Euless, Texas Euless, Texas City of Euless MVI 2745 Euless, TX, welcome Location of Euless in Tarrant County, Texas Location of Euless in Tarrant County, Texas Euless (/ ju l s/ yoo-liss) is a town/city in Tarrant County, Texas, United States, and a suburb of Dallas and Fort Worth.
Euless is part of the Mid-Cities between Dallas and Fort Worth.
The southwestern portion of Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport is inside the town/city limits of Euless.
4 Surrounding Cities Euless is titled after Elisha Adam Euless, a native of Tennessee who moved to Texas in 1867 and later bought 170 acres (0.69 km2) of territory on the current intersection of North Main St.
And West Euless Boulevard. Elisha started a cotton gin and a improve center on his property, and quickly became a prominent figure among other settlers.
The improve advanced around the territory Euless owned, and the inhabitants decided to name the town/city "Euless" with respect to him.
Euless is positioned at 32 50 54 N 97 5 30 W (32.848253, -97.091782). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 16.3 square miles (42.1 km ), all land.
As of the census of 2000, there were 46,005 citizens , 19,218 homeholds, and 11,626 families residing in the city.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 75.52% White, 6.49% African American, 0.64% Native American, 7.15% Asian, 1.86% Pacific Islander, 5.38% from other competitions, and 2.96% from two or more competitions.
Euless has the biggest population of Tongans in an American town/city with 2,500. 1.26% of Euless homeholds are same sex couples, giving Euless the ninth highest percentage of same sex couples among metros/cities in Texas with over 50 same sex couples.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 25.0% under the age of 18, 9.8% from 18 to 24, 39.7% from 25 to 44, 19.7% from 45 to 64, and 5.8% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $49,582, and the median income for a family was $54,697.
Euless According to the city's 2007-2008 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the city's various funds had $82.7 million in revenues, $73.7 million in expenditures, $239.5 million in total assets, $76.8 million in total liabilities, and $54.7 million in cash and investments. The Euless City Council as of February 2015 consisted of: The town/city of Euless is a voluntary member of the North Central Texas Council of Governments association, the purpose of which is to coordinate individual and collective small-town governments and facilitate county-wide solutions, eliminate unnecessary duplication, and enable joint decisions.
Euless has eight elementary schools, two junior high schools, and one high school.
Most of Euless is served by the Hurst-Euless-Bedford Independent School District, but some parts of the town/city belong to Grapevine-Colleyville Independent School District and attend Bear Creek Elementary, Heritage Middle School, and Colleyville Heritage High School.
Euless also has Harmony Science Academy, a charter school.
The football team of Euless's Trinity High School has accomplished nationwide notoriety for its pre-game and post-game ritual dance, the New Zealand Maori Ka Mate haka, started by a several players of Tongan descent. The team won 5 - A Division 1 state football championships in 2005, 2007, and 2009 and was featured in an EA Sports commercial in 2010. According to the city's 2008 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top employers in the town/city are: 3 City of Euless 390 1.53% Myles Turner, experienced basketball player who presently plays for the NBA's Indiana Pacers and was raised in Euless and attended Trinity High School.
Draper, Jr., Baptist minister and denominational figure, former pastor of First Baptist Church of Euless Adam Roarke, movie actor who appeared in Hell's Angels on Wheels, El Dorado, and The Stunt Man was living in Euless at the time of his death.
According to the Koppen Climate Classification system, Euless has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps. "Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (DP-1): Euless city, Texas".
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Enumeration of Population and Housing".
A Tongan War Dance Enlivens Football In Euless, Texas - WSJ.com Archived September 28, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.
City of Euless CAFR Retrieved 2009-08-17 Euless Today spring/ summer 2010 Climate Summary for Euless, Texas Wikimedia Commons has media related to Euless, Texas.
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