Collin County, Texas

Collin County
County
The Collin County Courthouse in McKinney
The Collin County Courthouse in McKinney
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Coordinates: 33°11′N 96°35′W / 33.18°N 96.58°W / 33.18; -96.58
Country United States
State Texas
Founded1846
Named forCollin McKinney
SeatMcKinney
Largest cityPlano
Area
 • Total
886 sq mi (2,290 km2)
 • Land841 sq mi (2,180 km2)
 • Water45 sq mi (120 km2)  5.1%
Population
 (2020)
 • Total
1,064,465
 • Estimate 
(2021)
1,109,462 Increase
 • Density1,200/sq mi (460/km2)
Time zoneUTC−6 (Central)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional districts3rd, 4th, 32nd
Websitewww.collincountytx.gov

Collin County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. It is part of the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metropolitan statistical area, and a small part of Dallas is in the county. At the 2020 United States census, the county's population was 1,064,465, making it Texas's sixth-most populous county and the 43rd-largest county by population in the United States.[1] Its county seat is McKinney.[2]

History

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Native Americans around Collin County and North Texas included the Caddo, Comanche, Cherokee, Delaware, Kickapoo, and Tonkawa.[3][4] Both the county and the county seat were named after Collin McKinney (1766-1861),[5] one of the five men who drafted the Texas Declaration of Independence and the oldest of the 59 men who signed it.

Geography

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According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has an area of 886 square miles (2,290 km2), of which 841 square miles (2,180 km2) is land and 45 square miles (120 km2) (5.1%) is covered by water.[6]

Lakes

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Adjacent counties

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Communities

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Cities (shared with other counties)

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Cities

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Towns

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Census-designated places

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Unincorporated communities

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Historical communities

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Ghost towns

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Demographics

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Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
18501,950—
18609,264375.1%
187014,01351.3%
188025,98385.4%
189036,73641.4%
190050,08736.3%
191049,021−2.1%
192049,6091.2%
193046,180−6.9%
194047,1902.2%
195041,692−11.7%
196041,247−1.1%
197066,92062.2%
1980144,576116.0%
1990264,03682.6%
2000491,67586.2%
2010782,34159.1%
20201,066,46736.3%
2023 (est.)1,195,359[7]12.1%
U.S. Decennial Census[8]
1850–2010[9] 2010–2019[10]

In 2000, the U.S. Census Bureau determined 491,675 people resided in Collin County.[11] With the economic and population growth of the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, its population increased to 1,064,465 at the 2020 U.S. census.[1] The population density as of 2019 was 1,229.8 people per square mile (474.8 people/km2).[12] Among the population, its median age was 37.3, up from the statewide median age of 35.1. Linguistically, 11.6% of the county spoke Spanish as their household language, followed by Asian and Pacific Islander languages.[13] Altogether 29.7% of Collin County spoke a language other than English at home, contributed in part by its large foreign-born population which made up 22% of the population according to 2019 estimates from the American Community Survey.[14]

The median income for a household in the county as of 2019 was $96,134, up from $70,835 in 2000.[15] Families had a median household income of $113,471, married-couple families $127,575, and non-family households $53,986. An estimated 6.3% of Collin County's residents lived at or below the poverty line from 2014 to 2019.[16] In 2000, about 3.30% of families and 4.90% of the population lived at or below the poverty line, including 5.10% of those under age 18 and 7.10% of those aged 65 and older.

Of its residential properties, the median value of an owner-occupied housing unit was $354,100 in 2019, with a total of 8% of owner-occupied housing units ranging from less than $100,000 up to $200,000.[12] In 2007, Collin County was ranked No. 21 for high property taxes in the U.S. as percentage of the homes' value on owner-occupied housing.[17] It also ranked in the top 100 for amount of property taxes paid and for percentage of taxes of income. Part is this is due to the Robin Hood plan school financing system in Texas.[18]

Race and ethnicity

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Collin County, Texas – Racial and ethnic composition
Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.
Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic) Pop 1990[19] Pop 2000[20] Pop 2010[21] Pop 2020[22] % 1990 % 2000 % 2010 % 2020
White alone (NH) 226,654 374,116 493,492 542,472 85.84% 76.09% 63.08% 50.96%
Black or African American alone (NH) 10,727 23,212 64,715 108,100 4.06% 4.72% 8.27% 10.16%
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) 997 1,937 3,278 3,874 0.38% 0.39% 0.42% 0.36%
Asian alone (NH) 7,317 33,902 87,276 188,365 2.77% 6.9% 11.16% 17.70%
Pacific Islander alone (NH) N/A 194 387 613 N/A 0.04% 0.05% 0.06%
Other race alone (NH) 183 630 1,364 4,910 0.07% 0.13% 0.17% 0.46%
Mixed race or Multiracial (NH) N/A 7,174 16,475 46,973 N/A 1.46% 2.11% 4.41%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 18,158 50,510 115,354 169,158 6.88% 10.27% 14.74% 15.89%
Total 264,036 491,675 782,341 1,064,465 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%

At the 2000 census, the racial and ethnic makeup of the county was 81.39% White, 4.79% Black or African American, 0.47% Native American, 6.92% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 4.26% from other races, and 2.11% from two or more races; 10.27% of the population were Hispanic or Latino American of any race. In 2019, the American Community Survey estimated its non-Hispanic white population now represented 55%, reflecting a national demographic trend of diversification.[12][23] The Black or African American population grew to 10%, Asian Americans made up 16% of the population, and Hispanic or Latino Americans increased to 16% of the total population in 2019; multiracial Americans made up an estimated 2% of the county population.[12] The largest European ancestry groups from 2014 to 2019 were Germans, English Americans, and Irish and Italian Americans.[14] By the publication of the 2020 census, the racial and ethnic makeup of Collin County was 50.96% non-Hispanic white, 10.16% Black or African American, 0.36% American Indian or Alaska Native, 17.70% Asian, 0.06% Pacific Islander, 0.46% some other race, 4.41% multiracial, and 15.89% Hispanic or Latino American of any race.[22]

Religion

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Christianity has historically been the predominant religious affiliation among the county's residents as part of the Bible Belt. According to the 2020 Public Religion Research Institute study, non-Christian religions are present and have been growing, largely due to migration into the county; among the non-Christian population, 3% were Hindu, 2% Muslim and 2% Jewish.[24] Overall among its Christian population, Baptists, Methodists, Catholics and non- or inter-denominational Christians have been prominent.

American Community Survey 2023 Data

The United States Census Bureau estimated that in 2023, Collin County’s population was 1,195,359. It was also estimated that the county was 16.1% Hispanic or Latino, 49.9% NH White, 11.5% NH Black, 19.5% NH Asian, 0.4% NH Native American, 0.1% NH Pacific Islander, 2.6% NH Multiracial.[25]

Total Population Percentage
Hispanic or Latino 192,389 16.1%
NH White 596,604 49.9%
NH Black 137,085 11.5%
NH Asian 233,228 19.5%
NH Native American 4,298 0.4%
NH Pacific Islander 930 0.1%
NH Multiracial 30,825 2.6%

Government, courts, and politics

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Government

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Collin County, like all counties in Texas, is governed by a Commissioners Court. The court is chaired by a county judge (equivalent to a county executive in other states) who is elected county-wide, and four commissioners who are elected by the voters in each of four precincts.[26]

County Judge & Commissioners

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Office[27] Name Party
  County Judge Chris Hill Republican
  Commissioner, Precinct 1 Susan Fletcher Republican
  Commissioner, Precinct 2 Cheryl Williams Republican
  Commissioner, Precinct 3 Darrell Hale Republican
  Commissioner, Precinct 4 Duncan Webb Republican

County Officials

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Office[27] Name Party
  County Clerk Stacey Kemp Republican
  Criminal District Attorney Greg Willis Republican
  District Clerk Mike Gould Republican
  Sheriff Jim Skinner Republican
  Tax Assessor-Collector Kenneth Maun Republican

Justices of the Peace

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Office Name Party
  Precinct 1 Paul Raleeh Republican
  Precinct 2 Ellen Skinner Republican
  Precinct 3 Mike Missildine Republican
  Precinct 4 Vincent J. Venegoni Republican

Politics

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Like most suburban Texas counties, Collin County has consistently supported Republican candidates in presidential and congressional elections since the 1960s. The last Democrat to win the county was native Texan Lyndon Johnson in 1964. By the 2020s, Collin County had become considered competitive in national elections due to demographic and voting trends, though it remains Republican-leaning.[28] In down-ballot races, Republicans hold all of the county-level offices and all but one of the county's seats in the state legislature.[29]

Despite its Republican lean, Collin County has trended leftward, as Joe Biden managed to win 46.9% of the vote share (compared to Donald Trump's 51.3%) in the 2020 presidential election, the best result for a Democrat since 1964. Many other suburban Texas counties, including neighboring Denton and Tarrant Counties, as well as those around Houston and Austin, showed similar swings between 2016 and 2020. However, in 2024 many of these swung back toward Trump, though Trump carried Collin County by a somewhat smaller margin than in 2016. Democrat Kamala Harris still won over 40% of the vote in 2024, becoming only the second Democrat since Biden four years prior to do since 1964.

United States presidential election results for Collin County, Texas[30]
Year Republican Democratic Third party(ies)
No.  % No.  % No.  %
2024 279,534 54.00% 222,115 42.91% 16,041 3.10%
2020 252,318 51.26% 230,945 46.92% 8,953 1.82%
2016 201,014 55.16% 140,624 38.59% 22,792 6.25%
2012 196,888 64.86% 101,415 33.41% 5,264 1.73%
2008 184,897 62.16% 109,047 36.66% 3,513 1.18%
2004 174,435 71.15% 68,935 28.12% 1,784 0.73%
2000 128,179 73.07% 42,884 24.45% 4,357 2.48%
1996 83,750 63.01% 37,854 28.48% 11,321 8.52%
1992 60,514 46.97% 24,508 19.02% 43,811 34.01%
1988 67,776 74.29% 22,934 25.14% 520 0.57%
1984 61,095 81.64% 13,604 18.18% 139 0.19%
1980 36,559 67.88% 15,187 28.20% 2,115 3.93%
1976 21,608 60.02% 14,039 39.00% 353 0.98%
1972 17,667 78.04% 4,783 21.13% 187 0.83%
1968 6,494 39.93% 5,918 36.39% 3,850 23.67%
1964 3,341 29.85% 7,833 69.98% 19 0.17%
1960 3,865 42.20% 5,229 57.10% 64 0.70%
1956 3,823 41.84% 5,280 57.79% 34 0.37%
1952 4,037 40.57% 5,906 59.36% 7 0.07%
1948 1,155 15.93% 5,516 76.08% 579 7.99%
1944 974 11.67% 6,574 78.79% 796 9.54%
1940 1,028 12.22% 7,373 87.65% 11 0.13%
1936 531 8.55% 5,669 91.29% 10 0.16%
1932 589 8.79% 6,059 90.46% 50 0.75%
1928 3,476 50.55% 3,377 49.11% 23 0.33%
1924 1,981 21.15% 7,215 77.04% 169 1.80%
1920 1,338 23.16% 4,045 70.01% 395 6.84%
1916 594 12.04% 4,141 83.94% 198 4.01%
1912 342 9.08% 3,187 84.58% 239 6.34%
Collin County vote by party in Class I Senate elections[31]
Year Democratic Republican Other
2024 46.24% 236,579 51.48% 263,381 2.28% 11,651
2018 46.53% 165,614 52.65% 187,425 0.82% 2,927
2012 32.83% 96,726 64.20% 189,142 2.98% 8,759
2006 26.79% 36,670 70.91% 97,055 2.30% 3,149
2000 17,72% 30,648 79.93% 138,227 2.34% 4,219
Collin County vote by party in Class II Senate elections[31]
Year Democratic Republican Other
2020 43.00% 207,005 54.64% 263,074 2.36% 11,383
2014 27.97% 48,876 68.36% 119,450 3.67% 6,415
2008 33.47% 96,094 64.09% 184,000 2.44% 6,996
2002 29.13% 36,750 69.86% 88,136 1.01% 1,266
Collin County vote by party in gubernatorial elections[31]
Year Democratic Republican Other
2022 44.31% 161,737 54.31% 198,236 1.37% 5,003
2018 39.25% 139,175 58.83% 208,075 1.82% 6.444
2014 32.60% 57,431 65.65% 115,647 1.74% 3,072
2010 33.08% 51,890 63.98% 100,359 2.93% 4,600
2006 23.49% 32,457 49.08% 67,813 27.42% 37,889
2002 30,850 30,850 74.12% 95,496 1.94% 2,492

United States House of Representatives

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District[32] Name Party Residence
  3rd Congressional District Keith Self Republican McKinney
  4th Congressional District Pat Fallon Republican Sherman
  32nd Congressional District Colin Allred Democratic Dallas

Texas State Representatives

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District[32] Name Party Residence
  District 33 Justin Holland Republican Heath
  District 61 Frederick Frazier Republican McKinney
  District 66 Matt Shaheen Republican Plano
  District 67 Jeff Leach Republican Plano
  District 70 Mihaela Plesa Democratic Dallas
  District 89 Candy Noble Republican Lucas

Texas State Senators

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District[32] Name Party Residence
  District 2 Bob Hall Republican Edgewood
  District 8 Angela Paxton Republican McKinney
  District 30 Drew Springer Republican Muenster

State Board of Education member

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District Name Party Residence
  District 12 Pam Little Republican Fairview

Education

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K-12 education

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The following school districts lie entirely within Collin County:[33]

The following districts lie partly within the county:

In the 1990s Plano ISD received many non-Hispanic white families leaving urban areas. From circa 1997 and 2015 the number of non-Hispanic white children in K-12 schools in the county increased by 40,000 as part of a trend of white flight and suburbanization by non-Hispanic white families; however the same number of Plano ISD in particular decreased by 10,000 in that period.[34]

Colleges and universities

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The Science Learning Center of UT Dallas, primarily located in Collin County.

Collin College opened its first campus on Highway 380 in McKinney in 1985.[35] The college has grown to seven campuses/locations—two in McKinney and two in Plano and as well as Frisco, Allen, Rockwall, Wylie, Farmersville, and Celina.[citation needed] Collin College's official service area includes all of Collin County.[36]

Dallas Baptist University also has an extension site in Frisco, DBU Frisco, as well as the University of North Texas's extension side, UNT Frisco.[37]

The majority of the University of Texas at Dallas campus in Richardson, Texas lies within Collin County.[38] While the main campus' address is officially within the jurisdiction of Richardson and Collin county, approximately one-third of the college is physically located within the border of Dallas county.[39]

Transportation

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With the Red Line operated by Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) ending with its northern terminus at Parker Road Station in Plano, most of Collin County is not served by any public transit agencies as of 2023.[40] The Texoma Area Paratransit System (TAPS) transit service provided bus routes for a short period from 2013 until Collin County bus service was suspended in 2015.[41][42] The North Central Texas Council of Governments (NCTCOG) in a 2022 meeting discussed the possibility of expansion of the Red Line corridor from Plano through Allen to McKinney. Either the Red Line or Silver Line could be extended north.[43] While the Red Line could be expanded further north into Allen, Allen is currently unable to levy the 1% sales tax required to become a DART member city.[44]

Major highways

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Parks

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Main article: Parks and open spaces of Collin County, Texas

Media

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Collin County is part of the Dallas/Fort Worth media market. Local media outlets are: KDFW-TV, KXAS-TV, WFAA-TV, KTVT-TV, KERA-TV, KTXA-TV, KDFI-TV, KDAF-TV, and KFWD-TV. Other nearby stations that provide coverage for Collin County come from the Sherman/Denison market and they include: KTEN-TV and KXII-TV.

Newspapers in the Collin County area include the Allen American, Celina Record, Farmersville Times, Frisco Enterprise, McKinney Courier-Gazette, and the Plano Star-Courier. Nearby publications The Dallas Morning News and the Fort Worth Star-Telegram also provide news coverage of cities in the county.

Notable people

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See also

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References

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  2. ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
  3. ^ "Plano History: A Brief Account of How We Got Here". December 12, 2018.
  4. ^ "Indians".
  5. ^ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. p. 87.
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  11. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 14, 2011.
  12. ^ a b c d "Census profile: Collin County, TX". Census Reporter. Retrieved October 21, 2021.
  13. ^ "2019 Household Languages". data.census.gov. Archived from the original on October 21, 2021. Retrieved October 21, 2021.
  14. ^ a b "2019 Selected Social Characteristics". data.census.gov. Archived from the original on October 21, 2021. Retrieved October 21, 2021.
  15. ^ "2019 Annual Income Statistics". data.census.gov. Archived from the original on October 21, 2021. Retrieved October 21, 2021.
  16. ^ "2019 Poverty Statistics". data.census.gov. Archived from the original on October 21, 2021. Retrieved October 21, 2021.
  17. ^ "Tax Foundation". Tax Foundation.
  18. ^ Postrel, Virginia (October 7, 2004). "A Public Policy Failure". The New York Times.
  19. ^ "Texas: 1990, Part 1" (PDF). Retrieved July 15, 2024.
  20. ^ "P004 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – Collin County, Texas". United States Census Bureau.
  21. ^ "P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) - Collin County, Texas". United States Census Bureau.
  22. ^ a b "P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) - Collin County, Texas". United States Census Bureau.
  23. ^ "Census data: US is diversifying, white population shrinking". AP NEWS. August 13, 2021. Retrieved October 21, 2021.
  24. ^ "Americans make use of their religious freedom". Dallas News. August 11, 2021. Archived from the original on August 11, 2021. Retrieved October 21, 2021. Collin County scored slightly lower on the PRRI religious diversity scale than Dallas, but Collin County is 3% Hindu, 2% Muslim, and 2% Jewish, compared to 1% for those religions in Dallas County.
  25. ^ "County Population by Characteristics: 2020-2023". Census.gov. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved November 18, 2024.
  26. ^ "Commissioners Court". www.collincountytx.gov. Retrieved November 3, 2017.
  27. ^ a b "Government". www.collincountytx.gov. Retrieved December 4, 2017.
  28. ^ Wasserman, David (October 6, 2020). "Opinion | The 10 Bellwether Counties That Show How Trump Is in Serious Trouble". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved June 6, 2023.
  29. ^ "Democrat Mihaela Plesa Wins Purple Collin County Texas House Seat, Defeating Republican Jamee Jolly". The Texan. November 9, 2022. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
  30. ^ Leip, David. "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved July 20, 2018.
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  32. ^ a b c "Texas Redistricting". www.tlc.state.tx.us. Archived from the original on October 19, 2017. Retrieved November 3, 2017.
  33. ^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Collin County, TX" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 9, 2022. Retrieved June 30, 2022. - Text list
  34. ^ Nicholson, Eric (May 3, 2016). "In Dallas, White Flight Never Ends". Dallas Observer. Retrieved October 29, 2019.
  35. ^ "Homepage - Collin College". www.collin.edu.
  36. ^ "EDUCATION CODE CHAPTER 130. JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICTS". statutes.capitol.texas.gov.
  37. ^ "Welcome to DBU Frisco". www.dbu.edu. Archived from the original on March 9, 2011.
  38. ^ Mercury, The (September 17, 2018). "County divide to have implications for elections". The Mercury. Retrieved April 21, 2019.
  39. ^ "The Tale of a Happy Union between UTD and Richardson – UT Dallas Magazine – The University of Texas at Dallas". www.utdallas.edu. Retrieved April 21, 2019.
  40. ^ McFarland, Susan (September 25, 2023). "Would Collin County, D-FW growth support a regional transit system?". Dallas Morning News. Archived from the original on January 5, 2024.
  41. ^ Acree, Dan (July 3, 2013). "TAPS Public Transit begins service in Collin County". North Texas e-News. Archived from the original on April 11, 2024.
  42. ^ "TAPS Suspends Bus Service in Collin County Indefinitely". NBC DFW. November 14, 2015. Archived from the original on June 21, 2021.
  43. ^ Pirayesh, Erick (February 17, 2022). "Regional Transportation Council looks to extend DART rail line from Plano to McKinney". Community Impact. Community Impact Newspaper. Archived from the original on August 18, 2023.
  44. ^ "Public Transit". Allen, Texas. Archived from the original on April 9, 2024. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
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