Tyler, Texas#Metropolitan Statistical Area

{{see also|Timeline of Tyler, Texas}}

Legal recognition of Tyler was initiated by an act of the state legislature on April 11, 1846. The Texas government created Smith County and authorized a county seat. The first plat designated a 28-block town site centered by a main square within a {{cvt|100|acre|ha sqmi|adj=on}} tract acquired by Smith County on 6 February 1847. The new town was named for President John Tyler, who advocated for the annexation of Texas by the United States. A log building on the square's north side served as a courthouse and public meeting hall until a brick courthouse displaced it in {{year|1852}}. The City of Tyler was incorporated on January 29, 1850.

Early religious and social institutions included the First Baptist Church and a Methodist church,{{Cite web | url=https://marvin.church/who-we-are/our-history/ | title=Our History | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230201045909/https://marvin.church/who-we-are/our-history/ | archive-date=2023-02-01}} a Masonic lodge and an Odd Fellows lodge, and Tyler's first newspaper.{{cite web |series=Handbook of Texas Online |first=Christopher |last=Long |title=TYLER, TX |access-date=November 3, 2018 |url=https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hdt04 |date=June 15, 2010 |publisher=Texas State Historical Association}} Though Tyler's early economy from {{year|1847}}–{{year|1873}} was based on agriculture, it was also well-diversified during this period. Logging was a second major industry, while complementary manufacturing included metalworking, milling wood, and leather tanning. As the seat of Smith County, the town also benefited from government activity.{{cite web |title=National Register of Historic Places Form: People's National Bank Building |access-date=November 3, 2018 |page=7 |series=Texas Historic Sites Atlas |url=https://atlas.thc.state.tx.us/NR/pdfs/02000896/02000896.pdf |last=Williams |first=Diane Elizabeth |date=June 20, 2001}}

The local agricultural economy relied on slave labor before the Civil War. In 1860, the population of enslaved people in Smith County was 4,982, the 4th most in east Texas.{{Cite web |year=1860 |title=Population of the United States in 1860: Texas |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1860/population/1860a-34.pdf |access-date=October 10, 2022 |website=Census.gov |publisher=United States Census Bureau}}{{Cite web |date=October 17, 2021 |title=How farmland, timber and oil changed the face of East Texas forever |url=https://thetylerloop.com/how-farmland-timber-and-oil-changed-the-face-of-east-texas-forever/ |access-date=November 10, 2022 |website=thetylerloop.com |language=en-US}} By 1860, Tyler held over 1,000 enslaved persons, which represented 35 percent of the town's population. There was strong support for secession and the Confederacy within Tyler, as a high percentage of its residents voted for secession and many of its men served in the Confederate States Army. The town was a secure enough location during the war for the Trans-Mississippi Department to establish the Tyler Ordnance Works for the resupply of its forces west of the Mississippi River.{{cite book |last=Albaugh |first=William A. III |date=1958 |title=Tyler, Texas C.S.A. |pages=43–210 |chapter=Chapter 3: The C. S. Ordance Works at Tyler, Texas |location=Harrisburg, Pa. |publisher=Stackpole Co. |lccn=58012307 |oclc=1099590 |ol=30522064M}}

In 1870, Bonner and Williams established Tyler's first bank. When both the Texas and Pacific Railroad and the International Railroad (Texas) originally eschewed routes through Tyler, townspeople financed the Tyler Tap Railroad to link the town to the national rail grid.{{cite web|url= https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/tyler-tx |title=Tyler, TX|publisher=Texas State Historical Society|accessdate=October 8, 2023}} Ironically, before that 21-mile line to Big Sandy, Texas was completed in 1877, Tyler had already gotten its desired rail connection when the International–Great Northern Railroad built into town in 1874.{{cite web|url= https://www.american-rails.com/cotton.html |title=St. Louis Southwestern Railway, "The Cotton Belt Route"|publisher=American-Rails, June 12, 2023|accessdate=October 8, 2023}}{{cite web|url= https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/texas-and-st-louis-railway|title=Texas and St. Louis Railway|publisher=Texas State Historical Association|accessdate=October 8, 2023}} Regardless, the Tyler Tap became the seed for the 725-mile-long Texas and St. Louis Railway, which in turn formed the core of the later St. Louis Southwestern Railway, commonly known as the Cotton Belt.{{cite web|url= https://arkansasrailroadmuseum.org/about/cotton-belt-route.html |title=St. Louis Southwestern Railroad History|publisher=Arkansas Railroad Museum|accessdate=October 5, 2023}}

On October 29, 1895, an African American suspect named Robert Henry Hillard was burned at the stake in the Smith County Courthouse Square for the alleged murder of a nineteen-year-old white woman.Galveston Daily News. "Slowly Roasted." October 30, 1895.E. R. Bills. Black Holocaust: The Paris Horror and a Legacy of Texas Terror. Fort Worth, Texas: Eakin Press, 2015 Denied a trial and due process, Hillard was taken from law enforcement personnel by a white mob.Dallas Morning News. ""Roasted to Death." October 30, 1895. Hillard's executioners were never punished. Later, two entrepreneurs combined photographs from the actual lynching with others staged with actors and sold the 16-image production as a stereographic set. One of the original sets sits in the United States Library of Congress.

Toward the end of the nineteenth century, fruit orchards emerged as an important business in the regional economy. Eighty percent of the county's agricultural revenue derived from cotton as it persisted as the dominant crop in the first decades of the twentieth century. Peaches were the principal fruit crop as the county fruit tree inventory surpassed one million by 1900. In 1912, Dan Davis, an African-American man suspected of attacking a sixteen-year-old white girl named Carrie Johnson, was burned at the stake in the Smith County Courthouse Square.The New York Times. "2,000 Aid in Burning Negro at the Stake." May 26, 1912.Granbury News. "Negro Meets Death at Stake in Tyler." October 30, 1912.Dallas Morning News. "Negro Meets Death at Stake in Tyler." May 26, 1912. Disease struck the peach trees, though, and local farmers moved toward growing roses by the 1920s. Twenty years later, most of the U.S. rose supply originated in the Tyler area.

In {{year|1971}}, the University of Texas system established the University of Texas at Tyler and Broadway Square Mall opened in {{year|1975}}.Paul T. Hellmann (2006). "Texas: Tyler". Historical Gazetteer of the United States. Taylor & Francis. {{ISBN|1-135-94859-3}}. By 1980, the population grew to 70,508 and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tyler and East Texas Islamic Society were established in the following years."[https://texasalmanac.com/topics/population City Population History from 1850–2000: Tyler]", Texas Almanac, Texas State Historical Association{{Cite web |url=http://www.katolsk.no/organisasjon/verden/chronology/usa |title=Chronology of Catholic Dioceses:The United States of America |website=Den katolske kirke |language=no |access-date=March 12, 2020}}{{Cite web |url=https://tylerpaper.com/news/local/tyler-islamic-community-members-to-build-mosque-subdivision-on-rhones/article_1f2f6198-5e9c-5afd-be8e-83696b08f471.html |title=Tyler Islamic community members to build mosque, subdivision on Rhones Quarter Road |last=GUEVARA |first=EMILY |website=TylerPaper.com |date=October 22, 2016 |language=en |access-date=March 12, 2020}} During the 2010 East Texas church burnings, two Tyler churches were destroyed, and historic preservation city planning began in 2016 as the population increased and the city continued development.{{Cite web|url=https://tylerpreservationplan2016.wordpress.com/project-approach/home/about/ |title=About |date=July 24, 2016 |website=Tyler Strategic Historic Preservation Plan |language=en |access-date=March 12, 2020}}

The city of Tyler is in the Southern United States, in Northeast Texas. It is sometimes considered part of the wider Ark-La-Tex region where Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas meet. The city is approximately {{cvt|38|mi|km|}} from Longview;{{Cite web |url=https://www.distance-cities.com/distance-tyler-tx-to-longview-tx |title=Distance between Tyler, TX and Longview, TX |website=www.distance-cities.com |access-date=March 12, 2020}} {{cvt|61|mi|km|}} from Marshall;{{Cite web |url=https://www.distance-cities.com/distance-tyler-tx-to-marshall-tx |title=Distance between Tyler, TX and Marshall, TX |website=www.distance-cities.com |access-date=March 12, 2020}} {{cvt|100|mi|km|}} from Dallas;{{Cite web |url=https://www.distance-cities.com/distance-tyler-tx-to-dallas-tx |title=Distance between Tyler, TX and Dallas, TX |website=www.distance-cities.com |access-date=March 12, 2020}} {{cvt|132|mi|km|}} from Texarkana;{{Cite web |url=https://www.distance-cities.com/distance-tyler-tx-to-texarkana-tx |title=Distance between Tyler, TX and Texarkana, TX |website=www.distance-cities.com |access-date=March 12, 2020}} {{cvt|230|mi|km|}} from the state capital of Austin;{{Cite web |url=https://www.distance-cities.com/distance-tyler-tx-to-austin-tx |title=Distance between Tyler, TX and Austin, TX |website=www.distance-cities.com |access-date=2020-03-12}} and {{cvt|98|mi|km|}} from Shreveport, Louisiana.{{Cite web |url=https://www.distance-cities.com/distance-tyler-tx-to-shreveport-la |title=Distance between Tyler, TX and Shreveport, LA |website=www.distance-cities.com |access-date=March 12, 2020}}

Tyler is the seat of government of Smith County, and is surrounded by many suburban communities, including Whitehouse, Lindale, New Chapel Hill, Bullard, Edom, Brownsboro, Kilgore, Flint, and Chandler. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has an area of {{cvt|57.97|sqmi|km2|}}, of which {{cvt|57.45|sqmi|km2|}} is land and {{cvt|0.52|sqmi|km2|}} is covered by water. Tyler is the principal city of the Greater Tyler metropolitan area, and a principal city in the Tyler–Longview area, a conurbation of the Tyler and Longview metropolitan and combined statistical areas.{{Cite web |url=https://www.dallasfed.org:443/research/heart/tyler |title=At the Heart of Texas: Tyler–Longview |website=www.dallasfed.org |language=en |access-date=March 13, 2020}}

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Downtown architecture features the Art Deco and neoclassical styles, many dating from the 19th and early 20th centuries. Modernist- and postmodernist-era structures are also present throughout the cityscape.

Central Tyler is anchored by Brick Streets Historic District and Charnwood Residential Historic District, areas characterized by dense retail, restaurants, nightlife, and historic landmarks. Brick Streets Historic District is the largest geographic area of Tyler. It encompasses 29 blocks and primarily consists of buildings constructed in the 1900s. The district area is predominantly residential though it sometimes serves as a mix-use district. Brick Streets Historic District has brick-paved streets and stone-lined drainage channels. Nearby, Charnwood is Tyler's first historic district.{{Cite web |url=http://historictyler.org/wordpress/districts-properties/charnwood-district/ |title=Charnwood District {{!}} Historic Tyler, Inc. |language=en-US |access-date=March 14, 2020}} It comprises 12 blocks of late 19th and early 20th century architecture.

Tyler experiences weather typical of East Texas. The region is located in the humid subtropical climate typical of the American South.

Severe thunderstorms with heavy rain, hail, damaging winds and tornadoes occur in the area during the spring and summer months. Summer months are hot and humid, with maximum temperatures exceeding {{cvt|90|F|C|}} an average of 91 days per year, with high to very high relative average humidity.

The record high temperature for Tyler is {{cvt|115|°F|0|}}, which occurred in 2011.{{Cite web|url=https://www.climatespy.com/climate/summary/united-states/texas/tyler-pounds-rgnl |title=Tyler, TX Climate |website=www.climatespy.com |access-date=March 12, 2020}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.tylertexasweather.com/noaarecords.htm |title=Tyler Texas Weather - Providing real-time weather information to Tyler, Smith County, and East Texas |website=www.tylertexasweather.com |access-date=March 12, 2020}} The record low for Tyler is {{cvt|-6|°F|0|}} on February 16, 2021, during the February 2021 North American cold wave.{{Cite web|url=https://www.wunderground.com/article/safety/winter/news/2021-02-14-record-cold-temperatures-plains-midwest-february |title=Coldest Outbreak in Over 30 Years Smashes Records in Southern Plains; Some Relief By Next Week |website=www.wunderground.com |access-date=August 2, 2021}}

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2020 Census

}}With a population of 2,423 at the 1880 census, the city of Tyler grew to become the most populous city in Northeast Texas, and 33rd most populous in Texas as of 2020. Having a census-tabulated citywide population of 105,995 at the 2020 census, its metropolitan statistical area became the second-largest in the region, behind the Longview metropolitan area. The Tyler metropolitan area had 233,479 residents in 2020,{{Cite web|title=US Census Bureau, Table P16: Household Type |url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=Tyler%20city,%20Texas%20p16&y=2020 |access-date=February 24, 2024 |publisher=United States Census Bureau}} and the Tyler–Longview area had an estimated population of 416,662 in 2022. When the U.S. Census Bureau released population estimates for 2022, Tyler was estimated to have a population of 109,286 as of July 1, 2022.

File:Race and ethnicity 2020 Tyler, TX.pngAmong the city's growing population as of 2019, there were 46,320 households and 43,733 housing units. Of the units at the 2019 American Community Survey, 37,504 were occupied and the majority were single-unit detached homes. Tylerites had a home-ownership rate of 51.7%, and renters occupied 48.3% of the housing units from 2014 to 2019's census estimates. Owner-occupied housing units had a median cost of $164,700, and the median cost with a mortgage was $1,408 while houses without a mortgage had a median cost of $487; renters paid a median of $1,011 a month, and 1,148 rental-units had no rent paid among the population. Overall, the city of Tyler is more affordable than nearby Dallas.

A predominantly middle-class community, the city of Tyler had a median income of $52,294 and mean income of $75,349. Families had a median income of $66,579; married-couple families $85,181; and non-family households $32,263. Down from a poverty rate of 16.7% in 2018, approximately 12.6% of the population lived at or below the poverty line in 2019.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city's ethnic makeup has become increasingly diverse, owing to white flight,{{Cite web |date=November 6, 2022 |title=Growth and Growing Pains: Suburban Sprawl {{!}} The Tyler Loop |url=https://thetylerloop.com/growth-and-growing-pains-suburban-sprawl/ |access-date=June 23, 2023 |website=thetylerloop.com |language=en-US}} immigration and internal migration.{{Cite web |last=Groskopf |first=Christopher |date=August 14, 2011 |title=The Hacking Tyler, Texas, Project: Racial Diversity in Smith County |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/08/the-hacking-tyler-texas-project-racial-diversity-in-smith-county/241396/ |access-date=June 29, 2020 |website=The Atlantic |language=en-US}} In 2020, its racial and ethnic makeup was 47.91% non-Hispanic white, 22.76% Black or African American, 22.66% Hispanic or Latino of any race, 2.82% Asian American, 0.04% Pacific Islander, and 3.23% two or more races, with 0.33% of some other race. There were 50,785 non-Hispanic white residents and 24,023 people of Hispanic or Latino ancestry, of any race.{{Cite web |title=2020 Race and Population Totals |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US4874144&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P1 |access-date=February 27, 2022 |website=data.census.gov}}{{Cite web |title=2020 Hispanic Population Totals |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US4874144&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2 |access-date=February 27, 2022 |website=data.census.gov}}

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A 2020 study by Sperling's BestPlaces found that 73.2% of residents of the Tyler area identified as religious or spiritual.{{Cite web |url=https://www.bestplaces.net/religion/city/texas/tyler |title=Tyler, Texas Religion |website=www.bestplaces.net |access-date=2020-03-12}} Tyler is considered to be located in the Bible Belt, a region dominated by Protestant Christianity. There is also a significant Roman Catholic community. According to this 2020 study, 31.1% of Tylerite Christians identified as Baptist, primarily affiliated with the Texas Baptists,{{Cite web |title=Texas Baptists - Churches |url=https://texasbaptists.org/churches/ |access-date=2020-12-16 |website=texasbaptists.org |language=en}} Southern Baptist Convention,{{Cite web |title=SBC Churches Directory |url=https://churches.sbc.net/ |access-date=2020-12-16 |website=churches.sbc.net |language=en-US}} National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc, National Baptist Convention of America, and Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship. The Roman Catholic community of Tyler and its metropolitan area have been primarily served by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tyler. Following, 6.6% of the population were Methodists, mainly affiliated with the United Methodist Church and African Methodist Episcopal Church.{{Cite web |title=Search - Find A Church |url=https://www.umc.org/en/find-a-church/search |access-date=2020-12-16 |website=The United Methodist Church |language=en}}

According to a separate 2020 study by the Association of Religion Data Archives, Baptists, non/inter-denominational Protestants, and Roman Catholics constituted the largest share of Christendom for Tyler metropolitan area. The same study from the Association of Religion Data Archives tabulated 11,161 Methodists divided among the African Methodist Episcopal, Christian Methodist Episcopal, and United Methodist churches.{{Cite web |title=Maps and data files for 2020 |url=https://www.usreligioncensus.org/index.php/node/1639 |access-date=2023-04-12 |website=Religion Census Database}}

Per Sperling's, Pentecostals formed the fourth-largest Christian group in Tyler (5.2%) and the largest Pentecostal bodies within the area as of 2020 by both separate studies are the Church of God in Christ, Assemblies of God USA and the United Pentecostal Church, prominent Trinitarian and Oneness Pentecostal denominations.{{Cite web |title=Find a Church |url=https://ag.org/Resources/Directories/Find%20a%20Church?C=Tyler&S=TX |access-date=December 16, 2020 |website=ag.org |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=UPCI |title=Locate a Church {{!}} United Pentecostal Church Int. |url=https://www.upci.org/resources/locate-a-church/text-only |access-date=2020-12-16 |website=UPCI}} An estimated 1.2% of the religiously affiliated population were Latter-day Saints. Of the Christian population, 0.9% identified as Anglicans or Episcopalians, 0.7% Presbyterian, and 0.6% Lutheran. Roughly 13.6% of Tylerites are of another Christian faith including the Eastern Orthodox Church and Jehovah's Witnesses.{{Cite web |title=Orthodox church breaks ground on new space |url=https://tylerpaper.com/lifestyle/faith/orthodox-church-breaks-ground-on-new-space/article_0c3d4349-06a9-5dc7-b6d7-4f69cf42816f.html |access-date=December 16, 2020 |website=TylerPaper.com |date=January 10, 2014 |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Parishes - Texas |url=https://www.oca.org/parishes/state/TX |access-date=December 16, 2020 |website=www.oca.org}}

The Anglican or Episcopalian community is divided between adherents of the Episcopal Church in the United States and Anglican Church in North America. The Episcopal Church USA-affiliated Episcopal Diocese of Texas has congregations in Tyler. The Anglican Church in North America also has congregations in Tyler and its metropolitan area. The Diocese of Mid-America is the ACNA's diocese in Tyler, consisting of one church as of 2020.{{Cite web |url=http://www.acna.org/admin_units/30 |title=Anglican Church in North America |website=www.acna.org |access-date=2020-03-12}} This diocese is also a member of the Reformed Episcopal Church. Presbyterian and Lutheran bodies operating in the area include the Presbyterian Church (USA) and Presbyterian Church in America,{{Cite web |title=Presbyterian Church in America Directory |url=https://stat.pcanet.org/ac/directory/directory.cfm |access-date=2020-12-16 |website=stat.pcanet.org}} and the Lutheran Church (Missouri Synod) and North American Lutheran Church.{{Cite web |title=Church Directory |url=https://thenalc.org/search/%20/ |access-date=2020-12-16 |website=North American Lutheran Church |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Find A Church, School, Worker |url=https://locator.lcms.org/ |access-date=2020-12-16 |website=The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod |language=en}} The Eastern Orthodox community is served by the Orthodox Church in America's Diocese of the South with its headquarters in nearby Dallas.

The BestPlaces study found that approximately 0.1% of the city's population identified with Judaism (compared to a state average of 0.2%), while 0.4% considered themselves Muslim. The area's Islamic community is affiliated with the East Texas Islamic Society.{{cite web |url=http://www.tylermuslims.com/about-etis.html |title=East Texas Islamic Society |publisher=Tylermuslims.com |date=May 29, 1988 |access-date=December 11, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130315152250/http://www.tylermuslims.com/about-etis.html |archive-date=March 15, 2013}}

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In addition to the city's role in the rose-growing industry, Tyler is the headquarters for Brookshire Grocery Company, which operates Brookshire's, Fresh, Super 1 Foods, and Spring Market supermarkets in the Ark-La-Tex and parts of Dallas–Fort Worth.{{Cite web |date=2018-07-25 |title=About Us |url=https://www.brookshires.com/about-us |access-date=2020-12-16 |website=Brookshire's Food & Pharmacy |language=en-US}} The company's main distribution center is in south Tyler, while SouthWest Foods, a subsidiary that processes dairy products, is just northeast of the city.

The city and metropolitan area also has a growing manufacturing sector including: Tyler Pipe, a subsidiary of McWane Inc. that produces soil and utility pipe products; Trane Technologies, formerly a unit of American Standard Companies, which manufactures air conditioners and heat pumps (this plant was originally built in 1955 by General Electric); Delek Refining, an Israeli-owned oil refinery formerly La Gloria Oil and Gas Co (a Crown Central Petroleum subsidiary); PCSFerguson, an operating company of Dover Corporation that specializes in equipment for the measurement and production of natural gas using the plunger lift method; DYNAenergetics Tyler Distribution Center, part of DYNAenergetics USA, which manufactures perforating equipment and explosives for the oil and gas industry; and Vesuvius USA, a manufacturer of refractory ceramics used in the steel industry.

According to the city's 2022–2023 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the city's top ten employers were:

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Annually, the Texas Rose Festival draws thousands of tourists to Tyler.{{Cite web|url=http://www.texasrosefestival.com/festival/now.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120321050634/http://www.texasrosefestival.com/festival/now.htm|url-status=dead|title=Until Now|archivedate=March 21, 2012}} The festival, which celebrates the role of the rose-growing industry in the local economy, is held in October and features a parade, the coronation of the Rose Queen, and other civic events. The Rose Museum is within the Tyler Municipal Rose Garden and features the history of the festival.

Tyler is home to Caldwell Zoo, several local museums, Lake Bellwood, Lake Palestine, Lake Tyler, and numerous golf courses and country clubs.{{cite journal |title=It's Tee Time in Tyler |last=Navarro |first=Edward |journal=Images of Tyler |volume=1 |page=57 |publisher=Journal Communications, Inc. |year=2006}} A few miles away in Flint, Texas is The WaterPark @ The Villages, a year-round, indoor water park.

An "Azalea Trail" in Tyler consists of two officially designated routes within the city that showcase homes or other landscaped venues adorned with azalea shrubs.{{cite web |url=http://www.tylerazaleatrail.com/faqs.htm |title=Frequently Asked Questions |publisher=Tyler Azalea Trail |access-date=December 11, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121130131746/http://tylerazaleatrail.com/faqs.htm |archive-date=November 30, 2012}} The Azalea Trail is home to a long-standing tradition of official greeters known as the Azalea Belles. Young women are chosen to fill the role each year from Tyler-area high schools or home school families in the Tyler area, and dress in antebellum gowns.

Tyler State Park, a few miles north of the city limits, attracts visitors with opportunities to camp, canoe, and paddle boat on the lake. Other available pastimes include picnicking, boating (motors have a {{convert|5|mph|abbr=on}} speed limit),{{cite web |url=https://tpwd.texas.gov/state-parks/tyler |title=Tyler State Park |website=Texas Parks and Wildlife Department |access-date=January 3, 2025 |quote=We allow motors, but have a 5 mph speed limit.}} boat rentals, fishing, birding, hiking, mountain biking, hiking trails, lake swimming (in an unsupervised swimming area), and nature study.

The Smith County Historical Society operates a museum and archives in the old Carnegie Library.{{cite web |url=http://www.smithcountyhistoricalsociety.org |title=Smith County Historical Society |publisher=Smith County Historical Society |access-date=December 11, 2012}} The East Texas State Fair is held annually in Tyler.{{cite web |url=http://www.etstatefair.com/ |title=East Texas State Fair |publisher=Etstatefair.com |access-date=December 11, 2012}} Harvey Convention Center, the largest building at Tyler's fairgrounds is slated for demolition in August 2021.{{Citation |last=Wellerman |first=Zak |title=Tyler Morning Telegraph |date=August 3, 2021 |volume=92 |issue=215 |pages=1A, 3A |language=English |type=Print newspaper}} Lake Tyler was the location of the HGTV Dream Home contest in 2005. The {{cvt|6500|sqft|m2|}} house helped to boost tourism and interest in the community and surrounding areas. It was subsequently sold at public auction in January 2008, for {{US$|1325000|2008}}.{{cite web |url=http://www.kltv.com/Global/story.asp?S=7615650 |title=HGTV Dream Home Sold, $1.325 Million |publisher=Kltv.com |access-date=December 11, 2012}}

Juneteenth (celebrating the freedom and emancipation of African-Americans from slavery) has become a major cultural and educational observance in Tyler, with events organized primarily by the Juneteenth Association of Tyler. Since at least 2024, the Association has hosted a weekend of community-focused programming that celebrates emancipation, promotes heritage awareness, and supports youth through scholarships.{{cite web |title=About Us |publisher=Juneteenth Association of Tyler |url=https://www.juneteenthassociationoftyler.com}}{{cite news |title=Juneteenth Association of Tyler awards 15 scholarships to East Texas students |publisher=CBS19 |date=June 2025 |url=https://www.cbs19.tv/article/news/local/juneteenth-association-of-tyler-awards-15-scholarships-east-texas-students/501-cbde8959-0270-493c-9cc0-4b689289c733}}

Annual events include a children’s “Power Wheel Parade” at Woldert Park, gospel concerts, a community parade down West Martin Luther King Boulevard, and a festival with live music, food, booths, and educational activities.{{cite web |title=Juneteenth parade, events in Tyler |publisher=KLTV/KTRE |date=June 16, 2025 |url=https://www.kltv.com/2025/06/16/2025-juneteenth-events-east-texas}} In 2025, the Association also distributed scholarships to local high‑school students as part of the holiday observances.

Local news coverage emphasizes that Juneteenth in Tyler goes beyond celebration—it centers on empowerment, with educational outreach, community unity, and recognition of progress in civil rights and schooling.{{cite news |title=Celebrating Juneteenth: Strong futures start with an education foundation |publisher=KLTV |date=June 19, 2025 |url=https://www.kltv.com/2025/06/19/celebrating-juneteenth-strong-futures-start-with-an-education-foundation/}} As a result, Juneteenth has taken on the role of “Freedom Day” in Tyler, blending cultural pride, historical remembrance, and civic investment.

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Tyler is home to the Cotton Belt Railroad Depot Museum, located near the Chamber of Commerce office.

Individuals and business firms dedicated to discovering, collecting, and preserving data, records, and other items relating to the history of Smith County, Texas, founded The Smith County Historical Society, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, in 1959. The society operates a museum and archives in the former Carnegie Public Library building in downtown Tyler. Permanent museum exhibits include life-size dioramas of Smith County history, with topics ranging from the Caddo Indians to the 20th century.

Other items from the society's collections are showcased in revolving, temporary exhibits. The society's archival library contains historical artifacts of Smith County, including newspapers, city directories, school records, photographs, maps, historical papers, and rare books. The archives are open to the public for research on a limited schedule with volunteer staff on duty. The society is also the official caretaker of Camp Ford Historic Park.

Camp Ford was the largest Confederate Prisoner of War camp west of the Mississippi River during the American Civil War. The original site of the camp stockade is a public historic park managed by the Smith County Historical Society.{{Cite web |title=Home |url=https://smithcountyhistoricalsociety.org/ |access-date=2020-12-16 |website=Smith County Historical Society |language=en-US}} The park contains a kiosk, paved trail, interpretive signage, a cabin reconstruction, and a picnic area. It is on Highway 271, {{cvt|0.8|mi|km|}} north of Loop 323.

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• University of Texas at Tyler Patriots (NCAA Division II)
• Texas College Steers (HBCU)
• Tyler Junior College Apaches (NJCAA)

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• Tyler Elbertas (1912)
• Tyler Trojans (1924–1929, 1931, 1935–1940, 1946–1950)
• Tyler Sports (1932)
• Tyler Governors (1933–1934)
• Tyler East Texans (1950–1953)
• Tyler Tigers (1954–1955)
• Tyler Wildcatters (1994–1997)
• Tyler Roughnecks (2001){{Cite web |title=Tyler Roughnecks Statistics and Roster on StatsCrew.com |url=https://www.statscrew.com/minorbaseball/t-tr15082 |access-date=2020-12-16 |website=www.statscrew.com |language=en}}

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• East Texas Twisters (2004){{Cite web |title=Twisters Football Tryouts in Tyler |url=https://www.kltv.com/story/1595660/twisters-football-tryouts-in-tyler |access-date=2020-12-16 |website=kltv.com |date=January 11, 2004 |language=en-US}}

• Fresh 15 Road Race (Annual)

• Tyler FC (2016–Present){{Cite web|url=http://www.tylerfootballclub.com/|title=Tyler FC|website=Tyler FC}}

• Tyler features fifteen disc golf courses and seven leagues, and the surrounding area features a total of thirty-six courses and seventeen leagues. For these reasons, users of the disc golf app UDisc ranked Tyler as the second best disc golf destination in Texas and third best in the United States.{{Cite web |title=Tyler Disc Golf - Your Guide to Disc Golf in Tyler, Texas |url=https://udisc.com/places/tyler-tx |access-date=2022-10-12 |website=udisc.com |language=en}}

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According to the city's 2022–2023 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the city had $93.9 million in revenues, $89.9 million in expenditures, $884.8 million in total assets, $328.3 million in total liabilities, and $241.1 million in cash and investments.{{cite web |url=https://www.cityoftyler.org/home/showpublisheddocument/13558/638536884474800000 |title=Annual Comprehensive Financial Report for the Fiscal Year ended September 30, 2023 |date=March 2024 |website=City of Tyler |access-date=January 8, 2025}}

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• McDonald Lorance, 1846
• William Bartlett, {{circa|1848}}{{cite book |editor1=Robert W. Glover |editor2=Linda Brown Cross |publisher=American Bicentennial Committee of Tyler-Smith County |title=Tyler & Smith County, Texas: An Historical Survey |url=https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth61117/ |via=University of North Texas Libraries |year=1976}} {{free access}}
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• Thomas Jefferson Dobbs, {{circa|1890}}
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• Oscar Burton, {{circa|1937}}{{cite web |url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/tyler.html |title=Mayors of Tyler, Texas |editor=Lawrence Kestenbaum |work=Political Graveyard |access-date= April 15, 2017}}
• Zeb J. Spruiell, {{circa|1955}}
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• Murph Wilson, 1967{{citation |work=Congressional Record |location=Washington DC |title=In Memory of Murph Wilson |date=August 7, 1998 |url=https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CREC-1998-08-07/pdf/CREC-1998-08-07-extensions.pdf}}
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• Jack H. Halbert, 1970–1976{{citation |url=http://obituaries.tylerpaper.com/obituaries/tylerpaper/obituary.aspx?n=jack-h-halbert&pid=17948835 |title=Jack H. Halbert Obituary |work=Tyler Morning Telegraph |date=May 31, 2006}}
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• Norman Shtofman, 1982–1984{{citation |url=http://www.kltv.com/story/1544025/former-tyler-mayor-dies |title=Former Tyler Mayor Dies |work=KLTV|date=November 29, 2003 }}
• Smith Reynolds Jr., (1990–1996){{cite news |url=https://www.kltv.com/story/2435513/former-tyler-mayor-has-died/ |title=Former Tyler Mayor Has Died |date=October 15, 2004 |website=KLTV |access-date=January 9, 2025}}
• Kevin Eltife, {{circa|1996–2002}}{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19970227083903/http://www.tylertexas.com/city/Mayor/default.html |url-status=dead |url=http://www.tylertexas.com:80/city/Mayor/default.html |archive-date=February 27, 1997 |title=City of Tyler Mayor |work=Tylertexas.com |via=Internet Archive, Wayback Machine}}{{cite news |url=http://www.tylerpaper.com/TP-News+Local/220816/eltife-will-not-run-for-reelection-in-16 |title=Eltife will not run for re-election in '16 |date=June 15, 2015 |newspaper=Tyler Morning Telegraph |first=Adam |last=Russell |access-date=January 8, 2025}}
• Joey Seeber, 2002–2008{{cite web |url=http://www.cityoftyler.org/Visitors/TylerHistory/FormerTylerMayors.aspx |title=Former Tyler Mayors |work=Cityoftyler.org |publisher=City of Tyler |access-date= April 15, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170825190133/http://www.cityoftyler.org/Visitors/TylerHistory/FormerTylerMayors.aspx |archive-date=August 25, 2017}}
• Barbara Bass, 2008–2014
• Martin Heines, 2014–2020
• Don Warren, 2020–present

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The Northeast Texas Public Health District is a political subdivision under the State of Texas established by the City of Tyler and Smith County.[http://www.healthyeasttx.org/ Northeast Texas Public Health District website]. Retrieved August 18, 2009. In place for nearly 70 years, the Health District became a separate entity in 1994, with an administrative Public Health Board. With a stated vision "To be the Healthiest Community in Texas", the district has a full-time staff of over 130 employees. The Health District has a broad range of services and responsibilities dedicated to their mission: "To Protect, Promote, and Provide for the Health of Our Community."

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Tyler is represented in the Texas Senate by Republican Bryan Hughes, District 1, and in the Texas House of Representatives by Republican Matt Schaefer, District 6. The Texas Twelfth Court of Appeals is in Tyler."[http://www.12thcoa.courts.state.tx.us/court/contact.asp Contact Information]." Twelfth Eleventh Court of Appeals. Retrieved on March 10, 2010. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice operates the Region I Parole Division Office and the Tyler District Parole Office in Tyler."[http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/parole/parole-directory/paroledir-rgnldisparoff1.htm Parole Division Region I] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928130938/http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/parole/parole-directory/paroledir-rgnldisparoff1.htm |date=2011-09-28 }}." Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Retrieved on May 15, 2010.

The two U.S. senators from Texas are Republicans John Cornyn and Ted Cruz. Tyler is part of Texas's 1st congressional district, which is currently represented by Republican Nathaniel Moran. Tyler is one of the divisions of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. The United States Postal Service operates several post offices in Tyler, including Tyler,"[http://usps.whitepages.com/service/post_office/tyler-2100-w-martin-luther-king-jr-blvd-tyler-tx-1385275 Post Office Location – TYLER]." United States Postal Service. Retrieved on May 15, 2010. Azalea,"[http://usps.whitepages.com/service/post_office/azalea-2627-s-broadway-ave-tyler-tx-1353821 Post Office Location – AZALEA]." United States Postal Service. Retrieved on May 15, 2010. Southeast Crossing,"[http://usps.whitepages.com/service/post_office/southeast-crossing-3320-troup-hwy-ste-290-tyler-tx-1382344 Post Office Location – SOUTHEAST CROSSING]." United States Postal Service. Retrieved on May 15, 2010. and the South Tyler Annex."[http://usps.whitepages.com/service/post_office/south-tyler-annex-6722-s-broadway-ave-ste-100-tyler-tx-1382301 Post Office Location – SOUTH TYLER ANNEX]." United States Postal Service. Retrieved on May 15, 2010.

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Tyler's higher education institutions include the University of Texas at Tyler and the University of Texas Health Center at Tyler, both part of the University of Texas System, as well as Texas College, the city's only HBCU, and Tyler Junior College.

Public primary and secondary education for much of the city is provided by the Tyler Independent School District, which includes high schools Tyler High School (previously known as John Tyler High School) and Tyler Legacy High School (previously known as Robert E. Lee High School), as well as Tyler ISD Early College High School, Premier High School of Tyler, a public charter school (Cumberland Academy). Several Tyler schools offer international baccalaureate and advanced placement programs.{{Cite web |title=Tyler ISD |url=https://www.tylerisd.org/ |access-date=2022-02-27 |website=www.tylerisd.org |language=en}}

Tyler has several magnet schools with expanded educational opportunities. These schools include:

• Caldwell Arts Academy{{cite web |url=https://www.tylerisd.org/o/caa/page/why-caldwell |title=Caldwell Arts Academy |website=Tyler ISD |access-date=May 17, 2025}} – K–8 – National Blue Ribbon school{{Cite web |title=Caldwell Arts Academy |url=https://nationalblueribbonschools.ed.gov/awardwinners/winning/24tx121pu_caldwell_arts_academy.html/ |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250323003150/https://nationalblueribbonschools.ed.gov/awardwinners/winning/24tx121pu_caldwell_arts_academy.html/ |archive-date=2025-03-23 |access-date=2025-05-16 |website=National Blue Ribbon Schools |language=en-US}} providing arts-infused curriculum
• Birdwell Dual Language Immersion School{{cite web |url=https://www.tylerisd.org/o/birdwelles |title=Birdwell Dual Language Immersion School |website=Tyler ISD |access-date=May 17, 2025}} – K–8 – focuses on biliteracy, bilingualism, and sociocultural capital
• Moore Middle School{{cite web |url=https://www.tylerisd.org/o/mmstms |title=Moore Middle School |website=Tyler ISD |access-date=May 17, 2025}} – 6–8 – offers specialized curriculum for exceptional STEM students
• Early College High School{{cite web |url=https://www.tylerisd.org/o/echs |title=Early College High School |website=Tyler ISD |access-date=May 17, 2025}} – 9–12 – students can earn a high school diploma and a college degree at the same time in partnership with Tyler Junior College. Ranked in 2024 as the #1 academic high school in East Texas.{{cite news |url=https://tylerpaper.com/news/education/early-college-high-school-ranks-no-1-in-east-texas-no-600-in-the-nation/article_ade5cf10-0717-11ef-89a9-ef0816dae593.html |title=Early College High School ranks No. 1 in East Texas, No. 600 in the nation |date=May 1, 2024 |newspaper=Tyler Morning Telegraph |access-date=May 17, 2025}}

Tyler is also home to the University of Texas at Tyler University Academy at Tyler, a K–12 public charter operated by the University of Texas at Tyler since 2012 that offers university courses to students in grades 9–12.

Portions of incorporated Tyler are served by surrounding school districts. These include sections of southeast Tyler, served by the Whitehouse Independent School District, and some sections in the east which are served by the chapel Hill Independent School District.

There are also private schools in Tyler, including Grace Community School (Texas), All Saints Episcopal School, Seventh-day Adventist Church School, King's Academy Christian School, Kingdom Life Academy (in the same building but not affiliated with King's Academy), Christian Heritage School, East Texas Christian Academy, and Good Shepherd Reformed Episcopal School. The Brook Hill School in nearby Bullard, TX, also serves the Tyler area. The Tyler Catholic School System of the Catholic Diocese of Tyler consists of St. Gregory Cathedral School and Bishop Thomas K. Gorman Regional Catholic Middle and High School.{{Cite web |title=Tyler Catholic School Foundation |url=https://tcsf.net/ |access-date=2022-02-27 |language=en-US}}

Tyler has 24 media outlets and one newspaper. There are many others in the surrounding area.

• Tyler Morning Telegraph

Hospitals in Tyler include UT Health Tyler, Trinity Mother Frances Health System, UT Health North Campus Tyler, and Texas Spine & Joint Hospital. There are also many clinics including the Direct Care Clinic.

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The most common form of transportation is the motor vehicle. Tyler is a nexus of several major highways. Interstate 20 runs along the north edge of the city going east and west, U.S. Highway 69 runs north–south through the center of town and State Highway 64 runs east–west through the city. Tyler also has access to U.S. Highway 271, State Highway 31, State Highway 155, and State Highway 110. Loop 323 was established in 1957 and encircles the city, which has continued to grow outside of this loop. Loop 49 is a limited access "outer loop" around the city and currently runs from State Highway 110 south of Tyler to US 69 northwest of Tyler near Lindale. Loop 124 is {{cvt|1.524|mi|km|}} in length.

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Tyler Transit provides customers with public transportation service within the City of Tyler. The buses run daily, excluding Sundays and holidays. Tyler Transit offers customers the option to purchase tickets, tokens, or passes at the Tyler Transit office, at 210 E. Oakwood Street inside the Cotton Belt Railroad Depot at the main transfer point. The City of Tyler paratransit service is a shared-ride, public transportation service. Requests for service must be made the day before the service is needed. Trips can be scheduled up to 14 days in advance. ADA compliant paratransit service is provided to all origins and destinations within the service area defined as the city limits of Tyler.{{cite web |url=http://www.cityoftyler.org/Departments/TylerTransit.aspx |title=Tyler Transit |publisher=Cityoftyler.org |access-date=December 11, 2012}} Greyhound Lines bus service is available through a downtown terminal.

Tyler Pounds Regional Airport offers service to and from Dallas–Fort Worth International Airport via American Eagle, providing service with Embraer ERJ-135 and ERJ-145 and CRJ-700 regional jets. General Aviation services are provided by two fixed-base operators, Johnson Aviation and the Jet Center of Tyler.

Tyler was the hub for a series of short-line railroads which later evolved into the St. Louis Southwestern Railway, better known as "The Cotton Belt Route", with the city last being a stop on the unnamed successor to the Morning Star between St. Louis and Dallas.Official Guide of the Railways, September 1955, St. Louis Southwestern section This line later became part of the Southern Pacific Railroad, which itself merged with the Union Pacific Railroad, which continues to serve the city today with freight traffic. No passenger train service to Tyler has occurred since April 1956, but Amtrak's Texas Eagle runs through the city of Mineola, a short distance north of Tyler.

A 2014 study by Walk Score ranked Tyler with a walkability score of 32 (out of 100) with some amenities within walking distance.{{cite web |url=http://www.walkscore.com/TX/Tyler |title=City and Neighborhood Rankings |publisher=Walk Score |year=2014 |access-date=April 11, 2014}}

• Fragments of the Space Shuttle Columbia landed near Tyler in 2003, following its breakup in the atmosphere.{{cite news |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/space-shuttle-columbia-disaster/ |title=Space Shuttle Columbia disaster |date=January 31, 2013 |website=CBS News |first=Edecio |last=Martinez |access-date=May 17, 2025}}
• On the evening of 2009, a fire engulfed a number of historic buildings in downtown Tyler. Eight different fire departments responded to the fire.{{citation |date=2009-02-03 | access-date=2024-09-21 | url=https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/fire-engulfs-tylers-historic-downtown-square/2116754/ | title=Fire Engulfs Tyler's Historic Downtown Square | website=www.nbcdfw.com}}
• The 1982 Supreme Court case Plyler v. Doe, which prohibited denial of schooling to immigrant children, originated in the Tyler Independent School District.{{Cite web |url=http://www.crfimmigrationed.org/lessons-for-teachers/149-hl10 |title=History Lesson 10: Plyler v. Doe: Can States Deny Public Benefits to Illegal Immigrants? |website=www.crfimmigrationed.org |language=en |access-date=September 13, 2018}}
• The Tyler courthouse shooting occurred in 2005, when David Arroyo fatally shot his ex-wife and a man in the Tyler Square inside the Smith County Courthouse.

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Tyler's sister cities are:{{cite web |title=A Brief History |url=http://tylersistercities.org/history-of-tyler-sister-cities/ |website=tylersistercities.org |publisher=Tyler Sister Cities |access-date=2021-01-25}}

• {{flagicon|CHL}} Lo Barnechea, Chile
• {{flagicon|POL}} Jelenia Góra, Poland
• {{flagicon|CRI}} Liberia, Costa Rica
• {{flagicon|MEX}} San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
• {{flagicon|JPN}} Yachiyo, Japan

• Cotton Belt Depot Train Museum
• List of museums in East Texas
• Tyler Museum of Art
• Whitaker-McClendon House

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• Everett, Dianna, The Texas Cherokees: A People between Two Fires, 1819–1840 (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1990)
• Glover, ed., Robert W., Tyler and Smith County, Texas (n.p.: Walsworth, 1976)
• Henderson, Adele, Smith County, Texas: Its Background and History in Ante-Bellum Days (M.A. thesis, University of Texas, 1926)
• McDonald, Archie P. Historic Smith County (Historical Publishing Network, 2006).
• Reed, Robert E. Jr. Images of America: Tyler (Arcadia Publishing, 2008).
• Reed, Robert E. Jr. Postcard History: Tyler (Arcadia Publishing, 2009).
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• Wardlaw, Trevor P. "Sires and Sons: The Story of Hubbard's Regiment." CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2015. {{ISBN|978-1511963732}}
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• Woldert, Albert, A History of Tyler and Smith County (San Antonio: Naylor, 1948)

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