Tekoa (/ˈtikoʊ/ TEE-koh) is a rural city in Whitman County, Washington, United States.

The city is centered in the rolling fields of the Palouse region and served by State Route 27.

It features the landmark Milwaukee Road trestle, which now carries the Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail, and the historic Empire Theatre, an Art Deco theater built in 1940 that was later restored.

[4] Every June, the town of Tekoa holds their annual celebration, the Slippery Gulch Festival, featuring a parade, egg toss, and fireworks.

The area that includes the present-day Town of Tekoa was settled by the Coeur d'Alene people.

Over the next 60 years, Tekoa began a population decline as mechanized farming reduced the need for workers, and railway was abandoned.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.14 square miles (2.95 km2), all of it land.

[7] This region experiences warm (but not hot) and dry summers, with no average monthly temperatures above 71.6 °F.

[8] At the 2010 census,[10] the city population comprised 778 persons, 307 households, and 191 families.