Highland Village, Texas
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Highland Village is a small city in Denton County, Texas, hugging the south side of the far western branch of Lewisville Lake. As of the 2000 census the city population was 12,173, though the most recent projection by the U.S. Census Bureau puts the city's population close to 15,000. A number of residential communities are located within Highland Village, including Highland Shores and Castlewood.
Local history and politics
Highland Village incorporated as a city in the early 1960s, though it only registered 516 residents in the 1970 census. The opening of the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport helped spur massive growth in cities north of the airport, including Highland Village. The census figures rose sharply: 3,246 in 1980, 7,027 in 1990, 12,173 in 2000, and 14,589 in 2004 (estimated). The city remains a primarily residential area, though more business development is occurring. Rapid growth has led to political conflict, although the city is still relatively small compared to nearby Flower Mound and Lewisville.Highland Village has been the site of a number of local controversies, including the extension of FM2499 to FM2181 in Corinth, Texas—long planned by TxDOT—and approval of development of one parcel within the city's retail district which will include a Wal-Mart as the anchor tenant. The contested development of FM2499 was originally planned by the impacted communities through a 1987 task force report presented to the Texas Transportation Commission in 1988, which proposed the expansion and extension of FM2499, from SH 121 to IH-35E, in five sections.
At the same time that the Wal-Mart development was being hotly debated, a development on the opposite side of FM2499, with a larger anchor—and offered by its developer to Wal-Mart, but not identified as such—was accepted without opposition. One highly visible activist, Paul LeBon, lost a $725,000 libel and slander lawsuit filed by former councilman Gary Kloepper.
Highland Village is also the site of an unsolved murder that garnered significant attention from local media in the late 1980s. In February, 1989 the second murder in the town's history took place—and the first murder of a city resident. Ralph Marotte allegedly came home one evening to discover that his wife had been strangled to death. The Highland Village police department immediately focused its investigation on Marotte, but never gained enough evidence to make an arrest. Media reports at the time suggested that the small police department was in over its head and had botched the crime scene and critical evidence that could have been used against the perpetrator. Ralph Marotte sold the family's home a couple years later and moved back to his native Massachusetts. The crime remains unsolved to this day—the city's only unsolved murder.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 16.6 km² (6.4 mi²). 14.3 km² (5.5 mi²) of it is land and 2.3 km² (0.9 mi²) of it (13.88%) is water.
Demographics
As of the census[Geographic references#2GR2] of 2000, there were 12,173 people, 3,874 households, and 3,552 families residing in the city. The population density was 851.5/km² (2,206.6/mi²). There were 4,009 housing units at an average density of 280.4/km² (726.7/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 94.21% White, 1.47% African American, 0.40% Native American, 1.92% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.80% from other races, and 1.18% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.46% of the population.There were 3,874 households out of which 53.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 85.3% were married couples living together, 4.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 8.3% were non-families. 6.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 1.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.14 and the average family size was 3.29.
In the city the population was spread out with 32.9% under the age of 18, 5.1% from 18 to 24, 29.9% from 25 to 44, 28.2% from 45 to 64, and 4.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 99.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.8 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $102,141, and the median income for a family was $105,109. Males had a median income of $79,626 versus $41,102 for females. The per capita income for the city was $40,613. About 0.1% of families and 0.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 0.1% of those under age 18 and none of those age 65 or over.
Local notes
Highland Village is served by the Lewisville Independent School District, which has three elementary schools and one middle school located in the city. Marcus High School, located in Flower Mound but near Highland Village, is the city's principal high school. Highland Village hosts an annual hot-air balloon festival sponsored by local Lions Clubs.External links
- [City of Highland Village, TX website]
- [Lewisville Independent School District website]
- [Annual balloon festival website]
- [Welcome To Highland Village]
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