Tira is located in northern Hopkins County at (33.326629, –95.569853).
Texas State Highway 19 runs through the western part of the town, leading north to
Paris and south to
Sulphur Springs, the Hopkins
county seat. Tira is east of the dam at the outlet of
Jim Chapman Lake (formerly known as Cooper Lake) and is by road northeast of the South Sulphur Unit of
Cooper State Park. According to the
United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which , or 1.65%, are water. ==Demographics==