Tira, Texas Explained

Official Name:Tira, Texas
Settlement Type:Town
Mapsize:250px
Image Map1:Hopkins County Tira.svg
Mapsize1:250px
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Texas
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Hopkins
Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:3.73
Area Land Km2:3.67
Area Water Km2:0.06
Area Total Sq Mi:1.44
Area Land Sq Mi:1.42
Area Water Sq Mi:0.02
Population As Of:2020
Population Total:319
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Density Sq Mi:auto
Timezone:Central (CST)
Utc Offset:-6
Timezone Dst:CDT
Utc Offset Dst:-5
Elevation Ft:469
Coordinates:33.3267°N -95.5697°W
Postal Code Type:ZIP code
Postal Code:75482
Area Code:903, 430
Blank Name:FIPS code
Blank Info:48-73124[2]
Blank1 Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank1 Info:1380666

Tira is a town in Hopkins County, Texas, United States. The population was 319 at the 2020 census.

Geography

Tira is located in northern Hopkins County at 33.3267°N -95.5697°W (33.326629, –95.569853).[3] Texas State Highway 19 runs through the western part of the town, leading north to Paris and south to Sulphur Springs, the Hopkins county seat. Tira is east of the dam at the outlet of Jim Chapman Lake (formerly known as Cooper Lake) and is 9miles 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 3.7km2, of which 0.06sqkm, or 1.65%, are water.[4]

Demographics

Tira racial composition as of 2020[5]
(NH = Non-Hispanic)!Race!Number!Percentage
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 Latino237.21%
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.

References

  1. Web site: 2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files. United States Census Bureau. August 7, 2020.
  2. Web site: U.S. Census website. United States Census Bureau. January 31, 2008.
  3. Web site: US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990. United States Census Bureau. April 23, 2011. February 12, 2011.
  4. Web site: Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001): Tira town, Texas . dead . https://archive.today/20200213102149/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4873124 . February 13, 2020 . March 15, 2018 . American Factfinder . U.S. Census Bureau.
  5. Web site: Explore Census Data . May 22, 2022 . data.census.gov.