Texline, Texas

Texline, Texas
Town
Downtown Texline on U.S. Highway 87
Location of Texline, Texas
Country	United States
State	Texas
County	Dallam
Area
• Total	1.0 sq mi (2.6 km2)
• Land	1.0 sq mi (2.6 km2)
• Water	0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2)
Elevation	4,692 ft (1,430 m)
Population  (2000)
• Total	511
• Density	504.2/sq mi (194.7/km2)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	79087
Area code	806
FIPS code	48-72476Template:GR
GNIS feature ID	1369762Template:GR

Texline is a town in northwestern Dallam County, Texas, United States. The population was 507 at the 2010 Census. The town is named for its location near the New Mexico-Texas state line.

Geography

First view of Rocky Mountains photographed from Texline

Texline is located at 36°22′41″N 103°1′23″W (36.377998, -103.023170)Template:GR. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 1.0 square mile (2.6 km²), all of it land.

U.S. Highway 87 constitutes the main street of Texline. From Highway 87 just west of Texline, one gets the first glimpse of the Rocky Mountains as they slowly rise in northeastern New Mexico.

Demographics

As of the censusTemplate:GR of 2000, there were 511 people, 196 households, and 134 families residing in the town. The population density was 504.2 people per square mile (195.3/km²). There were 227 housing units at an average density of 224.0 per square mile (86.8/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 90.02% White, 0.20% Native American, 6.85% from other races, and 2.94% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 26.81% of the population.

There were 196 households out of which 38.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.7% were married couples living together, 4.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.6% were non-families. 30.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.The average household size was 2.61 and the average family size was 3.31.

In the town the population was spread out with 31.9% under the age of 18, 6.8% from 18 to 24, 26.8% from 25 to 44, 24.3% from 45 to 64, and 10.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females there were 94.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.6 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $32,188, and the median income for a family was $37,708. Males had a median income of $29,792 versus $14,792 for females. The per capita income for the town was $15,086. About 13.9% of families and 10.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 11.4% of those under age 18 and 12.8% of those age 65 or over.

Education

The Texline Independent School District serves Texline. TISD has only one K-12 school called "Texline Public School."

Notable people

W.A. Criswell, veteran pastor of the First Baptist Church of Dallas, Texas, was born in Oklahoma but reared in Texline.