Wichita Falls, Texas

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The city of Wichita Falls is primarily located in Archer County and is the county seat. A portion of Wichita Falls extends into Wichita County.

Wichita Falls is 290 feet [88.39 m] above sea level.^<1>

Time Zone: Wichita Falls lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time.

We searched for American and Canadian communities that also have the name of Wichita Falls, but it seems to be unique to this community.

At the time of the 2000 Census, Wichita Falls had a population of 104,197 people^<2> (or 1,168.52% of the total population of Archer County). The population of Wichita Falls represented 0.5% of the total of Texas, making it the state's 24th most populous community.

From the Census Estimates for 2008, Wichita Falls had a population of 101,202 people. This is a decrease of 2.87% since the 2000 Census.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated. More information can be found on the Census Page for Wichita Falls.

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance<3>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Randlett (OK)	N	18 mi [28.97 km]	489	4.31% decrease
	Burkburnett	N	11 mi [17.7 km]	10,418	4.66% decrease
	Cashion Community	N	8 mi [12.87 km]	---
	Dean	E	7 mi [11.27 km]	340	0.29% decrease
	Holliday	SW	11 mi [17.7 km]	1,801	10.36% increase
	Iowa Park	NW	9 mi [14.48 km]	6,276	2.41% decrease

To learn more about neighboring communities and counties, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Wichita Falls.

Websites for Wichita Falls

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Google's 'Search-by-Location' has proven to be a useful tool by people who planned visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Wichita Falls. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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