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Miami is the county seat of Roberts County in the Texas Panhandle, and it is the only incorporated municipality in the entire county.

Miami is pronounced "my-AM-uh," and its name is said to come from an Indigenous word meaning "sweetheart" — the town bills itself as the "Sweetheart of the Plains."

Miami began in 1879 as a half-dugout stagecoach stand built by Marion Armstrong on Red Deer Creek along the mail route between Mobeetie and Las Vegas, New Mexico.

The town was platted in 1887 on the proposed route of the Southern Kansas Railway, and by 1888 it already had about 250 residents, three hotels, and a post office.

Miami was first chosen as county seat when Roberts County was organized in 1889, but the election was declared fraudulent and rival Parnell held the seat until Miami won it back in an 1898 election; the current courthouse was built in 1913.

Miami counted 539 residents at the 2020 census, living in 230 households — down from its peak of 953 people in 1930.

Miami is famous for its annual cow calling contest, held the first weekend in June and running for more than 75 years.

The town's 1888 Santa Fe depot, moved a short distance to U.S. Highway 60, now houses the Roberts County Museum.

Miami Independent School District teaches prekindergarten through 12th grade in a single building, and Miami High School provides Spanish instruction to seven area schools through the Texas Virtual School program.

Sitting at about 2,736 feet elevation, Miami has a semi-arid Panhandle climate with roughly 23 inches of rain and about 19 inches of snow in an average year.