Texas · Census place 4872188
Tenaha, Texas
Tenaha is a town in Shelby County, Texas with an estimated 1,002 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 802nd largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,002
- #802 of 804 in Texas
- Change since 2020
- +1.7%
- +17 people
- Land area
- 3.7 sq mi
- + 0.02 sq mi water
- Density
- 268 / sq mi
- State median 1,561
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Tenaha population, 2020 to 2024
Tenaha added 17 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.7%. In the latest year it moved by +0.
Tenaha covers 3.74 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 268 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Tenaha is less dense than the typical town.
What county Tenaha is in
All of Tenaha's residents live in Shelby County, which had 24,192 residents in 2024. Tenaha holds 4.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Tenaha
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Tenaha by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 75974. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Tenaha is
The Census internal point of Tenaha is at 31.943700, -94.245700. Austin, the capital, is 236.7 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Center, TX (5,231 people), 11.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Shreveport, LA, 44.8 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 31.943700, -94.245700
- DMS
- 31°56'37.32"N 94°14'44.52"W
- UTM
- 15N 382261.0E 3534872.5N
- Geohash
- 9vsvxrhms
- Plus code
- 8637WQV3+FP
Daylight in Tenaha
At 31.94° N, Tenaha gets about 14 h 14 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 04 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 11 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Tenaha
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Timpson, 9.2 miles away, with 1,002 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Tenaha, TX?
1,002 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 17 (1.7%) from 985 in July 2020.
What county is Tenaha in?
Shelby County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Tenaha?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 75974.
How far is Tenaha from Austin?
236.7 miles (380.9 km) in a straight line, heading WSW from Tenaha.
What is the nearest larger city to Tenaha?
Center, TX, with 5,231 residents, 11.1 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.