile . There were 10,675 housing units at an average density of 26 per square mile...
  
  
• Miller County, Arkansas

Largest cities in the region

• Texarkana, Texas
  Texarkana, Texas
  Texarkana is a city in Bowie County, Texas, United States. It effectively functions as one half of a city which crosses a state line — the other half, the city of Texarkana, Arkansas, lies on the other side of State Line Avenue...
  
  
• Texarkana, Arkansas
  Texarkana, Arkansas
  As of the census of 2000, there were 26,448 people, 10,384 households, and 7,040 families residing in the city. The population density was 830.5 people per square mile . There were 11,721 housing units at an average density of 368.1 per square mile...
  
  
• Paris
  Paris, Texas
  Paris, Texas is a city located northeast of the Dallas–Fort Worth Metroplex in Lamar County, Texas, in the United States. It is situated in Northeast Texas at the western edge of the Piney Woods. Physiographically, these regions are part of the West Gulf Coastal Plain. In 1900, 9,358 people lived...
  
  
• Sulphur Springs
  Sulphur Springs, Texas
  Sulphur Springs is a city in Hopkins County, Texas, in the United States. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 14,551. It is the county seat of Hopkins County.-Geography:Sulphur Springs is located at ....
  
  
• Mount Pleasant
  Mount Pleasant, Texas
  Mount Pleasant is the county seat and largest city of Titus County in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2000 census, Mount Pleasant's population was 13,935. It is the county seat of Titus County, and is situated in Northeast Texas. This town, by city ordinance, is dry to sell alcoholic beverages....
  
  
• Atlanta
  Atlanta, Texas
  Atlanta is a city in Cass County, Texas, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 5,745.-Geography:Atlanta is located at ....
  
  

External links

• Ark-Tex Council of Governments - Official site.