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Canadian
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city in and county seat of Hemphill County, Texas, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Texas
- County
- Hemphill
- Total
- 1.30 sq mi (3.36 km )
- Land
- 1.30 sq mi (3.36 km )
- Water
- 0 sq mi (0.00 km )
- Elevation
- 2,431 ft (741 m)
- Density
- 1,800/sq mi (696/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( Central (CST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 (CDT)
- Fips code
- 48-12412
- Website
- www .canadiantx .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- county seat
- Official name
- Canadian
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Hemphill County
- Population
- 2339
- Area
- 3.362792
- Elevation
- 739
- Capital of
- Hemphill County
- Official website
- cityofcanadiantexas.com
- Image
- City Hall, Canadian, TX IMG 6061.JPG
- Households
- 908
- Dialing code
- 806
Show 5 more facts
- postal code
- 79014
- Commons category
- Canadian, Texas
- P8168
- Amoc
- water as percent of area
- 0
- per capita income
- 25804
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Encyclopedic overview
Canadian is a city in and the county seat of Hemphill County, Texas, United States. The population was 2,339 at the 2020 census, down from 2,649 in 2010. It is named for the nearby Canadian River, a tributary of the Arkansas River. Incorporated in 1908, Canadian is sometimes called "the oasis of the High Plains". Canadian is on the eastern side of the Texas Panhandle, close to the border with Oklahoma.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Canadian” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.