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FRISCO, TEXAS
Collin
County / Denton
County, North
Central Texas
33° 8' 29" N, 96° 48' 47" W (33.141389, -96.813056)
Hwy 289 and FM 720
12 miles N of Dallas
10 miles W of McKinney
ZIP codes 75033-75036, 75068, 75071
Area codes 972 / 469 / 214
Population: 207,748 (2020)
116,989 (2010) 33,714 (2000) 6,138 (1990)
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Frisco
City Hall and Public Library
Photo courtesy Clint
Skinner October 2021 |
History in
a Pecan Shell
Frisco had formerly
been named after the landowner of the townsite - Francis Emerson.
When the town was granted a post office in 1902, it was renamed
to avoid confusion with Emberson, Texas in Lamar County.
The town voted to name their city after the railroad that served
them.
The St. Louis, San Francisco and Texas Railway was popularly
named the "Frisco Line" - their slogan "Ship it on the Frisco" was
seen by impatient and irritated drivers everywhere. The town became
Frisco City - later shortened to Frisco.
Frisco became a shipping point and kept a respectable degree of
autonomy all through the 20th century. In 1960 there were less than
1,200 residents, and even by 1980 it had only increased to 3,500.
Today the population has increased to 127,036 people.
Frisco Landmarks & Attractions
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Frisco Today
Photographer's
Note:
Frisco is an amazing place. Fifteen years ago I rode a bike through
here 3-4 times a week and could traverse the built up section of town
in less than 5 minutes. Now the town stretches north to south along
289 for 5-7 miles.
I took pictures of the old downtown section and the central fire station.
Had anyone told me I could be impressed by a fire station I would
have thought they were nuts, until I saw this one. For a realistic
view of town you need pictures of the massive mall and high volume
of new construction. I'd guess that 95% + of the town was constructed
in the last 10 years or so. Wiki quotes a pop. number of around 95k.
Frisco and Little Elm are two of the fastest growing cities in Texas.
Frisco is also one of the wealthiest along with adjoining Plano.
It also calls Collin
County the wealthiest county in Texas.
In '72 when I moved there, the population of Collin
County couldn't have been much over 50k. I see numbers of upwards
of 750k now.
Frisco, McKinney,
and Plano appear to have gone to
a lot of trouble to preserve what was left of their old small town
business districts, and in Plano
and Frisco have required new construction to be of a style that it's
almost difficult to tell the old from the new. Knowing what these
towns looked like 35-40 years ago, and seeing them now as they change,
it's almost like visiting a new town on the infrequent times I go
there. - Mike
Price, November 14, 2007 |
Frisco, Texas
Landmarks & Attractions
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| Photo
courtesy David Cole, July 2015 |
| Photo
courtesy David Cole, July 2015 |
The
McIntire-Montgomery Building
Photo courtesy Mike
Price, 2007 |
The
McIntire-Montgomery Building plaque
Photo courtesy Mike
Price, 2007 |
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