"Cotton Fields" a blues song by Lead Belly and covered by many others, includes the line: "Just about a mile from Texarkana." "East Bound and Down" by Jerry Reed includes the line: "the boys are thirsty in Atlanta, and there's beer in Texarkana." "I've Been Everywhere" by Johnny Cash includes the line: "I've been to Houston, Kingston, Texarkana." "Let's Jump the Broomstick" by Brenda Lee includes the line: "goin' to Alabama back from Texarkana." "No Place Like You" by Maddie & Tae includes the line: "killing time in Texarkana, rolling tide in Alabama." "Texarkana" by R.E.M. "Texarkana Baby" by Eddy Arnold "Texarkana to Panama City" by Lee Rocker "Texarkana Resistance" by Vatican Shadow "Texas" by The Charlie Daniels Band includes this line: "runs from Texarkana to El Paso." "Texas Swing" by Clay Walker includes the line: "why all it's good to be back from Lubbock, Texarkana." "Train to Texarkana" by Shawn Howard "Ride" by Trace Adkins "Ride My Llama" by Neil Young includes the line: "I'm gonna ride my llama from Peru to Texarkana." "Southern Hallelujah" by Trace Adkins includes the line: "Bama belles set hearts pumpin' Texarkana maids are something." "24 Hours At A Time" by The Marshall Tucker Band has the line: "Tryin' to reach that Arkansas line but Texarkana's an hour ahead" in the first verse and that verse repeats later in the song. Restaurants Texarkana in Greenwich Village, New York City, New York. The restaurant is defunct and in its former location is a restaurant called Alta. Local newspaper Texarkana Gazette Local TV stations Texarkana is part of a television market that also includes Shreveport, Louisiana as its central city. KTAL-TV Channel 6 is an NBC affiliate licensed to Texarkana, Texas and serving the Shreveport - Texarkana market; its primary studios are located in Downtown Shreveport, with a secondary facility located at 3716 Summerhill Road in Texarkana. References External links TxkUSA.org, official web site for Texarkana, USA Texarkana Conventions and Visitors Bureau Texarkana Symphony Orchestra Metropolitan statistical areas and metropolitan divisions defined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, December 2003 Texarkana, Texas fact sheet from the U.S. Census Bureau Texarkana, Arkansas fact sheet from the U.S. Census Bureau Texarkana Chamber of Commerce 2006–2007 Community Profile (in PDF format) Divided cities Twin cities Metropolitan areas of Texas