Texas · Census place 4851648

Nocona, Texas

Nocona is a city in Montague County, Texas with an estimated 3,236 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 476th largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
3,236
#476 of 804 in Texas
Change since 2020
+6.4%
+194 people
Land area
2.8 sq mi
Density
1,148 / sq mi
State median 1,561
Orange pin: Nocona. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Austin.

Nocona population, 2020 to 2024

Nocona added 194 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +6.4%. In the latest year it moved by +21.

3,04220203,09120213,16920223,21520233,2362024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,040. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Nocona covers 2.82 square miles of land, for 1,148 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Nocona is less dense than the typical town.

What county Nocona is in

All of Nocona's residents live in Montague County, which had 21,890 residents in 2024. Nocona holds 14.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Nocona

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Nocona by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 76255. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Nocona is

The Census internal point of Nocona is at 33.783600, -97.730200. Austin, the capital, is 242.5 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Bowie, TX (6,054 people), 17.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Wichita Falls, TX, 46.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
33.783600, -97.730200
DMS
33°47'0.96"N 97°43'48.72"W
UTM
14N 617563.5E 3738886.9N
Geohash
9y480n559
Plus code
8654Q7M9+CW

Daylight in Nocona

At 33.78° N, Nocona gets about 14 h 24 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 54 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 30 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Nocona

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Bowie, 17.0 miles away, with 6,054 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Nocona, TX?

3,236 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 194 (6.4%) from 3,042 in July 2020.

What county is Nocona in?

Montague County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Nocona?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 76255.

How far is Nocona from Austin?

242.5 miles (390.3 km) in a straight line, heading S from Nocona.

What is the nearest larger city to Nocona?

Bowie, TX, with 6,054 residents, 17.0 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.