Rowlett, Texas Rowlett, Texas Location in Dallas County and the state of Texas Location in Dallas County and the state of Texas Counties Dallas, Rockwall City Type: City Rowlett (/ ra l t/ row-lit) is a town/city in Dallas and Rockwall counties in the U.S.
State of Texas, and a northeastern suburb of Dallas.
The populace was 56,199 as of the 2010 census. It is a growing, upscale bedroom improve in the Dallas Fort Worth metroplex, positioned on Lake Ray Hubbard.
Rowlett derives its name from Rowlett Creek, which flows into Lake Ray Hubbard and is a primary tributary of the east fork of the Trinity River.
The creek in turn was titled for a waterway running through the property of Daniel Rowlett who moved from Kentucky to Bonham, Texas, in 1835.
The Dallas and Greenville Railway passed through the town in 1886, connecting Dallas with Greenville, Texas, and the Missouri Kansas Texas Railroad.
Rowlett attained international notoriety in 1996 when small-town resident Darlie Routier was convicted of murdering her kids as they slept.
In 2003 the town made an unsuccessful formal proposal to get the Dallas Cowboys to move to a 1,000-acre (4.0 km2) "5-Point Park" on the banks of Lake Ray Hubbard when the lease for Texas Stadium expires. According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 20.0 square miles (51.7 km2), of which 19.9 square miles (51.5 km2) is territory and 0.08 square miles (0.2 km2), or 0.34%, is water. Climate data for Rowlett, Texas As of the census of 2010, there were 56,310 citizens , 22,875 homeholds, and 17,275 families residing in the city.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 33.5% under the age of 18, 5.6% from 18 to 24, 36.9% from 25 to 44, 18.8% from 45 to 64, and 5.2% who were 65 years of age or older.
The Dallas County portion of Rowlett is served by the Garland Independent School District, while the Rockwall County portion is a part of the Rockwall Independent School District.
Back, Stephens, Dorsey, Giddens-Steadham, Herfurth, Keeley, Pearson, Rowlett, Cullins-Lakepoint and Liberty Grove Elementary Schools, Coyle and Schrade Middle Schools, and Rowlett High School are positioned inside the town/city boundaries of Rowlett.
Garland ISD has a no-charge choice program that allows for a student to attend any school inside the district.
If a school is already full with students that are zoned for that school then students who are not zoned for that school, but chose the school on their choice of school form will not be able to attend.
The student will then be enrolled in their second or third choice school unless only the school they are zoned for is available.
If students choose to attend a school positioned outside of where they are zoned the GISD is unable to furnish a school bus service.
Students living inside two miles of their school can not receive bus service either.
Not all students in Rowlett are zoned for Rowlett HS.
A considerable portion are zoned for Sachse High School in the town/city of Sachse.
Rockwall ISD inhabitants are zoned to Cullins-Lake Pointe Elementary School, Williams Middle School and Rockwall High School.
Residents in Dallas County are zoned to the Dallas County Community College District.
Residents in Rockwall County are zoned to Collin College. Rowlett has a grow photography improve and is home to a several county-wide award winning photographers.
The photography improve is supported by the Rowlett, Texas Photograph Club.
"Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (DP-1): Rowlett city, Texas".
Texas Handbook Online History of Dallas and Greenville Railway Official Rowlett history City of Rowlett Press Release November 7, 2003 "Eight dead after Saturday evening North Texas tornado outbreak".
"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Rowlett city, Texas".
"Monthly Averages for Rowlett, TX (75088)".
The Blue line will take you to Ledbetter which also stops by downtown Dallas, you can get off at Downtown Dallas to hop onto other lines which will take you to Plano & other cities.
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Enumeration of Population and Housing".
"Rowlett, TX Fact - Finder Data".
Texas Education Code, Section 130.175, "North Central Texas College District Service Area".
City of Rowlett official website Municipalities and communities of Dallas County, Texas, United States Municipalities and communities of Rockwall County, Texas, United States
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