Garland (Texas)

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Garland
Collage of Photos of Garland, TX.jpg
Location in Texas
Dallas County Texas Incorporated Areas Garland highighted.svg
Basic data
Foundation : 1891
State : United States
State : Texas
Counties : Dallas County
Collin County
Rockwall County
Coordinates : 32 ° 54 ′  N , 96 ° 38 ′  W Coordinates: 32 ° 54 ′  N , 96 ° 38 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 226,876 (as of 2010)
Population density : 1,534 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 147.9 km 2  (approx. 57 mi 2 ) of
which 147.9 km 2  (approx. 57 mi 2 ) is land
Height : 168 m
Postcodes : 75040-75049
Area code : +1 972
FIPS : 48-29000
GNIS ID : 1388185
Website : www.garlandtx.gov
Mayor : Scott LeMay

Garland is a city in the neighborhood of Dallas in the US state of Texas . It is almost entirely in Dallas County - except for smaller parts in Collin County and Rockwall County .

The 2010 census found a population of 226,876 people. This makes Garland the twelfth largest city in Texas and ranks 87th in the United States.

Geographical location and climate

Garland is in northeast Dallas County - Garland's geographic coordinates are 32 ° 54 '  N , 96 ° 38'  W (32.907325, -96.635197). According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has an area of ​​147.9 km 2 without any significant body of water. The city limits of Garland are irregular and form part of the northern border with Collin County.

Garland is located in a humid subtropical region with an east side climate . The average warmest month is July with the highest ever recorded temperature of 44 ° C in the year 2000. January, however, is the average coldest month with a lowest temperature of −19 ° C in 1989. The wettest month is May.

Average Monthly Temperatures and Rainfall for Garland, Texas
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Max. Temperature ( ° C ) 16.6 15.8 20.1 24.6 28.7 32.9 35.3 35.6 31.3 25.7 19.4 13.9 O 25th
Min. Temperature (° C) 1.9 4.1 8.3 12.7 17.9 21.9 23.9 23.9 19.7 13.8 7.9 2.8 O 13.3
Precipitation ( mm ) 54.1 67.6 88.6 78.0 124.5 96.3 54.9 48.5 64.8 107.9 68.8 68.8 Σ 922.8
Rainy days ( d ) 6.6 6.4 7.8 6.6 9.1 8.0 4.5 4.8 5.5 7.6 6.4 6.7 Σ 80
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28.7
17.9
32.9
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35.3
23.9
35.6
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107.9
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  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Source: DWD, data: 1981–2010

history

In the 1840s and 1850s, the first pioneers settled in what is now Garland. A first small town, Duck Creek, arose on the western bank of the river of the same name. Approx. In 1886 the GC&SF railway line was built northeast of Duck Creek . A second location, Embree, began to develop around a railroad depot. Embree was named after a respected doctor in the settlement, KH Embree.

After a devastating fire in 1887, some companies moved their headquarters from Duck Creek to Embree. Others moved their activities a little north to New Duck Creek. Duck Creek lost his post office to Embree. There was a year-long dispute about the future location of the post office. The positioning of the Post Office between the two communities represented a compromise brokered by the politician Joseph Abbott , on which both communities could agree.

Garland - as a settlement around this post office - was named after the attorney general Augustus Hill Garland in 1888 . In 1890 the population was already 478. In 1891 Garland was officially a town in which the two former places Duck Creek and Embree were absorbed. The first elected mayor was M. Davis Williams in 1892.

Garland grew quickly. Just two years after it was founded, it had its own college and was quickly known for its good school education. The first bank branch was established in 1895. A fire in 1899 destroyed 28 of the 30 commercial buildings, including that of the local newspaper Garland Daily News . The subsequent reconstruction took place around the central square of the place.

By 1904 Garland had 819 inhabitants. In 1920 businessmen raised money to finance a new power generator for the city and founded the Garland Power and Light Company . On May 9, 1927, a devastating tornado devastated parts of the city and killed 17 people, including former mayor SE Nicholson. The newly opened library was named after this 6 years later. During the Second World War, several aircraft factories were built in the Garland area. After the war these were taken over by the Kraft Foods Group and converted accordingly for their production.

From 1950 to 1954, the area suffered from a severe drought. To meet water needs, water had to be drawn from nearby Lake Lavon .

Curtis Culwell Center

On May 3, 2015, Garland made international headlines when, around 7:00 p.m. local time, two armed men attacked the Curtis Culwell Center , which at the time was hosting an exhibition of Mohammed cartoons . A security guard was injured in the attack and the two attackers were killed. At the exhibition, which was preceded by a corresponding competition, the Dutch right-wing populist Geert Wilders was present alongside 200 other visitors . It was organized through the American Freedom Defense Initiative , which the Southern Poverty Law Center designates as the anti-Muslim hate group . The two assassins were two Muslim Americans from Phoenix .

growth of population
Census Residents ± in%
1890 478 -
1900 819 71.3%
1910 804 -1.8%
1920 1421 76.7%
1930 1584 11.5%
1940 2233 41%
1950 10,571 373.4%
1960 38.501 264.2%
1970 81,437 111.5%
1980 138,857 70.5%
1990 180,635 30.1%
2000 215,768 19.4%
2010 226,876 5.1%
1890-2000, 2010

sons and daughters of the town

Web links

Commons : Garland, Texas  - Collection of images, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b US Census Bureau: Garland (city) QuickFacts from the US Census Bureau ( English ) In: quickfacts.census.gov . United States Census Bureau. 2015-15-03. Archived from the original on May 4, 2015. Retrieved May 4, 2015.
  2. ^ The County Information Project: Texas Cities and Towns Sorted by County ( English ) In: county.org . Texas Association of Counties. May 23, 2014. Archived from the original on May 4, 2015. Retrieved on May 4, 2015.
  3. ↑ US Census Bureau: Texas Places Gazetteer File 2010 ( English ) In: census.gov . United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Archived from the original on May 5, 2015. Retrieved May 5, 2015.
  4. ↑ WWIS: World Weather Information Service - Dallas Ft Worth, Texas ( English ) In: worldweather.wmo.int . World Weather Information Service. May 5, 2015. Archived from the original on May 5, 2015. Retrieved May 5, 2015.
  5. ↑ a b c The Garland Landmark Society: Historical Overview ( English ) In: garlandhistorical.org . The Garland Landmark Society, Inc .. Archived from the original on May 5, 2015. Retrieved May 5, 2015.
  6. ↑ a b c unknown: Memorial and biographical history of Ellis county, Texas . The Lewis publishing company, Chicago 1892, p. 881 ff . ; digital on the web
  7. ↑ a b Texas Almanac: City Population History from 1850-2000 ( English , PDF 1.2 MB) In: texasalmanac.com . Texas Almanac. Archived from the original on May 4, 2015. Retrieved May 4, 2015.
  8. ↑ a b Lisa C. Maxwell: GARLAND, TX @ The Handbook of Texas Online ( English ) In: The Handbook of Texas Online . Texas State Historical Association (TSHA). June 15, 2010. Archived from the original on May 4, 2015. Retrieved on May 4, 2015.
  9. ^ Christoph Sydow: Exhibition with Mohammed caricatures: Dead in attack in Texas . In: Spiegel Online . May 4, 2015. Archived from the original on May 4, 2015. Retrieved on May 4, 2015.
  10. ↑ Alwin Schröder: Texas: Jihadists boast of attack . In: Spiegel Online . May 4, 2015. Archived from the original on May 4, 2015. Retrieved on May 4, 2015.
  11. ↑ Liam Stack: Texas Police Kill Gunmen at Exhibit Featuring Cartoons of Muhammad ( English ) In: The New York Times . May 3, 2015. Archived from the original on May 4, 2015. Retrieved on May 4, 2015.
  12. ↑ Manny Fernandez, Richard Pérez-peña, Fernanda Santos: Gunman in Texas Was FBI Suspect in Jihad Inquiry ( English ) In: The New York Times . May 4, 2015. Archived from the original on May 5, 2015. Retrieved May 5, 2015.