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Collin
County, Texas
is located in
northeastern Texas thirty miles south of the Red River. McKinney is
the county seat, and is thirty-four miles northeast of Dallas. The
majority of the Collin County area save for a small part of their
western edge, is 851 square miles lies entirely within the Black
land Prairie region of Texas.
Before the white
settlers filled the Collin County area, the land was filled with
branches of Caddo Indians that inhabited the area. Occasional
outbreaks of violence were known to occur between the two groups,
but there was no extended period of conflict since the Caddos
withdrew from the county by the mid-1850s.
In 1840 free
land was offered, to entice new settlers, despite this the estimated
population of the county was only 150 when it was demarked from
Fannin County on April 3, 1846, and named for Collin McKinney, who
one of the first settlers of the county. The original county seat
was Buckner however; McKinney became the county seat in 1848. Like
the county, McKinney was named for Collin McKinney.
Since those days
many changes have occurred. The area is highly compromised of many
young families these days. This has caused the average age to drop
considerably, and education levels have been steadily rising.
Hispanics, traditionally only a small minority in the county, now
outnumber many of the other minorities, such as African American or
Asian.
Collin County is
well on its way to being one of the most densely populated counties
in Texas. The largest city, Plano, overshadows the county seat as
the business and educational center of the county. Each year the
area comes a little more into its own and grows into something more
technological and more of something the whole area can be proud of.
At its 150th anniversary the county had little left of what was
settled in the 1840s.
Today there is
much to do and see in Collin County. The Heard Natural Science
Museum and Wildlife Sanctuary is located in McKinney, and has over
four miles of nature trails, a native plant garden, natural science
exhibits and bird watching.
The Collin County
Youth Park and Farm Museum offers camping in addition to a Farm
Museum. Towne Lake Recreation Area features a lake, picnic pavilions
and playgrounds. Baseball, soccer, boxing, and golf are available
for the sports fan, whether playing or cheering.
There are also
plenty of shopping and cultural events. Not to mention all the
entertaining festivals and community get-togethers you will find all
over the county.
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