Wake Village, Texas
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Texarkana census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75501. The Survey maps it on the Texarkana quadrangle. 5,945 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 341 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresWake Village grew from 5,492 to 5,945 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 | 5,492 | |
| 2020 | 5,945 | +453 (+8%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 21 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.
- 1909 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1954 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:100000
- 2001 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
375 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 375 fires within 5 miles of Wake Village between 1993 and 2020, burning about 1,209 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 17 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 | 211 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 102 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Natural | 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 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 8 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 420 STIPP LANE |
| 8 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BUCHANAN RD/SMITH RD |
| 8 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 3406 GIN RD |
| 8 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 6296 |
| 7 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | RAY/GILLAM |
| 7 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 6 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 657 SUNRAY RD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 16 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Wake Village: 11 past producers, 4 producers, 1 unknown. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S. W. A. Pits | Iron | Producer | ||
| Dickey | Clay | Unknown | ||
| Gallagher | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Hutchinson Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Texarkana Plant | Clay | Producer | ||
| Bruce Kennedy Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Bruce Kennedy Pit 1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Bruce Kennedy Pit 2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Bruce Kennedy Pit and Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Kennedy Sand & Gravel Co. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nash | 1.7 miles | 18 | |
| Texarkana | 3.1 miles | 21 | |
| Eylau | 3.3 miles | 21 | |
| South Texarkana | 3.8 miles | 21 | |
| Red Lick | 4.3 miles | 18 | |
| Hartman | 4.7 miles | 18 | |
| Red Springs | 4.8 miles | 18 | |
| Whatley | 5.4 miles | 21 |
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 Wake Village | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q980548 | 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 1370739. 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.







