Overview
Plano is a city in the U.S. state of Texas, mainly in Collin County, Denton County, but also go. According to 2000 U.S. Census, the city population 222,030, making it the ninth largest city of Texas. Remain in Dallas-Plano-Plano Irving metropolitan division of the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metropolitan area, a title designated by the U.S. Census and is colloquially known as the Dallas / Fort Worth Metroplex. The city is home to many corporate headquarters, including Dr Pepper / Seven Up, Inc., Electronic Data Systems, frito-Lay, JCPenney and Cinemark Theaters.
In the early 1840s more settlers came to the vicinity of Plano. Several nearby facilities including a sawmill, gristmill, and brought more people to hold the area. Mail service was established and after rejecting several names for the budding town (including naming it in honor President Millard Fillmore), recommended that the local name of Plano, the Spanish word "firm" is a reference to landscape the area. Name, the Post Office and Plano was born.
In 1872, to be completed with the Houston and Texas Railroad helped the city grow, increasing the population of more than 500 by 1874. 1873, the city officially incorporated.
In 1881, a fire raged through the central business district, destroying most of the buildings: 51 in all. But the city rebuilt itself, and in business again flourished through the 1880s.
Unlike many other Dallas suburbs, which were closer to the population of Dallas Plano initially grew slowly, reaching 1,304 in 1900 and increased to 3695 and 1960. By 1970, however, Plano began to feel some of the boom its neighbors experienced following World War II. A series of public works projects and tax change that removed the farming town helped to increase the population of Plano. In 1970, the population, the 17872 and 1980, the population had exploded to 72,000 people. Almost unbelievably the sewers, schools and street development kept easy pace with this increase largely due to Plano's Flat topography, grid layout and excellent planning.
During the 1980s, several large corporations moved their headquarters to Plano, including JC Penney and frit-Lay, which helped the city grow even more and more people sought to move closer to where they worked. By 1990, the population was 128,713 and now dwarfed the county seat of McKinney. In 1994 the city was recognized by all American City.
By 2000, population of 222,030 nearly doubled again, making it one of the largest suburbs in the Dallas area. However, the region has led to suburban sprawl beyond Plano and the city's population is stabilizing. Plano is completely locked in with other local authorities and can not be extended to the region, and there is little undeveloped land remain in the city limits. Until 2006, its population is estimated to be 250,000.