Coppell, Texas City of Coppell, Texas Location of Coppell in Dallas County, Texas Location of Coppell in Dallas County, Texas Coppell (/ k p l/ ko-pel) is a town/city in the northwest corner of Dallas County in the U.S.

The Coppell region was settled by German and French immigrants in the 1840s.

Members of the Peters Colony also settled here in the 1840s. Originally titled "Gibbs Station," after Barnett Gibbs (who eventually became one of Texas' first lieutenant governors), the town was retitled in 1892 for George Coppell, wealthy financier from England who came to the United States in the 1880s and was reportedly heavily involved with the final assembly of the small-town barns line.

In addition to suburban homes, the town/city has a burgeoning commercial base of warehouses and transit centers on the south and west sides of the city, closest in adjacency to the DFW airport.

Coppell is positioned at 32 58 2 N 96 59 12 W (32.967341, 96.986564). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 14.7 square miles (38.0 km2), of which 14.4 square miles (37.3 km2) is territory and 0.31 square miles (0.8 km2), or 2.00%, is water. Coppell is situated in the northwest corner of Dallas County and lies in adjacency to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport.

A portion of the airport property is inside the town/city limits of Coppell.

Coppell, Texas In the United States Energy Environment Administration's "Monthly Energy Review, April 2016", Coppell was ranked number 3 (for metros/cities 30,000+ residents) in the United States for the number trees per resident (2.5 trees per resident), slightly behind Sacramento, California (2.6:1), and Ann Arbor, Michigan (3.2:1).

Coppell is home to the Gymnastics club Texas Dreams Gymnastics.

Because of its adjacency to DFW Airport, the small-town economy is thriving. Ci - Ci's Pizza has its command posts in Coppell. Many corporations have shipping and distribution facilities in Coppell, including Ci - Ci's Pizza, a new 3 Million sq.

Coppell inhabitants are served by one of three school districts. Coppell Independent School District (CISD) is responsible for the K 12 education of the majority of the City of Coppell's children.

Its high schools are Coppell High School and the newly opened New Tech High @ Coppell.

And to the east of Macarthur Blvd., including the Riverchase area, and students matriculate to Barbara Bush Middle School and Ranchview High School in Irving. Lewisville ISD serves the northernmost section of Coppell falling in Denton County, including the Coppell Greens subdivision.

All of the elementary schools in the Coppell Independent School District are rated "Exemplary" by the Texas Education Agency (in 2008), as are Coppell Middle School North and Coppell Middle School East.

Coppell Middle School West, Coppell High School and the precinct as a whole are rated "Recognized".

New Tech High @ Coppell, received an "Exemplary" ranking in its first year, the 2008 2009 school year.

Riverchase Elementary (in the Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District, but positioned in Coppell) is rated "Recognized".

Students from that school go on to attend the Barbara Bush Middle School and Ranchview High School in neighboring Valley Ranch.

The Coppell ISD was ranked as the #1 music program in the United States by the Music Educators Association in 2000.

In August 2001, Coppell voters allowed a revenue tax increase to furnish funding for arts in the school district.

The Coppell High School Marching Band won the Texas 4 - A UIL championship in 1999 and rather than third in 5 - A in 2009.

The Coppell Middle School North Band won the Texas state championship in 2006, 2011 and again in 2016.

The Coppell Middle School East band rather than 4th in state in 2011. Coppell High School's news program, KCBY-TV, has won a several national awards for their work with video production.

The KCBY Broadcast department features small-town stories reaching out to the improve in the school as well as the improve outside of school.

New Tech High @ Coppell's film program, NT Fuze, has had a several of its productions accepted to primary film festivals, including South by South West and the Dallas International Film Festival.

Now in its fourth year NT Fuze produces character content not only for New Tech, and Coppell ISD, but small-town businesses and organizations.

Coppell is positioned next to the northeast corner of Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW).

There is no enhance transit in Coppell; Coppell was a charter member of Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART), but voters propel to withdraw from DART in 1989.

This election remains controversial today, as the town/city had a much lesser population in the 1980s, and the lack of membership in DART will likely prevent the town/city from participating in the prepared Cotton Belt commuter rail system. However, since Coppell borders DART member metros/cities (Carrollton, Dallas and Irving), it can rejoin at a later date if it wishes provided that it can assess the mandatory 1% revenue tax.

Bennett Ratliff - Member of the Texas House of Representatives from Coppell (2013-2015) "Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (DP-1): Coppell city, Texas".

"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Coppell city, Texas".

"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".

"Coppell Citizens Advocate - journal in Coppell, Texas USA".

City of Coppell.

City of Coppell official website Coppell Independent School District Municipalities and communities of Dallas County, Texas, United States Municipalities and communities of Denton County, Texas, United States

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