Ark-La-Tex

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The general area of the Ark-La-Tex highlighted within the United States.

The Ark-La-Tex, Arklatex, or ArkLaTex is a U.S. socio-economic region where Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas and Oklahoma intersect. Some prefer the more inclusive Arklatexoma. The region is centered on the Shreveport/Bossier metropolitan area in Northwest Louisiana, although Marshall in Northeast Texas, Natchitoches, Louisiana, and both Texarkana, Texas and Texarkana, Arkansas retain a large degree of autonomy. Most of the region is located in the Piney Woods, an ecoregion of dense forest of mixed deciduous and conifer flora. The forests are periodically punctated by sloughs and bayous that are linked to larger bodies of water such as Caddo Lake or the Red River.

[edit] Cities

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In Arkansas: Hope, Magnolia, Stamps, Texarkana, De Queen, Ashdown, El Dorado, Camden, Mena, Glenwood, Arkadelphia, Murfreesboro, Nashville, and Hot Springs.

In Louisiana: Bossier City, Hosston, Mansfield, Natchitoches, Ruston, Shreveport, Minden, Vivian, Greenwood, Mooringsport, Blanchard, Zwolle, Benton, Plain Dealing, Pleasant Hill, Many

In Oklahoma: Idabel, Broken Bow, Haworth, Hugo, Antlers, Durant, Atoka, and Coalgate.

In Texas: Atlanta, Carthage, Longview, Jefferson, Kilgore, Marshall, Tyler, Nacogdoches, Lufkin, Henderson, Mount Pleasant, De Kalb, Paris, New Boston, Clarksville, Waskom, Scottsville, Daingerfield, Gilmer, Hallsville, Jacksonville, Pittsburg, Texarkana, Athens, Palestine, Crockett, Sulphur Springs, and Bonham.

[edit] Famous natives

Maya Angelou, Terry Bradshaw, Bill Clinton, Mike Huckabee, Glen Campbell, Huddy Ledbetter, James L. Farmer, Lady Bird Johnson, Ross Perot, Jim Reeves, Trace Adkins, Tracy Lawrence, David Toms, Hal Sutton, David Crowder, Don Meredith, Matthew McConaughey, Neal McCoy, Craig Monroe, Don Henley, Eddie Robinson, Hank Williams, Jr., Tex Ritter, Valerie Bertinelli, Scott Joplin, and Forrest Whitaker.

Image:Flag of Arkansas.svg	v • d • e State of Arkansas Little Rock (capital)
Topics	Arkansans \| Constitution \| Culture \| Education \| Geography \| Government \| Governor (List) \| History \| Images \| Places \| Politics
Regions	Arkansas River Valley \| Ark‑La‑Tex \| Central Arkansas \| Crowley's Ridge \| Four State Area \| Delta \| Osage Plains \| Ouachita Mountains \| Ozarks \| Piney Woods \| Timberlands \| Western Arkansas
Metros	Little Rock \| Fayetteville‑Springdale‑Rogers \| Fort Smith \| Texarkana \| Jonesboro \| Pine Bluff \| Hot Springs \| Memphis (TN)
Largest cities	Little Rock \| Fort Smith \| Fayetteville \| Springdale \| Jonesboro \| North Little Rock \| Pine Bluff \| Conway \| Rogers \| Hot Springs
Other cities	Batesville \| Benton \| Bentonville \| Blytheville \| Cabot \| El Dorado \| Harrison \| Helena‑West Helena \| Hope \| Jacksonville \| Paragould \| Russellville \| Searcy \| Sherwood \| Texarkana \| Van Buren \| West Memphis
Counties	Arkansas \| Ashley \| Baxter \| Benton \| Boone \| Bradley \| Calhoun \| Carroll \| Chicot \| Clark \| Clay \| Cleburne \| Cleveland \| Columbia \| Conway \| Craighead \| Crawford \| Crittenden \| Cross \| Dallas \| Desha \| Drew \| Faulkner \| Franklin \| Fulton \| Garland \| Grant \| Greene \| Hempstead \| Hot Spring \| Howard \| Independence \| Izard \| Jackson \| Jefferson \| Johnson \| Lafayette \| Lawrence \| Lee \| Lincoln \| Little River \| Logan \| Lonoke \| Madison \| Marion \| Miller \| Mississippi \| Monroe \| Montgomery \| Nevada \| Newton \| Ouachita \| Perry \| Phillips \| Pike \| Poinsett \| Polk \| Pope \| Prairie \| Pulaski \| Randolph \| Saline \| Scott \| Searcy \| Sebastian \| Sevier \| Sharp \| St. Francis \| Stone \| Union \| Van Buren \| Washington \| White \| Woodruff \| Yell

Image:Flag of Louisiana.svg	v • d • e State of Louisiana Baton Rouge (capital)
Topics	History \| Louisianans \| Constitution \| Governors \| Lieutenant Governors \| Attorneys General \| Legislature \| Supreme Court \| Congressional Districts
Regions	Acadiana \| Central Louisiana \| Florida Parishes \| Greater New Orleans \| North Louisiana
Cities	Alexandria \| Baton Rouge \| Bossier City \| Houma \| Kenner \| Lafayette \| Lake Charles \| Monroe \| New Iberia \| New Orleans \| Opelousas \| Ruston \| Shreveport \| Slidell \| Sulphur
CDPs	Chalmette \| Harvey \| LaPlace \| Marrero \| Metairie \| Terrytown
Metros	Alexandria \| Baton Rouge \| Houma‑Bayou Cane‑Thibodaux \| Lafayette \| Lake Charles \| Monroe \| New Orleans \| Shreveport‑Bossier City
Parishes	Acadia \| Allen \| Ascension \| Assumption \| Avoyelles \| Beauregard \| Bienville \| Bossier \| Caddo \| Calcasieu \| Caldwell \| Cameron \| Catahoula \| Claiborne \| Concordia \| De Soto \| East Baton Rouge \| East Carroll \| East Feliciana \| Evangeline \| Franklin \| Grant \| Iberia \| Iberville \| Jackson \| Jefferson \| Jefferson Davis \| La Salle \| Lafayette \| Lafourche \| Lincoln \| Livingston \| Madison \| Morehouse \| Natchitoches \| Orleans \| Ouachita \| Plaquemines \| Pointe Coupee \| Rapides \| Red River \| Richland \| Sabine \| St. Bernard \| St. Charles \| St. Helena \| St. James \| St. John the Baptist \| St. Landry \| St. Martin \| St. Mary \| St. Tammany \| Tangipahoa \| Tensas \| Terrebonne \| Union \| Vermilion \| Vernon \| Washington \| Webster \| West Baton Rouge \| West Carroll \| West Feliciana \| Winn

Image:Flag of Texas.svg	v • d • e State of Texas Austin (capital)
Topics	Climate \| Culture \| Demographics \| Economy \| Education \| Geography \| Government \| History \| Languages \| Politics \| Texans \| Transportation \| Symbols
Regions	Ark‑La‑Tex \| Big Bend \| Blackland Prairies \| Brazos Valley \| Central Texas \| Coastal Bend \| Cross Timbers \| Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex \| Deep East Texas \| East Texas \| Edwards Plateau \| Galveston Bay \| Golden Triangle \| Greater Houston \| Llano Estacado \| Longview–Marshall \| Northeast Texas \| North Texas \| Osage Plains \| Permian Basin \| Piney Woods \| Rio Grande Valley \| Southeast Texas \| South Plains \| South Texas \| Texas Hill Country \| Texas Panhandle \| West Texas
Metropolitan Areas	Abilene \| Amarillo \| Austin–Round Rock \| Beaumont–Port Arthur \| Brownsville–Harlingen \| College Station–Bryan \| Corpus Christi \| Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington \| El Paso \| Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown \| Killeen–Temple–Fort Hood \| Laredo \| Longview \| Lubbock \| McAllen–Edinburg–Mission \| Midland–Odessa \| San Angelo \| San Antonio \| Sherman–Denison \| Texarkana \| Tyler \| Victoria \| Waco \| Wichita Falls
Counties	See: Table of Texas counties or List

Image:Flag of Oklahoma.svg	v • d • e State of Oklahoma Oklahoma City (capital)
Topics	History \| Politics \| Law and Government \| Governor (List) \| Symbols \| People \| Geography \| Economy \| Sports \| Demographics
Regions	Arklatex \| Central \| Cherokee Outlet \| Cross Timbers \| Four State Area \| Flint Hills \| Green Country \| Kiamichi Country \| Little Dixie \| Northwestern \| Ouachita Mountains \| The Ozarks \| Panhandle \| South Central \| Southwestern
Largest cities	Broken Arrow \| Edmond \| Enid \| Lawton \| Midwest City \| Moore \| Norman \| Oklahoma City \| Stillwater \| Tulsa
Counties	Adair \| Alfalfa \| Atoka \| Beaver \| Beckham \| Blaine \| Bryan \| Caddo \| Canadian \| Carter \| Cherokee \| Choctaw \| Cimarron \| Cleveland \| Coal \| Comanche \| Cotton \| Craig \| Creek \| Custer \| Delaware \| Dewey \| Ellis \| Garfield \| Garvin \| Grady \| Grant \| Greer \| Harmon \| Harper \| Haskell \| Hughes \| Jackson \| Jefferson \| Johnston \| Kay \| Kingfisher \| Kiowa \| Latimer \| Le Flore \| Lincoln \| Logan \| Love \| Major \| Marshall \| Mayes \| McClain \| McCurtain \| McIntosh \| Murray \| Muskogee \| Noble \| Nowata \| Okfuskee \| Oklahoma \| Okmulgee \| Osage \| Ottawa \| Pawnee \| Payne \| Pittsburg \| Pontotoc \| Pottawatomie \| Pushmataha \| Roger Mills \| Rogers \| Seminole \| Sequoyah \| Stephens \| Texas \| Tillman \| Tulsa \| Wagoner \| Washington \| Washita \| Woods \| Woodward

v • d • e City of Shreveport & Shreveport/Bossier City Metro
Topics	History \| Geography \| Politics \| Economy \| Education \| Culture \| Transportation \| Shreveporters	Image:Shreveport-La-US.jpg
Shreveport Neighborhoods	Downtown \| Riverfront District \| Highlands \| Shreve City \| Anderson Island \| Broadmoor \| Riverfront District \| Shreve Island \| Southern Hills \| Jewella-South Park \| Cross Lake \| LSUS-University Area \| Greenwood \| Blanchard \| Texas Border
The Ark-La-Tex	Shreveport \| Bossier City \| Texarkana \| Atlanta \| Stonewall \| Mansfield \| Minden \| Homer \| Haynesville \| Magnolia \| Hope \| Waskom \| Marshall \| Longview \| Jefferson \| Carthage