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About Archer City, TX

Archer City is a small Texas town of about 1,200 people, located 25 miles southwest of Wichita Falls on US Highway 79. It's the Archer County seat, sitting on rolling prairie at about 1,000 feet elevation. Most visitors arrive via US 79 from Wichita Falls or take US 287 northwest from Dallas-Fort Worth. The town is famous as author Larry McMurtry's hometown and the inspiration for "The Last Picture Show."

Where is Archer City, TX on the map?

Archer City, TX is in United States, at 33.594, -98.626 - about 18 km west of Windthorst, TX.

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The closest airport to Archer City, TX is Wichita Falls Municipal Airport / Sheppard Air Force Base, 52 km (about 50 min by car).

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