Texline, Texas facts for kids
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Texline, Texas
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Downtown Texline on U.S. Highway 87
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Location of Texline, Texas
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| Country | United States |
| State | Texas |
| County | Dallam |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1.02 sq mi (2.63 km2) |
| • Land | 1.02 sq mi (2.63 km2) |
| • Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
| Elevation | 4,682 ft (1,427 m) |
| Population
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| • Total | 448 |
| • Density | 439.2/sq mi (170.3/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP code |
79087
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| Area code(s) | 806 |
| FIPS code | 48-72476 |
| GNIS feature ID | 2413379 |
Texline is a town in northwestern Dallam County, Texas, United States. Its population was 448 at the 2020 census. The town is named for its location near the New Mexico-Texas state line. The town sits on U.S. Highway 87, which continues southeast towards Dalhart and northwest towards Clayton, New Mexico.
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History of boundary dispute
For years, a simmering dispute has existed over whether Texline is lawfully a part of Texas or New Mexico. The straight north-south border between the two states was originally defined as the 103rd meridian, but the 1859 survey that was supposed to mark that boundary mistakenly set the border between 2.29 and 3.77 miles (3.69–6.07 km) too far west of that line. This survey error resulted in the current towns of Texline, Farwell, Bledsoe, Bronco, and a part of Glenrio being within the State of Texas. New Mexico's short border with Oklahoma, in contrast, was correctly surveyed on the meridian. New Mexico's draft constitution in 1910 stated that the border is on the 103rd meridian as intended. The disputed strip, hundreds of miles long, includes parts of valuable oilfields of the Permian Basin. A bill was passed in the New Mexico Senate to fund and file a lawsuit in the U.S. Supreme Court to recover the strip from Texas, but the bill did not become law. Today, land in the strip is included in Texas land surveys and the land and towns for all purposes are taxed and governed by the State of Texas.
Geography
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Texline is located just over a mile from the New Mexico border along U.S. Highway 87 and six miles south of the Texas-Oklahoma border. Dalhart is around 35 miles to the southeast and Clayton, New Mexico, is about 11 miles to the northwest.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 1.0 square mile (2.6 km2), all land.
Demographics
| Historical population | |||
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| Census | Pop. | %± | |
| 1920 | 762 | — | |
| 1930 | 711 | −6.7% | |
| 1940 | 385 | −45.9% | |
| 1950 | 437 | 13.5% | |
| 1960 | 430 | −1.6% | |
| 1970 | 387 | −10.0% | |
| 1980 | 477 | 23.3% | |
| 1990 | 425 | −10.9% | |
| 2000 | 511 | 20.2% | |
| 2010 | 507 | −0.8% | |
| 2020 | 448 | −11.6% | |
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2020 census
| Race | Number | Percentage |
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| White (NH) | 222 | 49.55% |
| Native American or Alaska Native (NH) | 1 | 0.22% |
| Mixed/multiracial (NH) | 13 | 2.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 212 | 47.32% |
| Total | 448 |
As of the 2020 United States census, 448 people, 160 households, and 74 families were residing in the town.
Education
The Texline Independent School District serves Texline. The district's only school (kindergarten- grade 12) is called Texline Public School.
Notable person
- W. A. Criswell, veteran pastor of the First Baptist Church of Dallas, Texas, was born in Oklahoma, but raised in Texline.
See also
In Spanish: Texline (Texas) para niños
