Lancaster, Texas Lancaster, Texas Lancaster's Historic Town Square Lancaster's Historic Town Square Location of Lancaster in Dallas County, Texas Location of Lancaster in Dallas County, Texas Lancaster (/ l ek st r/ lang-kiss-t r ) is a town/city in Dallas County, Texas, United States.
The populace was 36,361 at the 2010 census. Founded in 1852 as a frontier post, Lancaster is one of Dallas County's earliest settlements.
Lancaster is part of the Best Southwest area, which includes Lancaster, Cedar Hill, De - Soto, and Duncanville.
The Peters' group advertised heavily in Kentucky, Illinois, Missouri, and Tennessee, and for that reason, many of the earliest pioneer were from those states. The first group to settle in the Lancaster region was Roderick Rawlins and his family from Greene County, Illinois.
Shortly after the Rawlins' pioneer abandoned the Hardscrabble settlement, Lancaster became the dominant improve in the area. Bledsoe surveyed and staked off the initial town of Lancaster in 1852. He purchased 430-acres of territory from the widow of Roderick Rawlins and modeled it after his Kentucky hometown.
Bledsoe began selling lots at a enhance auction in 1853, reportedly giving as many as two-thirds of them to pioneer from the close-by Pleasant Run community. The official plat of the town of Lancaster wasn't filed with Dallas County until 1857.
Lancaster's Historic MKT Depot and Rose Garden Fires finished parts of the square in 1877, 1889, and again in 1918, each time being promptly rebuilt. Local telephone service came to Lancaster in 1881.
Lancaster was incorporated on May 5, 1886. One year later, the Lancaster Herald journal began printing. In December 1888, Lancaster's train depot opened as a stop on the Dallas and Waco Railway.
In 1891, it became part of the Missouri Kansas Texas Railroad (MKT) line, running from Dallas to the Gulf Coast of Texas. The Lancaster Tap Railroad, instead of in 1890, connected the MKT line in Lancaster with the Dallas-Houston line of the Houston and Texas Central Railway (H&TC) in Hutchins, 4.5 miles away.
At the start of the 20th century, Lancaster had 1,045 inhabitants and served hundreds more from the encircling rural areas who worked, worshiped, attended school, and made their purchases in the town.
The Texas Legislature created the Lancaster Independent School District in March 1905 and voters allowed a several bond elections over the next decade that improved educational facilities.
Electric lighting was introduced in 1911 via the Texas Power and Light Company when the interurban Texas Electric Railway (Dallas to Waco) ran through town. Lancaster remained tied to its encircling agricultural lands.
Soon after, the expansion rate quickly increased as Lancaster began to transform from a small town into a suburban bedroom improve of Dallas.
1994 Tornado damage and repair are evident in the brick color on the former White Bank Building on Lancaster's Historic Town Square.
More than 250 homes and every building on the town square was heavily damaged or completely finished by the roughly half-mile wide tornado. The White & Company Bank building, a small-town landmark since 1898, was severely damaged in the tornado but was rebuilt, and in 1998 reopened as command posts for the Lancaster Economic Development Corporation. In 2005 and 2006 Lancaster was a finalist for the All-America City Award. In 2007 the National Arbor Day Foundation designated Lancaster a Tree City USA. Between 2000 and 2010, Lancaster's populace increased by 40 percent, making it one of the fastest-growing metros/cities in Dallas County amid the decade.
A tornado emergency was not called for Lancaster, but a tornado emergency was called for the close-by cities of Dallas, Greenville, and Arlington. No deaths were reported from either the Lancaster tornado or any other tornado that day.
Lancaster is positioned in southern Dallas County and is part of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, the biggest urbane region in the state of Texas.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 30.35 square miles (78.6 km2), of which 30.28 square miles (78.4 km2) is territory and 0.07 square miles (0.18 km2) is water. On November 14, 2011, a tract of territory covering 2.9 square miles (7.5 km2) inside Lancaster's extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ) was took in into to the city. Lancaster is situated inside the Blackland Prairie region of Texas, which is characterized by level to gently rolling topography.
Lancaster is positioned inside the humid subtropical climate zone (Koppen climate classification: Cfa), which is characterized by hot, humid summers and mild to cool winters.
Climate data for Lancaster, Texas As of the 2000 census, Lancaster is the biggest African American-majority town/city in Texas. In its early years, Lancaster was an agrarian market center for the encircling area.
The city's locale in the fast-growing Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex region, territory availability, easy access to three primary interstate highways, Lancaster Regional Airport, and a prepared 200-acre BNSF intermodal freight facility round out the logistic options of road, rail, and air for the transport of goods. Pro - Logis Park 20/35 at the northeast corner of Houston School Road and Cedardale Road is the biggest logistics company park in Lancaster.
According to the Lancaster's Department of Economic Development, the top employers in the town/city are: 1 Lancaster Independent School District 689 6 City of Lancaster 212 The City of Lancaster is a home-rule town/city with a council-manager form of government.
The town/city manager is appointed by the town/city council and serves as chief administrative officer for the city.
Opal Mauldin Robertson is the current town/city manager of Lancaster.
The seven-member town/city council consists of the mayor, who represents the town/city as a whole and is propel at-large, and six members propel in single-member districts.
The current electoral fitness was implemented in 1994. The mayor and town/city council members serve staggered three-year terms. Marcus Knight is the current mayor of Lancaster.
The town/city of Lancaster 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.
Lancaster is positioned in Texas' 30th congressional precinct of the U.S.
In the Texas Legislature, Lancaster is in District 23 of the Texas Senate, represented by Democrat Royce West. In the Texas House of Representatives, the town/city is part of District 109, which is represented by Democrat Helen Giddings. Lancaster High School Lancaster is served mainly by the Lancaster Independent School District (LISD).
The Dallas Independent School District (DISD) serves a small portion of the town/city that includes the subdivisions of Cedardale Highlands, Taylor Brothers, and Lancaster Gardens. Students living in this region are zoned to Wilmer-Hutchins Elementary School, Kennedy-Curry Middle School, and Wilmer-Hutchins High School. The region had been part of the Wilmer-Hutchins Independent School District (WHISD) until the precinct was ordered closed before to the start of the 2005-2006 school year.
Dallas ISD agreed to absorb WHISD after Lancaster, which was given the first option to take over the district, declined. Life School Lancaster opened in 2007 and serves students from Kindergarten through sixth grade.
Berne Academy is the sole private school in Lancaster.
Cedar Valley College, a two-year accredited institution affiliated with the Dallas County Community College District (DCCCD) is positioned on the border of Lancaster and Dallas.
The University of North Texas at Dallas ground is positioned just north of the Lancaster town/city limits in far southern Dallas.
Lancaster Veterans Memorial Library is positioned in Lancaster Community Park.
The library relocated from a building on West Main Street in downtown to its present locale in May 2001. The 23,000 square foot facility includes a enhance meeting room, reading lounge, and genealogical center. Lancaster inhabitants can obtain a library card no-charge of charge, which entitles the bearer to borrow materials and use the enhance access internet computers.
Just north of the library is a paved contemplative garden funded by the non-profit Friends of the Lancaster Veterans Memorial Library organization. The responsibilities of Lancaster's Parks and Recreation Department include park maintenance, recreation programs, and management of recreational facilities. The fitness of enhance parks in Lancaster covers more than 600 acres. The 170-acre Lancaster Community Park is the most utilized park in the city.
Lancaster City Park is another highly utilized park in the town/city with four baseball/softball fields, two playgrounds, two tennis courts, a basketball court, walking trail, and an off-leash region for dogs.
The park also has two concession stands and two large pavilions, each with 15 tables. The Cedardale Park and Complex in northern Lancaster contains baseball/softball fields, a basketball court, playground, and concession stand. There are lesser neighborhood parks positioned throughout the town/city with playgrounds and other amenities.
Dewberry Park, Jaycee Park, Kids Square Park, Meadowcreek Park, Rocky Crest Park, Stanford Park, and Verona Park.
Heritage Park, which contains an iconic gazebo, is positioned north of the historic town square in downtown Lancaster. The newest addition to the park fitness is the 2.4 mile Pleasant Run Hike and Bike Trail, which opened in the spring of 2010 and is routed through neighborhoods in central Lancaster. Two nature preserves have been established in Lancaster, Bear Creek Nature Park and the Ten Mile Creek Preserve.
The 189-acre Bear Creek Nature Park was created on territory purchased with a $500,000 matching grant from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. Features of the park site include equestrian and walking trails with interpretive signage, a fishing pond, climbing rock, butterfly garden, and a large pavilion for picnics. Additionally, there is an outside classroom and educational programs available for children.
The 64,000 square foot Lancaster Recreation Center features an indoor water park, gymnasium, elevated jogging track, and a public atrium with an aerobics/dance room.
The 11,500 square foot building opened in December 2008. The facility includes a dining hall, commercial kitchen, classrooms, computer lab, and reading lounge. Transportation to and from the center is available for Lancaster inhabitants in need. The 45,000 square foot Cold War Air Museum is positioned on the grounds of Lancaster Regional Airport.
Also positioned at Lancaster Regional Airport, the Commemorative Air Force Museum Dallas/Fort Worth Wing is dedicated to the preservation of combat airplane of World War II. The Lancaster Visitors Center & State Auxiliary Museum is positioned in the renovated Interurban Building at the corner of Dallas Avenue and Main Street, the exhibition contains exhibits and historical artifacts highlighting the history of Lancaster and the State of Texas.
The Rocky Crest Museum highlights a compilation of historical items connected to Rocky Crest School - Lancaster's first school for African-Americans, its former students, and the encircling community.
Lancaster has three properties listed on the National Register of Historic Places: the Randlett House, Captain R.
Texas Historical Marker at the site of Rocky Crest School, which served Lancaster's black students before to desegregation.
The Texas Historical Commission has designated 14 sites in the Lancaster region with historical markers. Listed below are the sites in Lancaster with state historical markers and the year they received the designation: Town of Lancaster (1974) - This marker memorializes the beginning of Lancaster and is positioned in the Historic Town Square.
Several improve affairs are held in Lancaster throughout the year.
The Lancaster Country Ride, sponsored by Greater Dallas Bicyclists (GDB), takes place each April.
The route begins at the town square and traverses the back roads of Lancaster.
The annual July Fourth celebration is held at Lancaster Community Park and features family activities, food, and a fireworks show.
It is a joint collaboration between the metros/cities of Lancaster and De - Soto.
In October, an Oktoberfest celebration is held by the Lancaster Historic Society.
Lancaster High School's homecoming parade is also held amid the month.
2nd Saturday on the Square is a long-standing tradition in Lancaster.
Interstate 35 - E forms the boundary of the town/city and east-west access is provided by Interstate 20, positioned on the far-north side of Lancaster.
Principal thoroughfares inside the town/city include State Highway 342 (running north-south, also known as Dallas Avenue), Houston School Road (north-south), Pleasant Run Road (east-west), and Belt Line Road (east-west). Lancaster Regional Airport is a enhance use airport positioned two miles southeast of the central company precinct of Lancaster.
Currently used for general aviation purposes, the airport is publicly owned by City of Lancaster and serves as a reliever airport for Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport and Dallas Love Field. It has one runway designated 13/31 with an asphalt surface measuring 6,502 by 100 feet (1,982 x 30 m). There is no enhance transit in Lancaster and the town/city is not a member of Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART).
Crescent Medical Center Lancaster is an 84-bed acute care general hospital positioned at 2600 West Pleasant Run Road.
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