Editing West Tawakoni, Texas

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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name            = West Tawakoni, Texas
| settlement_type          = [[City]]
| nickname                 = "Catfish Capital of Texas"<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://www.cityofwesttawakoni.com/| title=The City of West Tawakoni| publisher=City of West Tawakoni| access-date=March 20, 2018}}</ref>
| image_skyline            = West Tawakoni September 2015 3 (West Tawakoni City Park).jpg
| imagesize                = 
| image_caption            = West Tawakoni City Park
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| map_caption              = Location of West Tawakoni, Texas
| image_map1               = Hunt County WestTawakoni.svg
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| subdivision_type         = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name         = United States
| subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_name1        = [[Texas]]
| subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in Texas|County]]
| subdivision_name2        = [[Hunt County, Texas|Hunt]]
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| unit_pref                = Imperial
| area_footnotes           = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2019">{{cite web|title=2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2019_Gazetteer/2019_gaz_place_48.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=August 7, 2020}}</ref>
| area_total_km2           = 7.46
| area_land_km2            = 7.31
| area_water_km2           = 0.15
| area_total_sq_mi         = 2.88
| area_land_sq_mi          = 2.82
| area_water_sq_mi         = 0.06
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| population_as_of         = [[2020 United States Census|2020]]
| population_footnotes     = 
| population_total         = 1895
| population_density_km2   = 274.35
| population_density_sq_mi = 710.59
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| timezone                 = [[North American Central Time Zone|Central (CST)]]
| utc_offset               = -6
| timezone_DST             = CDT
| utc_offset_DST           = -5
| elevation_footnotes      = <ref name=gnis/>
| elevation_ft             = 456
| coordinates              = {{coord|32|53|55|N|96|00|18|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]
| postal_code              = 75474
| area_code                = [[Area codes 903 and 430|903, 430]]
| blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info               = 48-77896<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref>
| blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info              = 2412229<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2412229}}</ref>
| website                  = {{URL|www.cityofwesttawakoni.com}}
| footnotes                = 
}}
'''West Tawakoni''' ({{IPAc-en|t|ə|ˈ|w|ɑː|k|ə|n|i}} {{respell|tə|WAH|kə|nee}}) is a city in [[Hunt County, Texas|Hunt County]], [[Texas]], United States. The population was 1,895 at the 2020 census.<ref name="Census 2010">{{Cite web| url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4877896| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001): West Tawakoni city, Texas| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| work=American Factfinder| accessdate=March 20, 2018| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213100730/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4877896| archive-date=February 13, 2020| url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="USCensusEst2018">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/tables.2018.html|title=Population and Housing Unit Estimates|accessdate=May 30, 2019}}</ref> West Tawakoni is located on the west side of [[Lake Tawakoni]], while its twin city [[East Tawakoni, Texas|East Tawakoni]] is located on the east side of the lake in [[Rains County, Texas|Rains County]].

==Geography==

West Tawakoni is located in southeastern Hunt County. It is bordered on three sides by Lake Tawakoni, a reservoir on the [[Sabine River (Texas–Louisiana)|Sabine River]]. To the north is the lake's Caddo Inlet, to the south are Waco Bay and Kitsee Inlet, and to the east is the main body of the lake. [[Texas State Highway 276]] passes through the northern part of the city, leading east across the lake {{convert|6|mi|0}} to East Tawakoni and west the same distance to [[Quinlan, Texas|Quinlan]]. [[Greenville, Texas|Greenville]], the Hunt [[county seat]], is {{convert|22|mi}} to the north via Highway 276 and [[Texas State Highway 34|Highway 34]], while downtown [[Dallas]] is {{convert|48|mi}} to the west.

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], West Tawakoni has a total area of {{convert|5.7|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|0.04|km2|order=flip|2}}, or 0.67%, are water.<ref name="Census 2010"/>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|align=left
| 1970 = 465
| 1980 = 840
| 1990 = 932
| 2000 = 1462
| 2010 = 1576
| 2020 = 1895
| footnote = U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}

{| class="wikitable"
|+'''West Tawakoni racial composition as of 2020'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US4877896&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2 |access-date=2022-05-21 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref><br> (NH = Non-Hispanic){{efn|Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race.<ref>https://www.census.gov/ {{nonspecific|date=August 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=About the Hispanic Population and its Origin |url=https://www.census.gov/topics/population/hispanic-origin/about.html |website=www.census.gov |access-date=18 May 2022}}</ref>}}
!Race
!Number
!Percentage
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] (NH)
|1,553
|81.95%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] (NH)
|10
|0.53%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] (NH)
|26
|1.37%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] (NH)
|20
|1.06%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] (NH)
|6
|0.32%
|-
|Some Other Race (NH)
|1
|0.05%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed/Multi-Racial]] (NH)
|111
|5.86%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]]
|168
|8.87%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''1,895'''
|
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 1,895 people, 742 households, and 453 families residing in the city.

==Education==
West Tawakoni is served by the [[Quinlan Independent School District]].

==Notes==
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==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.cityofwesttawakoni.com/ City of West Tawakoni official website]

{{Hunt County, Texas}}

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[[Category:Cities in Hunt County, Texas]]
[[Category:Cities in Texas]]
[[Category:Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex]]