The city gets 39 inches (990 mm) of precipitation per year. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has an area of 62.4 sq mi (161.6 km 2), of which 160.1 km 2 (61.8 sq mi) is land and 0.58 sq mi (1.5 km 2), or 0.92%, is covered by water.įrisco is part of the humid subtropical region. Geography įrisco is within the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, partially in Denton and Collin counties, in North Texas. In 1904, the town's residents chose "Frisco City" in honor of the St.
Postal Service rejected the name as too similar to another community, Emberson, in Lamar County. The new town was originally named Emerson, but the U.S. A community grew around this train stop, and some Lebanon residents moved their houses to the new community on logs. The current settlement of Lebanon was on the Preston Ridge, and was too high in elevation, so the watering stop was placed about 4 miles (6 km) to the west on lower ground. Louis–San Francisco Railway ("the Frisco") was being built through the area, and periodic watering stops were needed along the route for the steam locomotives. With all this activity, the community of Lebanon was founded along this trail, and was granted a U.S. This trail became the Preston Trail, and later Preston Road. When the Dallas area was being settled by American pioneers, many of the settlers traveled by wagon trains along the Shawnee Trail. The United States Census Bureau defines an urban area of northern Dallas-area suburbs that are separated from the Dallas–Forth Worth urban area, with McKinney and Frisco as the principal cities: the McKinney–Frisco, Texas, urban area had a population of 504,803 as of the 2020 census, ranked 83rd in the United States. Since 2003, Frisco has received the designation Tree City USA from the National Arbor Day Foundation. Like many of the cities in Dallas's northern exurbs, Frisco serves as a bedroom community for professionals who work in DFW. In the late 1990s, the northern DFW suburban development tide hit the northern border of Plano and spilled into Frisco, sparking rapid growth into the 2000s. įrisco was the fastest-growing city in the United States in 2017, and also from 2000 to 2009. Its population was 200,509 in the 2020 U.S. It is part of the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex and about 25 miles (40 km) from both Dallas Love Field and Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. Frisco is a city in Collin and Denton counties in the U.S.
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