Grand Prairie (Texas)
Dallas County
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Grand Prairie is a city in Dallas County in the U.S. state of Texas, United States.
Geography
The city in the central northeastern Texas located about 25 km southwest of Dallas and 23 kilometers east of Fort Worth, is located in the north about 100 miles from Oklahoma. With smaller parts of the city this last, at the Tarrant County and in the Ellis County. The Mountain Creek Lake is located in the east and the Joe Pool Lake to the south of Grand Prairie.
History
The first settlers arrived before the Civil War and settled in this area. 1874, the first post office was opened in 1875 the first church was built, which also served as a school, and moved in 1876 near the tracks of the Texas and Pacific Railway and in 1890 the city had 300 inhabitants. 1900, the first telephone line was laid.
Transport and the economy
Grand Prairie has excellent transport links by two lying within a radius of ten kilometers as the courts, the railroad, U.S. Highways 80, 161 and 303 and the Interstate Highways 20 and 30 and Highway No. 1382. Among the airports also include the approximately four kilometers northwest of the city center located in Grand Prairie Municipal Airport. Here are also world renowned and internationally operating companies, for example, in the aviation sector companies. These include American Eurocopter, Bell Helicopter, Triumph Aerostructures - Vought Aircraft Division and Turbomeca USA.
Train
The schools are summarized in Grand Prairie Independent School District, which celebrated its centenary in 2002/ 03. The GPISD is a nearly 100 km ² large area with approximately 22,000 students, 36 campuses, 23 elementary schools, 7 middle schools, two colleges and two alternative schools. Colleges and universities are in the radius of 20 km in Arlington, Dallas and Irving.
Parks
In total there are 52 parks with a total area of over 4,900 morning. The city has launched a 125 million dollar 20 - year plan to improve the park. Financed this is a 0.25% special tax. The biggest parks are:
- Lynn Creek Park
- Estes Park
- Mountain Creek Lake Park
- Kirby Creek Park
- Freedom Park
- Winsom Park
- Sycamore Park
- Cottonwood Park
- Colgate Park
- Crockett Park
- Turner Park
- Hill St Park
- CP Waggoner Park
- Mike Lewis Park
Sports
Due to the two lying to the east and south lakes whose shores are also used as recreational areas, there are water sports and fishing in the first place, followed by golf. Furthermore, there are 32 tennis courts.
- Riverside Golf Club
- Great Southwest Golf Course
- Grand Praire Municipal Golf Course
- Woodcrest Country Club
Religion
In Grand Prairie, there are 72 different churches from 21 different denominations. Among the belonging to a denomination churches the Baptist church is best represented with 27 churches. Furthermore, there are 8 to no denomination belonging churches ( as of 2004).
Demographics
The average income for a household in the city is $ 46,816, the median income for a family at $ 51,449. Males have a median income of $ 35,300 compared to women with an average of $ 28,184. The per capita income is $ 18,978. 11.1% of the population and 8.7 % of families are below the poverty line.
30.5% of the population is under 18 years old and 100 females aged 18 years and above are statistically 95.2 males. The average age is 30 years. (As of 2000).
Sons and daughters of the town
- Selena Gomez, actress and singer
- Jud Larson race car driver
- Ed Parish Sanders, theologian and specialist in non-Biblical Jewish Literature
- Charley Taylor, American football player