McKinney is a city in and the
county seat of
Collin County,
Texas,
United States,
[5] and the second in population to
Plano. According to the
U.S. Census Bureau, the city's 2010 population was 131,117 making it the
nineteenth most populous city in the
state of
Texas.
[6] It is part of the
Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex, and is located about 31 mi (50 km) north of Dallas.
The Census Bureau listed McKinney as the nation's fastest growing
city from 2000 to 2003 and again in 2006, among cities with more than
50,000 people. In 2007 it was ranked second-fastest growing among cities
with more than 100,000 people and in 2008 as third-fastest.
[7] The most recent population estimate, as of January 1, 2014, is 149,082.
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On March 24, 1849, William Davis, who owned 3,000 acres (12 km2) where McKinney now stands, donated 120 acres (0.49 km2) for the townsite. Ten years later McKinney incorporated, and in 1913 the town adopted the commission form of government.
For the first 125 years of its history, McKinney served as the
principal commercial center for the county. The county seat provided
farmers with flour, corn, and cotton mills, cotton gins, a cotton
compress and cottonseed oil mill, as well as banks, churches, schools,
newspapers, and, from the 1880s, an opera house. |
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| In the September 2012 CNN's Money magazine's issue, McKinney was ranked 2nd place among Best Places to Live in the United States. |
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| McKinney Main Street |
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| Collin County Prison |
We spent our Saturday at the Market. Pull yourself up a tall one, sit back, and enjoy the photos. Links in the captions below are to some wonderful songs of the past that go with the theme.
