Southlake, Texas
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| City of Southlake, Texas | |
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| Country | United States |
| State | Texas |
| Counties | Tarrant, Denton |
| Government | |
| - Mayor | Andy Wambsganss |
| Area | |
| - Total | 22.5 sq mi (58.1 km²) |
| - Land | 21.9 sq mi (56.7 km²) |
| - Water | 0.6 sq mi (1.4 km²) 2.45% |
| Elevation | 640 ft (195 m) |
| Population (2000) | |
| - Total | 21,519 |
| - Density | 983.0/sq mi (379.6/km²) |
| Time zone | CST (UTC-6) |
| - Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| ZIP code | 76092 |
| Area code(s) | 817 |
| FIPS code | 48-69032[1] |
| GNIS feature ID | 1347589[2] |
| Website: http://www.ci.southlake.tx.us/ | |
Southlake is a city in northeastern Tarrant and southern Denton Counties in the U.S. state of Texas. It is a suburb in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex [3] and is located near the cities of Grapevine, Colleyville, and Keller. The population was 21,519 at the 2000 census. 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.
Sabre Holdings, an S&P 500 company and owner of Travelocity, is headquartered in Southlake.
The Dallas Burn (now FC Dallas) were located in Southlake before and after moves to the Cotton Bowl. They moved again to Frisco, Texas, in 2005.
Carroll High School (also known as Southlake Carroll High School), holds prestige for its athletic excellence.
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[edit] Geography
Southlake is located at (32.946678, -97.145230)[4].
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.
[edit] 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 racial 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 races, and 1.20% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race 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.
The median income for a household in the city was $131,549, and the median income for a family was $136,023. 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.
[edit] Education
Most 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).
Carroll High school is known for it's football domination in Texas, and even in many other states, maybe even Nation-wide. Their state rivals are the (Euless) Trinity Trojans. Both schools are known to criticize each other in many ways, such as the Trinity superstar rapper who graduated in 2007, who raps about Southlake in his famous song around Trinity and surrounding schools called simply "The Southlake Dis Song". This song is brutally honest, portraying Southlake kids as stuck up rich kids who get money from their parents and never have to work a day in their lives.
Small portions of the city extend into the Northwest Independent School District and Keller Independent School District.
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[edit] References
- ^ a b American FactFinder. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved on 2008-01-31.
- ^ US Board on Geographic Names. United States Geological Survey (2007-10-25). Retrieved on 2008-01-31.
- ^ http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/bplive/2006/top25s/highincomes.html High Incomes - Top 25] - at CNN-Money Magazine - 2006
- ^ US Gazetteer files: 2000 and 1990. United States Census Bureau (2005-05-03). Retrieved on 2008-01-31.
[edit] External links
- Southlake, Texas is at coordinates Coordinates:
- Southlake, Texas official site
- Southlake Community Website
- Southlake Style, Southlake's Premier Lifestyle Magazine
- 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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