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S.v l/ lew-iss-vil) is a town/city in Denton County, Texas, United States.
The 2000 United States Enumeration placed the city's populace at 77,737 and the 2010 Enumeration placed it at 95,290, making it one of the fastest-growing town/city populations in the United States and the 33rd most crowded in Texas. It is situated in 36.4 square miles (94 km2) of territory and includes 6.07 square miles (15.7 km2) of Lewisville Lake. Originally called Holford's Prairie, the origins of Lewisville date back to the early 1840s. The arrival of the town's first barns in 1881 engendered its initial growth, and the expansion of the area's transit infrastructure spurred further evolution in the early part of the 20th century. Lewisville incorporated in 1925, and when assembly of Lewisville Lake was instead of in the 1950s, the town/city began to grew rapidly.
Lewisville's persistently warm climate and adjacency to Lewisville Lake has made it a recreational core of the Dallas Fort Worth metroplex.
The city's municipal government, led by a nonpartisan town/city council, focuses its recreational and cultural investments on facilities such as Toyota of Lewisville Park and the MCL Grand Theater.
Lewisville Independent School District provides most of the area's enhance education programs.
Named Fox Hembry Cemetery, the plot still exists today. After it had declined into disrepair, small-town inhabitants and businesses gathered to restore it in 2011. Although Abraham Lincoln was not on the ballot in the region for the 1860 Presidential election, inhabitants of Lewisville (listed as "Hollforts" on election results) still gave John C.
During Reconstruction, Lewisville became home to Denton County's first cotton gin.
Built in 1867, it could produce up to three bales per day. The Thirteenth Texas Legislature chartered the Dallas and Wichita Railroad (later the Missouri Kansas Texas) on terms requiring 20 miles of track to be in running order by July 1, 1875.
Lewisville paid the business $15,000 to come to the city, with a promise of another $5,000 on culmination. The business fulfilled the deal by completing the barns tracks to a point just south of Lewisville on the morning of the deadline, and the line began running full-time in 1881. Republicans in the Fourteenth Texas Legislature passed a law on April 30, 1874, prohibiting alcohol inside two miles of the town. Many inhabitants ignored the law, however, and the town/city retained as many as 17 saloons at one point. The populace of the unincorporated town was 500 in 1888. The building presently housing the Greater Lewisville Community Theater, assembled in 1885, is the earliest standing structure in Lewisville. On January 15, 1925, inhabitants voted by a margin of 17 votes to incorporate Lewisville, which established its official boundaries as a city. By 1930, Lewisville's populace had increased to 853, making it the fourth most crowded municipality in Denton County (behind Denton, Sanger, and Pilot Point). Because the city's economy had turn into diversified before the Wall Street Crash of 1929, Lewisville was mostly well insulated from the Great Depression.
Roosevelt. By 1936, the Works Progress Administration directed a cannery in the town/city to furnish temporary jobs for unemployed residents. As an extension of the Good Roads Movement, which had been prominent in Denton County since the early 1910s, inhabitants formed the Good Roads Committee of Lewisville to lobby state and federal officials for funding to problematic better streets. Lewisville jubilated the paving of the U.S.
The new pavement closed the "Lewisville Gap" between the two cities, a stretch of dirt road through the town/city that often became too muddy for travel. Between 1925 and 1932, the Texas Interurban Railway, an electric commuter rail service that ran from Dallas to Denton, directed a station in Lewisville.
Business leaders in the Lewisville Chamber of Commerce welcomed the service at the time, proudly citing the city's progressive peoplehip. The area's low populace density could not sustain the venture, however, and in 1932, the line went out of company and immediately halted service. On April 25, 1934, Raymond Hamilton of the Barrow Gang robbed the First National Bank of Lewisville.
Residents chased him to Howe, Texas, where he was captured at a roadblock and transferred to Dallas County Jail. Lewisville's rapid expansion began when assembly of the Garza Little Elm Dam rather than in 1954, expanding the Garza Little Elm Reservoir into what is now Lewisville Lake. The town/city adopted a home rule charter for a council manager style of municipal government in 1963, becoming one of only a several home rule metros/cities in Texas with a populace of less than 5,000. In September 1969, 13 days after Woodstock, the town/city hosted the Texas International Pop Festival, which drew over 150,000 spectators and featured performances by Janis Joplin, B.B.
King and Led Zeppelin. In 2011, the Texas Historical Commission dedicated a historical event marker at the Hebron A-train station in Lewisville to memorialize the event. When Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport opened to the south of the town/city in 1974 and Vista Ridge Mall opened at the intersection of Interstate 35 - E and Round Grove Road in 1989, Lewisville began to undergo rapid suburban growth. Its populace increased from 24,273 in 1980 to 46,521 in 1990, making it the 40th most crowded city in Texas. In the early 1990s, the Lewisville Chamber of Commerce marketed the town/city with the slogan "City of Expanding Horizons". The populace reached 77,737 in 2000 and 95,290 in 2010. Lewisville is positioned at 33 2 18 N 97 0 22 W (33.038316, 97.006232) at an altitude of about 550 feet (170 m).
It has a total region of 42.47 square miles (110.0 km2), of which 36.4 sq mi (94 km2) is land. It lies at the southern end of Denton County and the northern end of the Dallas Fort Worth metroplex, in the easterly part of the Cross Timbers region of Texas between the Texas Blackland Prairies and the Grand Prairie. Vista Ridge, a small plateau, is in the southeast corner of Lewisville, and the lowest part of Denton County, at 484 feet (148 m), is found in the city. Lewisville sits above the Barnett Shale, a geological formation including a large quantity of natural shale gas. Water constitutes 6.072 sq mi (15.73 km2) of the city's total area, including Lewisville Lake, the Elm Fork of the Trinity River, and two small-town tributaries of the Elm Fork, Prairie Creek and Timber Creek.
A riparian zone encompasses a portion of the town/city in the southeast. The intersection of the Elm Fork and Lake Lewisville has given rise to a delta at the southern end of the lake, extending 6.9 miles (11.1 km) south. The Federal Emergency Management Agency has labeled much of the region surrounding the delta as "Zone AE", meaning that the region is subject to 100-year flood precautions. Lewisville's climate is classified as humid subtropical.
Its Koppen climate classification is Cfa, which means that it has a temperate climate, does not have a dry season, and has a hot summer. According to the United States Department of Agriculture, Lewisville is positioned in a hardiness zone of 8a. The town/city is seldom affected by extreme weather, but Hurricane Carla in 1961 brought 86-mile-per-hour (138 km/h) winds and caused 6-foot (1.8 m) swells on Lewisville Lake. During heavy rains, Timber Creek can overflow its banks, and on rare occasion, flood some of the encircling homes. The National Weather Service defines no official borders for Tornado Alley, but Lewisville is considered to be in it. Climate data for Lewisville, Texas Average snowy days ( 0.1 in) .4 .2 .1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .1 .2 1 Lewisville The Medical Center of Lewisville Grand Theater, which opened in 2011 The Medical Center of Lewisville Grand Theater, known informally as the MCL Grand, is positioned on the east side of Interstate 35 - E in Lewisville's Old Town.
It functions as a core for the arts in Lewisville, able to show films, host meetings, and furnish a venue for various kinds of creative performance.
The universal began in 2004 and aimed to fulfill a long-term goal of building an arts center to coincide with the 2011 opening of the Old Town Station. The facility opened in January 2011 with a series of performances, children's shows, concerts, and exhibits, and the Greater Lewisville Arts Alliance presented the theater with a $25,000 donation to begin their fundraiser to place a Steinway piano in the theater. In 2011 and 2012, The Flower Mound Connection journal titled the MCL Grand the best affairs venue in Denton County. Front of the Lewisville Public Library building, which opened in 2006 The town/city government created the Lewisville Public Library in 1968, naming Cindy Bennett as its first director.
In 2001, Lewisville voters allowed a 4 - B tax package, part of which was dedicated to building a new library facility, the children's wing of which was dedicated to Bennett. The $11 million renovation opened in 2006, and it received the Achievement of Excellence in Libraries Award in that year and again in 2009. Lewisville was also the temporary home of the George W.
Lewisville is served mainly by media from the Dallas area, but a number of niche publications focus on small-town news.
The Lewisville Enterprise consolidated with The Lewisville Leader in 1962.
Clements, was a staunch conservative, but vociferously supported the ethnic integration of Lewisville Independent School District, for which he received many anonymous threats from members of the Ku Klux Klan. Clements sold the paper to Harte-Hanks Community Newspapers in 1971. Star Newspapers, which owned the Leader, was purchased by 1013 Communications in 2012. The journal is based in Plano, Texas.
In 2011, the Lewisville City Council designated the Lewisville portion of Neighborsgo, a weekly section of The Dallas Morning News, as the city's official journal of record. File:A day skating at Scion Skate Park in Lewisville, Texas.ogv Skateboarders at Scion Skate Park in Toyota of Lewisville Railroad Park The City of Lewisville operates various enhance recreation facilities, including parks, two recreation centers, and approximately 14 miles (23 km) of trails. The $20 million Railroad Park was assembled in 2009 using the revenue from a quarter-cent revenue tax increase; it was the biggest capital universal in the city's history at the time.
It was retitled Toyota of Lewisville Railroad Park in 2010 in a deal worth $1.5 million.
The park has a baseball/softball complex, a football complex, eight lighted soccer fields, two concession buildings, a perimeter walking/jogging trail, three man-made lakes, a dog park and the Scion Skate Park. Since 2010, the skate park has hosted the Scion Regional Amateur Tour, part an annual series of six skateboarding competitions held athwart the country. In 2012, the venue hosted its first annual triathlon event benefiting the Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of Denton County. Lewisville Lake Park comprises 662 acres (268 ha), which the town/city leases from the United States Army Corps of Engineers.
The Lewisville Fishing Barge, an indoor outside fishing facility that opened in 1958, is positioned on the lake. The park also hosts the Rick Neill Memorial, a cross nation running meet organized each year by the Lewisville High School track and field team. In February 2013, the town/city began to review a evolution proposal to build a resort hotel and meeting hall on a 60-acre (0.24 km2) parcel of territory next to the lake. Lewisville is also a primary hub of the Northern Golf Corridor of the Dallas Fort Worth metroplex. Golf facilities positioned in the town/city include the Hank Haney Golf Ranch at Vista Ridge and Timbercreek Golf Center. Located on the southeast edge of the city, the Lakes at Castle Hills is a Jay Morrish-designed course which opened in the late 1990s; critics have rated the course highly, praising its amenities and difficulty level. Lake Park Golf Course, positioned near Lewisville Lake, is noted for its beginner-friendly design. The nine-hole, 1,724-yard (1,576 m) Lake Park Executive course opened in 1994. Lewisville is also home to experienced golfer Chad Campbell, winner of the 2003 Tour Championship. In 2011, the Lewisville Park Board proposed a new master plan for the city's parks and recreation facilities.
A box beam from the World Trade Center South Tower on display at the Lewisville Fire Department offices as a memorial to the service members who died as a result of the September 11 attacks A box beam from the World Trade Center South Tower stands on display in front of the Lewisville Fire Department offices as a memorial to those who died as a result of the September 11 attacks.
Since 1963, the City of Lewisville has directed as a home rule town/city with a council manager style of municipal government.
There were three different female mayors between 1985 and 2000, but no woman has served on the City Council since 2001. In 2011, the Fitch Group upgraded the city's general obligation bond rating from "AA+" to "AAA". Lewisville has the lowest municipal property tax rate in the Dallas Fort Worth metroplex. In the fiscal year 2012 2013, the town/city government's operating funds totaled $124,845,436. The Lewisville Police Department had 27 sworn police officers in 1977, and the number had increased to 136 by 2007. As of 2015, the department encompassed 229 full-time employees, four of whom were administrators. The Lewisville Fire Department encompassed 146 full-time employees, six of whom were administrators. After the September 11 attacks, the fire department and its then chief, Rick Lasky, thriving nationwide attention when they raised a large amount of donations for victims' families.
As a reward, John Travolta, Joaquin Phoenix, and Robert Patrick visited the department in 2004 to promote the release of the film Ladder 49. In May 2011, Lewisville inhabitants allowed a revenue tax increase to problematic two enhance safety districts.
The revenue from the increase will fund investments in the city's police and fire departments, including new officers and vehicles, as well as a new fire station in the easterly part of the city. Lewisville is positioned in the 26th Congressional precinct in Texas, which is represented in the United States House of Representatives by Michael C.
As of 2015, the town/city is represented in District 12 of the Texas Senate by Jane Nelson. The town/city is split between two Texas House of Representatives districts: District 63, represented by Tan Parker, and District 65, represented by Ron Simmons. Lewisville is a voluntary member of the North Central Texas Council of Governments, 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.
The A-train station in Old Town Lewisville, opened in 2011 The major freeway running through Lewisville is Interstate 35 - E, which runs north south through the city.
Before it was built, US Highway 77 (now Mill Street) was the chief through route, connecting the town/city with Denton to the north and Dallas to the south. In 1998, the Texas Department of Transportation carried out a Major Investment Study to examine the possibility of expanding the section of Interstate 35 - E between Interstate 635 and U.S.
Route 380, the major focus being an 8-mile (13 km) stretch from Texas State Highway 121 to the bridge crossing Lewisville Lake. The universal is scheduled to add one general-purpose lane in each direction, in addition to a managed toll lane. The universal is expected to allow the town/city to substantially renovate its portion of the I-35 Corridor. Construction on the first phase of the universal is projected to begin in summer 2013 and finish in late 2016. Texas State Highway 121, which runs along the Sam Rayburn Tollway, intersects with Interstate 35 - E in the southeastern edge of the city.
Farm to Market Road 1171, known in the town/city as Main Street, runs east west athwart the middle part of the town/city from Business Highway 121 to Interstate 35 - W.
Lewisville also encompasses most of Farm to Market Road 3040, which runs east west towards Carrollton and Flower Mound. Lewisville inhabitants voted in a special election held on September 13, 2003, to turn into a full member of the Denton County Transportation Authority (DCTA). The authority began running a county-wide bus service in November 2006. In 2011, the Old Town and Hebron stations opened as commuter stops along the route of the DCTA's A-train.
The 2010 United States Enumeration recorded a populace of 95,290 in Lewisville, up from the 77,737 recorded for the 2000 Census, making it one of the 25 fastest-growing town/city populations in the United States.
Between 2007 and 2011, the median income for a Lewisville homehold was $56,811, and per capita income was $28,144.
Its top employers include JPMorgan Chase, Lewisville Independent School District, and Nationstar Mortgage. Automobile dealerships have flourished there, including Huffines Auto Dealerships and Village Auto Group, which was ranked as one of the top "Powerhouses of the New Economy" by Black Enterprise periodical in 2000. Lewisville's lake and the city's locale in the DFW Metroplex has contributed to the biggest boat revenue market in the state by volume in a state that is second in the country in overall boat sales.
Because of the city's adjacency to Dallas and Fort Worth, a number of food distribution companies have chapters in Lewisville, including Sysco and Meadowbrook Meat Company (MBM).
Fleming Companies, one of the United States' biggest food distribution companies, relocated to Lewisville in 2000, but it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2003 after the U.S.
Lewisville educational attainment Lewisville Texas United States Lewisville Independent School District operates the area's enhance school system, including Lewisville High School.
Four of the district's middle schools feed into two high school feeder campuses; since the 2011 2012 school year, the Killough and Harmon campuses have served the city's ninth and tenth undertaking students, while the chief campus at the intersection of FM 1171 (Main Street) and Valley Parkway is used primarily for eleventh and twelfth undertaking students. The precinct also operates the Dale Jackson Career Center and conducts a evening high school in Lewisville. According to American Community Survey results from 2007 to 2011, 86.7% of the city's populace aged 25 or older had graduated from high school, 29.7% held a bachelor's degree or higher, and 8.4% held a graduate or experienced degree.
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