ed ▁the ▁Iron ▁Mountain ▁Rail road ▁right - of - way ▁from ▁Little ▁Rock ▁to ▁the ▁state ▁line ▁alleg edly ▁painted ▁" TE X - AR K - AN A " ▁on ▁a ▁pl ank ▁and ▁na iled ▁it ▁to ▁a ▁tree , ▁saying , ▁" This ▁is ▁the ▁name ▁of ▁a ▁town ▁which ▁is ▁to ▁be ▁built ▁here ." ▁ ▁Geography ▁Tex ark ana ▁is ▁located ▁at ▁the ▁j unction ▁of ▁Inter state ▁ 3 0 ▁and ▁US ▁high ways ▁ 5 9 , ▁ 6 7 , ▁ 7 1 , ▁and ▁ 8 2 ▁in ▁extreme ▁n ortheast ▁Texas ▁on ▁the ▁Texas - Ar k ansas ▁border , ▁at ▁ ▁( 3 3 . 4 3 7 1 7 0 , ▁- 9 4 . 0 6 7 3 9 4 ). ▁It ▁is ▁border ed ▁by ▁the ▁city ▁of ▁Tex ark ana , ▁Ark ansas , ▁to ▁the ▁east , ▁and ▁by ▁the ▁smaller ▁cities ▁of ▁Nash ▁and ▁W ake ▁Village , ▁Texas , ▁to ▁the ▁west . ▁It ▁is ▁in ▁the ▁Central ▁Time ▁Zone . ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁Census ▁Bureau , ▁the ▁Texas ▁city ▁has ▁a ▁total ▁area ▁of ▁, ▁of ▁which ▁ ▁is ▁land ▁and ▁, ▁or ▁ 1 . 3 9 %, ▁is ▁covered ▁by ▁water . ▁The ▁city ▁is ▁roughly ▁ 1 8 0 ▁miles ▁n ortheast ▁of ▁Dallas . ▁ ▁Cl imate ▁ ▁The ▁warm est ▁month ▁is ▁July . ▁ ▁The ▁highest ▁recorded ▁temperature ▁was ▁ 1 1 7  