Supersized suburbs like Plano, Irving and Garland are bigger than many metro areas: each exceeding , in population. These middle to upper middle class suburbs extend for miles with attractively priced, mostly large homes, large commercial centers and large employers and even some corporate headquarters in town. Frito-Lay, for example, makes its home in Plano.
Other more upscale, upcoming suburbs include Grapevine, Lewisville, Flower Mound, and Allen to the north and Mesquite to the east.
What these suburbs have in common is good home values, strong schools, plenty of jobs, and high incomes. It is suburban America for those who like things big. Terrain is flat to rolling, and largely devoid of natural trees. The climate combines humid subtropical and continental elements with hot summers and a wide annual temperature range.
Annual precipitation also varies considerably, ranging from less than 20 to more than 50 inches. Summer hot spells are broken into 3- to 5-day periods by thunderstorm activity. Summer daytime temperatures frequently exceed degrees with occasional nights above 80 degrees. Winters are mild but north winds bring sudden temperature drops. Occasional periods of extreme cold are short-lived. There are periods of rainy weather and thunderstorm activity with occasional heavy downpours especially in spring.
Snowfall is rare. First freeze is late November, last is mid-March. Recent job growth is Positive. Waxahachie jobs have increased by 3. More Economy. More Voting Stats. Since , it has had a population growth of Learn More The National Average is Home appreciation the last 10 years has been 8.
The average school expenditure in the U. There are about Ground was broken for the line on June 14, ; construction was completed, and the line was in operation in September Within one year of its completion the road transported over 5, bales of cotton from Waxahachie and carried over carloads of lumber into the community. The arrival of additional rail lines during succeeding decades combined with the county's growing agricultural production to accelerate prosperity and rapid growth.
The Civil War and Reconstruction seemed to have little effect on the development of Waxahachie. By the population stood at 1, The following year the Waxahachie Tap was absorbed by the Houston and Texas Central Railway, which extended the line, and thus the town's connections, to Fort Worth.
In the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, had founded a high school called Marvin College in Waxahachie; in the church sold the institution to the town for use as one of six free public schools. That year Waxahachie had ninety businesses.
By it had over businesses, including an electric light factory. Its population rose from 3, in to 4, in , and by four banks and three weekly newspapers operated in the community. The mule-drawn Waxahachie Street Railroad provided public transportation.
The population reached 4, in The finished plant had looms and 9, spindles and used 4, bales of cotton a year to produce single-filling duck and toweling cloth. The plant doubled its capacity in , but, like many of the plants constructed during the South's "cotton mill campaign" of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, it eventually became unprofitable and closed down.
Trinity University moved to Waxahachie from Tehuacana in and operated there until The Nicholas P. Sims Public Library opened on April 5, , on land donated by W. The library began from Judge O. Dunlap's collection. Five years later the completion of an electric interurban line from Dallas through Waxahachie to Waco further increased the town's transportation facilities. By Waxahachie had a population of 7, and businesses, including three banks, three cottonseed oil mills, five cotton gins, and two daily and two weekly newspapers.
Local manufacturing plants in included cotton textile mills, a garment factory, a broom factory, and an ice and ice cream factory. Besides Trinity University, a high school and four elementary schools, served students. Fortunately, when this occurred, Waxahachie benefitted greatly from its location. At the time, U. With the construction of Interstate 35, Waxahachie has continued to benefit from its proximity to these major roadways. Throughout the years, these highways have proven to be a tremendous asset to the economy of the community, providing easy accessibility for commercial facilities and residential development.
Waxahachie is a certified Texas Main Street community. The city applied for and received Main Street designation in and participated in the program until In , the city became re-certified as a Texas Main Street City. Since that time, Waxahachie has been recognized as a National Main Street City fourteen years out of the fifteen they were eligible to receive that distinction.
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