Queen City, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Atlanta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75572. The Survey maps it on the Atlanta North quadrangle. 1,397 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 358 feet above sea level.
On record in Queen City
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Mathews-Powell Houselisted 1977
Population over time
2 figuresQueen City fell from 1,476 to 1,397 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,476 | |
| 2020 | 1,397 | -79 (-5%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1907 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1910 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Atlanta North quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
300 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 300 fires within 5 miles of Queen City between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,007 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 24 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 177 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 51 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 24 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 9 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 9 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2013148 |
| 6 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2011179 |
| 5 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2011177 |
| 5 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2010159 |
| 30 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 3 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 178 |
| 29 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | RAINEY FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Queen City: 1 past producer, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Atlanta Deposit | Iron | Past Producer | Goethite, Hematite |
Storms near this place
18 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Queen City in 18 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 9 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 2 tornado, 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Queen City | $8,000 | An awning was torn off a home on Farm to Market 2328 just north of Queen City, Texas. Windows were blown out of the home as well. |
| April 2010 | Tornado (EF0) | Queen City | $5,000 | An EF0 tornado touched down on the west side of Queen City at around 7:41 PM CDT, about one mile west of Queen City, along Highway 96, where it uprooted a large tree. The tornado proceeded into Queen City where it caused damage to several large tree limbs and branches and caused moderate damage to the roof of a building. This tornado then exited Cass County, Texas and moved into Miller County, Arkansas. |
| April 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Queen City | $5,000 | Numerous trees were blown down by strong winds. |
| April 2024 | Hail | Queen City | - | Quarter size hail reported in Queen City. |
| April 2022 | Hail | Queen City | - | Penny size hail fell in Queen City. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Queen City | - | A picture was posted to Twitter of a tree that was blown down onto a home and a car on Farm to Market Road 36 in Queen City. |
| December 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Queen City | - | Trees were blown down on Highway 251 between Queen City and Bloomburg. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Queen City | - | Trees were downed on Hwy. 59 south of Atlanta, Texas. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Queen City | - | Several trees were downed in town. |
| April 2004 | Hail | Queen City | - | Hail lasted 15 minutes and covered the ground in Atlanta. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Queen City | - | Trees downed. |
| May 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Queen City | - | A strong thunderstorm moved rapidly southeast across McCurtain County, OK into Bowie and Cass County, TX. This thunderstorm also produced a strong microburst in McCurtain County southwest of Idabel, OK and again southeast of Maud, TX located in Bowie County. Numerous small trees and limbs were either snapped or pushed over along the track. No homes or other structures were in the direct path of this tornado. |
| May 1998 | Flash Flood | Queen City | - | Hwy 59 closed due to high water. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Queen City | - | Trees were toppled and 2 inches of rain was reported in a 35 minute period. |
| January 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Queen City | - | Trees were damaged by high winds. |
| January 1999 | Hail | Queen City | - | no account filed |
| February 1998 | Hail | Queen City | - | no account filed |
| April 1994 | Hail | Queen City | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lanark | 2.3 miles | 13 | |
| Atlanta | 2.5 miles | 12 | |
| Bloomburg | 5.0 miles | 12 | |
| Cass | 5.6 miles | 12 | |
| New Liberty | 5.9 miles | 10 | |
| Springdale | 5.9 miles | 13 | |
| Smyrna | 6.0 miles | 13 | |
| Antioch | 6.1 miles | 10 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Queen City | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q982014 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1344651. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.






