Southlake, Texas

Southlake is a city in northeastern Tarrant and southern Denton Counties in the U.S. state of Texas. It is a suburb of the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex ^[3] and is located near the cities of Grapevine, Colleyville, and Keller.

History

The Southlake area was settled by pioneers in the 1840s, but was not incorporated Southlake until 1956, four years after Lake Grapevine was finished.^[4] Before incorporation, the settlements of Whites Chapel, Dove, Union Church and Jellico made up present day Southlake. The area remained rural until the completion of the DFW International Airport opened in the 1970's. Due to the close proximity to the airport, Southlake became a boom-burb through out the 1980's, 1990's and 2000's. As of 2010, Southlake's population is almost at its full capacity of around 30,000 people.

Overview

The population was 21,519 at the 2000 census. In December 2008, Forbes.com named Southlake the most affluent neighborhood in the United States based on average median household income estimates.^[5] The average home in Southlake costs around 630,000 dollars and has 4 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms and around 4,000 square feet. Southlake is well known for its Southlake Town Square project, a shopping center located on State Highway 114 and Southlake Boulevard. A plan was approved in March 2005 that allowed the Town Square's area to be doubled. The new additions to Town Square were completed in the summer of 2006, making it one of the most popular shopping centers in DFW. Southlake is well known for the Southlake Carroll Dragons.

Sabre Holdings, an S&P 500 company and owner of Travelocity, is headquartered in Southlake. Industrial businesses include gasoline storage and distribution and concrete works on the east side of town near the DFW Airport border. Southlake is also home to Gateway Church, a non-denominational Christian megachurch, which averages more than 16,000 in attendance per week. Gateway is currently building a new campus in north Southlake off State Highway 114 due to be finished by 2011.

Geography

Southlake is located at 32°56′48″N 97°8′43″W / 32.94667°N 97.14528°W (32.946678, -97.145230)^[6].

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 22.5 square miles (58.1 km²), of which, 21.9 square miles (56.7 km²) of it is land and 0.6 square miles (1.4 km²) of it (2.45%) is water.

Demographics

As of the census^[1] of 2000, there were 21,519 people, 6,414 households, and 5,958 families residing in the city. The population density was 983.0 people per square mile (379.6/km²). There were 6,614 housing units at an average density of 302.1/sq mi (116.7/km²). The ethnic makeup of the city was 94.54% White, 1.39% African American, 0.25% Native American, 1.79% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.81% from other ethnic groups, and 1.20% from two or more ethnic groups. Hispanic or Latino of any ethnic group were 3.67% of the population.

There were 6,414 households out of which 60.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 88.0% were married couples living together, 3.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 7.1% were non-families. 5.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 1.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.35 and the average family size was 3.48. The median price asked for a home is $437,800. 3,997 of the 6,602 occupied houses have nine or more rooms. 4,660 of the occupied houses have four or more bedrooms. 3,342 of the 6,602 occupied houses have two cars. 2,348 of these houses have three or more cars. 3,790 of these houses cost more than $300,000.

In the city the population was spread out with 37.1% under the age of 18, 3.9% from 18 to 24, 30.2% from 25 to 44, 25.7% from 45 to 64, and 3.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 100.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.0 males.

According to a 2007 estimate, the median income for a household in the city was $172,945, and the median income for a family was $176,259. Males had a median income of $100,000 versus $46,042 for females. The per capita income for the city was $47,597. About 1.3% of families and 1.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 2.0% of those under age 18 and 2.1% of those age 65 or over.

Education

The vast majority of Southlake is in the Carroll Independent School District.This school district contains the following schools:

Elementary: Carroll Elementary School,Old Union Elementary School, Rockenbaugh Elementary School,Durham Elementary School, Johnson Elementary School.

Intermediate: Eubanks Intermediate School, Durham Intermediate School.

Middle: Dawson Middle School, Carroll Middle School.

High Schools: Carroll High School (9,10), Carroll Sr. High School (11,12).

The Denton County portions of the city are in the Northwest Independent School District while the extreme western portions are in the Keller Independent School District. The families in the Denton County portion of Southlake are given the choice between Northwest ISD and Carroll ISD. Most families choose Carroll ISD because of the closer proximity of the schools and better performing schools. There is currently a dispute between Carroll ISD and Northwest ISD regarding having all Denton County Southlake being in Carroll ISD.

All of the schools are listed as "Exemplary" by Texas Education Association standards making it among the best in the state.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
2. ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. http://geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
3. ^ http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/bplive/2006/top25s/highincomes.html High Incomes - Top 25] - at CNN-Money Magazine - 2006
4. ^ http://southlakehistory.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=28&Itemid=27
5. ^ http://finance.yahoo.com/real-estate/article/106273/America's-Most-Affluent-Neighborhoods
6. ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2000 and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2005-05-03. http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/gazette.html. Retrieved 2008-01-31.

External links

• Southlake Style, Southlake's Premier Lifestyle Magazine
• Southlake Community Website, OurGreatCity.com
• Southlake, Texas official site
• Southlake Chamber of Commerce
• Southlake Carroll Athletics Boosters
• The Southlake Journal newspaper
• Southlake Town Square
• North Central Texas Council of Governments Southlake page
• Southlake - at City Data

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