page_title: Northeast Texas
section_title: Regional evolution
hierarchical_section_title: Northeast Texas / Regional evolution
caption_attribution_description: English: The Harrison County Courthouse located at 32.545° -94.3673° in Marshall, Texas, United States. This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America. Its reference number is 77001450 More images
context_page_description: Northeast Texas is a region in the northeast corner of the U.S. state of Texas. It is geographically centered on two metropolitan areas strung along Interstate 20: Tyler in the west and Longview/Marshall to the east. Mount Pleasant, Sulphur Springs, Paris and Texarkana in the north primarily along Interstate 30, Jacksonville and Palestine to the south are also major cities within the region. Most of Northeast Texas is included in the interstate region of the Ark-La-Tex.
  Its climate is warmer and wetter than most of Texas and its geography is more hilly and forested. Its culture is similar to that of Southeast Texas, but does not have as much of a Cajun influence. Many of the largest cities in Northeast Texas outside Dallas still follow a rural Southern way of life, especially in dialect, mannerisms, religion, and cuisine.
context_section_description: The region is unique in that it is the only portion of East Texas that is not within the direct sphere of influence of either Dallas/Fort Worth or Houston. This generally weakens the area's visibility as areas in the far south ally themselves with Houston and areas to the west ally themselves with Dallas. These areas are on the fringe of those cities' spheres of influence, so are not as visible as smaller cities such as Grapevine or Deer Park, which are closer to the respective centers of power.
  In the mid-19th century, Marshall and Jefferson constituted a sphere of influence that led the entire state into the Confederacy, and during the Mexican and Republic periods, Nacogdoches and San Augustine were the most developed and influential cities in Northeast Texas. Nacogdoches rebelled against Mexican rule in the Fredonian Rebellion and had one of the first newspapers to run the phrase Remember the Alamo!. While none of these three cities is a major population center, in its own right on the state level any longer, all four are still major cultural centers, with Nacogdoches and Tyler being well-established centers of higher learning.
  Today, Tyler and Longview are the largest cities in Northeast Texas. The Tyler MSA had 209,714 people, and the Longview MSA had 206,874 people in 2010. Tyler has succeeded in establishing itself as the regional hub due to its expansive medical and higher-education communities. Tyler has a general partnership with Jacksonville, while Longview has leaned more toward cooperation with its traditional rival Marshall. The Texarkana MSA is another large metropolitan area in the region, with over 143,486 people. It is in the far northeast corner of Texas and southwest corner of Arkansas straddling the Texas/Arkansas border.
  In the last decade of the 20th century and first decade of the 21st century, many of the cities of Northeast Texas began to cooperate by forming organizations dedicated to a single agenda of common interest, such as the North East Texas Tourism Council and Northeast Texas Air Care.
caption: The Old Courthouse in Marshall during the Wonderland of Lights, the largest light festival in Northeast Texas: Tourism is one of Northeast Texas's most important industries.
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