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Frisco
Texas is a state located in the Southern and Western regions of the United States of America. The state is second-largest in both area and population behind Alaska and California, respectively. The state's name derives from a word in the Caddoan language of the Hasinai. Texas declared its independence from Mexico in 1836 and existed as the independent Republic of Texas for nearly a decade.
Frisco is a city in Collin County and Denton County, Texas USA. It is a northern suburb of Dallas. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 33,714, while 2006 estimates place the population over 92,000. Frisco has been and continues to be one of the fastest growing cities in the United States. In the late 1990s, the North Dallas development tide hit the northern border of Plano and spilled into Frisco, sparking explosive growth into the 2000s.
The city has the total area of 181.4 square kilometers and land is 181.0 square kilometers with 0.4 square kilometers is covered by water. The total population in metro is 5,700,256 and population density is 186.3 people per square kilometers.
In 1902, a line of the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway was being built through the area, and periodic watering holes were needed along the rails for the steam engines. The current settlement of Lebanon was on the Preston Ridge and was thus too high in elevation, so the watering hole was placed about four miles to the west on lower ground.
Most of Frisco is a part of the Frisco Independent School District. Some parts extend into Lewisville Independent School District, Little Elm Independent School District and Prosper Independent School District. Frisco had two high schools Frisco Centennial High School and Frisco High School until the 2006-2007 school year started, when a third and fourth, Liberty High and Wakeland High Schools, opened.
The Preston Ridge campus of the Collin County Community College District opened on Wade Boulevard in Frisco in August of 1995. Dallas Baptist University opened up a regional academic center in Frisco's Hall Office Park in January of 2006, located at Warren Parkway and Internet Blvd. As it is often regarded as among the most beautiful parts of Texas one of the most visited places amongst the most die-hard travelers the world over.
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