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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] In 2009, Southlake’s zip code, 76092, was ranked as the richest zip code in the United States with a population between 10,000-25,000 people. The average home in Southlake costs around 630,000 dollars and has 4 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms and around 4,000 square feet (370 m2). 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 all exemplary school district Carroll ISD and 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 has finished construction on their new campus in north Southlake, off State Highway 114.
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, and Johnson Elementary School.[7]
Intermediate: Eubanks Intermediate School and Durham Intermediate School.[7]
Middle: Dawson Middle School and Carroll Middle School.[7]
High Schools: Carroll High School (9,10) and Carroll Sr. High School (11,12).[7]
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 and extreme eastern portions are in the Grapevine-Colleyville 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 them among the best in the state. (Wikipedia)
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