Plano (Texas)

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Plano
Collin County Texas Incorporated Areas Plano highlighted.svg
Location in Texas
Basic data
Foundation : 1873
State : United States
State : Texas
Counties : Collin County
Denton County
Coordinates : 33 ° 3 ′  N , 96 ° 45 ′  W Coordinates: 33 ° 3 ′  N , 96 ° 45 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 286,057 (as of 2016)
Population density : 1,542.9 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 185.5 km 2  (approx. 72 mi 2 ) of
which 185.4 km 2  (approx. 72 mi 2 ) is land
Height : 203 m
Postcodes : 75023-75094
Area code : +1 972, 469, 214
FIPS : 48-58016
GNIS ID : 1344166
Website : www.plano.gov
Mayor : Harry LaRosiliere
Old map-Plano-1891.jpg
A bird's eye view of Plano, 1891

Plano is a city in the US state of Texas . The city is a suburb of Dallas and is located in the north of the Dallas-Fort-Worth-Metroplex metropolitan area . It is connected to Dallas by the Dallas Area Rapid Transit transit company. Plano is the seat of numerous service and technology companies , including the world's largest manufacturer-independent IT service company EDS , whose founder Ross Perot became known as an independent US presidential candidate. Harry LaRoseliere has been mayor since 2013.

Water tower in Plano

history

growth of population
Census Residents ± in%
1890 824 -
1900 1304 58.3%
1910 1258 -3.5%
1920 1715 36.3%
1930 1554 -9.4%
1940 1582 1.8%
1950 2126 34.4%
1960 3695 73.8%
1970 17,872 383.7%
1980 72,331 304.7%
1990 127,885 76.8%
2000 222.030 73.6%
2010 259.841 17%
1890-2000, 2010

The first settlers came to what is now Plano in the early 1840s. The first settlement grew quickly. When a post office was finally set up, one had to decide on a name for the place. The settlers suggested “Plano”, Spanish for “flat”, according to the local geographic conditions. In 1872 the place received a train station and finally in 1873 city rights. In the 1980s, many larger companies moved to the city.

population

Plano is known as the safest city and one of the wealthiest cities in the United States. Plano had the highest average income of any city over 250,000 in the United States in 2007 at $ 84,492. According to the crime statistics, there are only about four murders per year in Plano (as of 2006). This is by far the lowest murder rate of all cities with over 250,000 inhabitants in the USA. Forbes magazine named Plano the safest city in America in 2010 with a population of over 250,000.

Internet phenomenon

Plano achieved a certain level of awareness in Germany through the Internet television program Ehrensenf . This reported about two young Americans who let visitors to their website decide in an online vote in which American city they would live in 2007. Ehrensenf ironically called on his German viewers to vote for Plano, as this city would be the epitome of boring and stuffy American province. The official vote ended as follows: 973,946 Germans then voted for Plano and had a considerable influence on the voting results. As a result, Plano ended up in second place behind Denver . This result was heavily criticized in the forums by Ehrensenf, because the official voting results for Plano were repeatedly "corrected" downwards. German and American media reported on it. The two Americans ultimately did not go to Plano.

Companies

The following companies have their headquarters in Plano:

sons and daughters of the town

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Texas Almanac (PDF; 1.2 MB). Retrieved October 4, 2012
  2. ↑ US Census ( Memento of the original from October 23, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved October 16, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / quickfacts.census.gov

Web links

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