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Timeline of Plano, Texas
Summary
The following is a timeline of the
history
of the city of
Plano, Texas
, USA.
19th century
edit
1848 - Town of Fillmore founded.
[1]
1852 - Fillmore renamed "Plano."
[1]
1870 - Population reaches 155.
[2]
1872 -
Houston and Texas Central Railway
begins operating.
[1]
1873 - Town of Plano incorporated.
[1]
1883 - Telephone in use (approximate date).
[2]
1891 -
Plano Public School
established.
1894
Fire Department organized.
[2]
Plano Milling Company (flour mill) in business.
[2]
1900 - Population: 1,304.
[2]
20th century
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1902 -
Star-Courier
newspaper
begins publication.
[3]
1908 -
Plano Station, Texas Electric Railway
built.
1913 - Palace Theater in business.
[4]
1923 - City hall building constructed.
[2]
1951 - North Texas Municipal Water District established.
[2]
1960 - Population: 3,695.
[2]
1962 - City of Plano incorporated.
[1]
1965 - Population: 13,097.
[2]
1969 - Plano Drive-In cinema in business.
[4]
1970 - Population: 17,872.
[2]
1977 -
John Clark Stadium
(school stadium) opens.
1980
Dallas Area Rapid Transit
bus begins operating.
[2]
Population: 72,331.
[2]
1981
Collin Creek Mall
in business.
Plano East Senior High School
established.
1985 -
Dick Armey
becomes
U.S. representative
for
Texas's 26th congressional district
.
[5]
1986 -
Heritage Farmstead Museum
opens (in 1891 farmhouse).
1990 - Population: 128,713.
[2]
1991
Republic of Texas Press in business (approximate date).
[
citation needed
]
Sam Johnson
becomes U.S. representative for
Texas's 3rd congressional district
.
[6]
1997 -
Prestonwood Christian Academy
established.
1999
City website online (approximate date).
[7]
[8]
Prestonwood Baptist Church
(later
megachurch
) built.
[9]
Plano West Senior High School
established.
21st century
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2001 -
Shops at Willow Bend
in business.
2002 -
Dallas Area Rapid Transit Light Rail
begins operating;
Downtown Plano station
opens.
[2]
2009 -
Phil Dyer
becomes mayor.
[2]
2010 - Population: city 259,841;
[10]
megaregion
19,728,244.
[11]
2013 -
Harry LaRosiliere
becomes mayor.
2015 -
East Plano Islamic Center (EPIC Masjid)
built.
2016 -
Toyota Motor Corporation
North American headquarters built.
[12]
2017 - Marriott Renaissance hotel built in
Legacy West
.
[13]
2021 - A masked gunman suspected of an earlier murder in
Garland
is shot and killed after opening fire at the Plano Police Department headquarters, in what is believed to be an act inspired by terrorists.
[14]
See also
edit
Plano history
List of mayors of Plano, Texas
Timelines of other
cities
in the
North Texas
area of Texas:
[15]
Arlington
,
Dallas
,
Denton
,
Fort Worth
,
Garland
,
Irving
,
Wichita Falls
References
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c
d
e
Hellmann 2006
.
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d
e
f
g
h
i
j
k
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m
n
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"History". City of Plano
. Retrieved
April 7,
2017
.
(Timeline)
^
"US Newspaper Directory".
Chronicling America
. Washington DC: Library of Congress
. Retrieved
April 7,
2017
.
^
a
b
"Movie Theaters in Plano, TX".
CinemaTreasures.org
. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC
. Retrieved
April 7,
2017
.
^
"Texas".
Official Congressional Directory
. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. 1985.
hdl
:2027/msu.31293012374389 – via
HathiTrust
.
^
"Texas".
Official Congressional Directory
. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. 1993.
hdl
:2027/uc1.l0072691827.
^
"Official web site of Plano, Texas". City of Plano. Archived from the original on November 27, 1999 – via Internet Archive,
Wayback Machine
.
^
Kevin Hyde; Tamie Hyde (eds.). "United States of America: Texas".
Official City Sites
. Utah.
OCLC
40169021.
[
dead link
]
^
Scott Thumma (ed.). "Database of Megachurches in the U.S." Connecticut:
Hartford Seminary
. Retrieved
April 7,
2017
.
^
"Plano city, Texas".
QuickFacts
. U.S. Census Bureau
. Retrieved
April 7,
2017
.
^
"Megaregions: Texas Triangle".
America 2050
. USA:
Regional Plan Association
. Retrieved
April 7,
2017
.
^
"Toyota shows off new Plano headquarters",
KDFW
, Dallas, October 13, 2016
^
"Hotel Boom Comes to Texas",
New York Times
, March 20, 2017
^
Nguyen, Lynnanne; Norris, Mark (August 30, 2021). "Plano police headquarters shooter potentially inspired by terrorists, feds say". KDFW
. Retrieved
August 30,
2021
.
^
"NCTCOG Members". Arlington:
North Central Texas Council of Governments
. Retrieved
April 7,
2017
.
Bibliography
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"Plano".
Texas State Gazetteer and Business Directory
. St. Louis:
R.L. Polk & Co.
1884 – via
Internet Archive
.
"Plano".
Texas State Gazetteer and Business Directory
. Detroit: R.L. Polk & Co. 1890.
Friends of the Plano Public Library (1985).
Plano, Texas: The Early Years
. Wolfe City, Texas: Henington.
ISBN
0965184102
.
Vicki Northcutt (1999).
Plano: an Illustrated Chronicle
. San Antonio, TX: Historical Publishing Network.
ISBN
978-0-9654999-5-8
.
Paul T. Hellmann (2006). "Texas: Plano".
Historical Gazetteer of the United States
. Taylor & Francis. p. 1077.
ISBN
1-135-94859-3
.
Historic Downtown Plano
. Images of America. Arcadia. 2012.
ISBN
9780738579023
.
External links
edit
"Plano, TX".
Handbook of Texas Online
.
Texas State Historical Association
.
Plano Public Library System. "Genealogy". City of Plano.
(Includes information relevant to city history)
"United States - Texas - Collin County - Plano".
Portal to Texas History
. Denton: University of North Texas Libraries.
"Historical Maps of Texas Cities: Plano".
Perry–Castañeda Library Map Collection
. University of Texas at Austin.
"Plano".
Texas Archive of the Moving Image
. Austin, TX.
Items related to Plano, various dates (via
Digital Public Library of America
).