Welcome to Tahoka ...

The city of Tahoka is located in the Texas Panhandle.

Tahoka is located in Lynn County<1> and is the County Seat for Lynn County.

The location of Tahoka has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Tahoka, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1903.

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, Tahoka has a population of 2,642 people<3> (see below for details).

The community of Tahoka is 3,090 feet [942 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the altitude of Tahoka is about ½ mile above sea level.

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

Tahoka lies within the (806) area code.

The ZIP code for Tahoka: 79373<5>

Websites for Tahoka ...

Official Website: www.tahokatx.com/

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Tahoka had an population of 2,642 people. This is a decrease of 1.16% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 9.21% since the 2000 Census).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Tahoka had a population of 2,673 people (which is 45.19% of the total population of Lynn County). This makes Tahoka the county's most populous community.

The population of Tahoka represents 0.01% of the population of Texas (which has 25,145,561 people), making it the state's 488th most populous community.

With a 2010 count of 2,673 people, the population of Tahoka decreased 8.14% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 2,910 people).

More information can be found on the Census Page for Tahoka.

Communities near Tahoka ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Tahoka.

• O'Donnell
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for O'Donnell have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Donnell
  • O'Donnell is located in Dawson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 847 people
• Wilson
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wilson have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
  • Wilson is located in Lynn County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 493 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wilson <6>
• New Home
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Home have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Home
  • New Home is located in Lynn County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 375 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Home <6>
• New Lynn ‑ Historic
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Lynn have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lynn
  • New Lynn is located in Lynn County
• Grassland
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassland
  • Grassland is located in Lynn County
• Wayside ‑ Historic
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wayside have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayside
  • Wayside is located in Lynn County
• Draw
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Draw
  • Draw is located in Lynn County
• Close City
  (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Close City
  • Close City is located in Garza County
  • Close City has also been known as:
  • Ragtown
• Slide
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slide
  • Slide is located in Lubbock County
• Southland
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southland
  • Southland is located in Garza County

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Tahoka. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Tahoka.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Tahoka. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Tahoka.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Tahoka. See our Newspapers Page for Tahoka.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Tahoka ...

Looking for more information about Tahoka? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

In addition to the Tourism page for Tahoka, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Tahoka.

Adding Tahoka to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Tahoka in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Tahoka was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the Tahoka post office opened in 1903.

We also found Tahoka on a map titled Road Map for Texas (from Shell Oil, 1956).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Tahoka.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Tahoka: www.tahokatx.com/

The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/