Miami, Texas
Miami is a small ranching town in the rolling grasslands of the eastern Texas Panhandle, set along Red Deer Creek in Roberts County about 77 miles northeast of Amarillo. It serves as the county seat and grew up as a cattle-shipping point on the railroad, drawing on the surrounding cattle country of the High Plains. The town has long carried a reputation as one of the last genuine cowtowns of the Panhandle.
Place essentials
Official Census snapshot- Census place type
- City
- July 2025 population
- 565
- Change from 2020 base
- +4.4%
- Land area
- 1.2 sq. mi.
- County footprint
- Roberts County
Place type, county footprint, and land area use the Census Bureau's January 1, 2025 geography. Population uses Vintage 2025 estimates through July 1, 2025; change compares that estimate with the April 1, 2020 estimates base. Geography file | Population file
Property here runs through the appraisal district and tax office for Roberts County. The homestead exemption, appraisal cap, protests, and any MUD, PID, or special districts all sit at the parcel level.
Official routes
Use the office for the parcel address; a mailing city is not always the governing city.
County context
What to know around Miami
County lines carry much of the property, land, water, and outdoors context around Miami.
Local History
Roberts County grew out of open-range cattle ranching in the 1870s and 1880s
Roberts County was carved from large ranching operations after the Army pushed out Comanche and Kiowa bands in 1874-75. Its county seat Miami still hosts a National Cow Calling Contest that has run every year since 1949.
Property Tax
One office handles both appraisal and tax bills in Roberts County
Roberts County has a single office that serves as both the appraisal district and the tax assessor-collector, so you deal with one place for property values and tax payments.
Agricultural Valuation
Most rural land in Roberts County is taxed on what it can produce, not what it would sell for
Land used for cattle grazing or crops can qualify for a lower tax value based on what the land produces. But if that use stops, back taxes called a rollback tax can come due.
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