Overview
Richardson is a city of Dallas County and Collin County, Texas. From the 2000 census, the city's total population was 91803rd Buckingham Town, after it fully surrounded by Richardson, was annexed to the city in 1996.
If the 1840s, settlers from Tennessee and Kentucky began arriving in the Richardson area, which was established in Comanche and Caddo Native American tribes. Several families formerly grouped around the area later named to the John C. Breckinridge Breckenridge, a confederate, and General Secretary of State and Vice President that the United States 1857-1861. I was a city that is now Richland College and consisted of a general store, a blacksmith shop and the Floyd Inn.
Richardson INTERURBAN Depot, 1908After the American Civil War, new railroad bypassed Breckinridge and the surface area and the northwest of Breckinridge became the new center of activity. William J. Wheeler donated the land and the town site and railroad right of way, but the village has fallen to honor his name. Instead, the city was named for railroad contractor EH Richardson, who built the line from Dallas to Denison.
Richardson was chartered in 1873. Initially there were three businesses: a general store, post office and a drug store. 1908 is INTERURBAN, electric railway, began service north to Denison, Texas, south to Waco, Texas, southeast to Corsicana, Texas, and west of Fort Worth, Texas. By 1910, residents had seen their first telephone, electric light, and gravel street, and the number had increased to about 600 people. In 1914, the red brick schoolhouse, which is currently located in the administrative offices of the Richardson Independent School District (RISD), was constructed.
1924, the Red Brick Road (Greenville Avenue) was completed, bringing the number increases, the population and the value of the property. Next year, the city and chose its first mayor, Thomas F. McKamy. All taxable property assessed value of which is $ 515,292, a total of 15 companies were working. Bonds are issued, and in 1926, waterworks were completed so homes could be furnished with indoor water. A sewage treatment plant was constructed, and the volunteer fire department began operating shortly after the utility franchises were granted to Lone Star Gas and Texas Power and Light Company. By 1940, the population was around 740, but after World War II, the city created a new growth of the population. By 1950, the city boasted a population of roughly 1300 Additional Municipal services, such as emergency ambulance services, police protection and parks and recreation facilities, became available to residents.
In 1951, Collins Radio opened a Richardson office, ushering the city into the electronic era. U.S. Highway 75 began in 1954, and previously received the agricultural city of shopping centers and homes. In 1955, Richardson was the first organized police force, consisting of a Chief and two officers. June 26, 1956, the voters of the home rule charter and of the Council-manager form of government that still operates today. Door-to-door mail became available to the residents of 5000 and the funds approved by the park and city hall. Also in 1956, Texas Instruments opened its offices just south of the border, and Richardson has increased sharply in the value of the land, because the city has made considerable progress in population and economic status. More than 500,000 people are transferred to the Dallas area between 1940 and 1960.
In 1969, Erik Jonsson and other Texas Instruments leaders donated Southwest Center for Advanced Studies, and the country became part of the University of Texas system, called the University of Texas at Dallas. In 1972, the population was about 56,000, and the same year, Richardson Independent School District had a course of approximately 32,000 students in 16 elementary schools, seven high schools and four Junior High Schools. January 8, 1991, Richardson High School student Jeremy Wade Delle fatally shot himself in front of his English class, an incident that inspired the Pearl Jam song "Jeremy."
In 1992, two incidents of violent crimes, the lives of urban teens from Berkner High School. On Nov 6, 1992, student Sean Cooper, 17, was shot and killed near the school gang members after they fired over the crowd after the football game. On Nov 25, 1992, student of Fred Banzhaf and Justin Marquart recent graduate, both 18, were killed during the abduction of the Herman's World of Sporting Goods stored in Richardson, where they worked.
Today the city is no longer the bedroom poolt'50s ja'60s, but is itself a significant employment center at the heart of the Telecom Corridor, where more than 80,000 people work each day. The Dallas Area Rapid Transit (Dart), which has been completed construction on three light rail stations for the city during the late 1990s.
In the spring of 2000, City of Richardson officials broke ground on the Eisemann Center for Performing Arts and Corporate Presentations Galatyn Park Station is the name of the city center of Richardson philanthropist and businessman, Charles W. Eisemann.
The city is home to a large Asian American population, a large Chinese-American communities in the U.S. and Vietnam will contribute to the character of the city. It is notable concentrations of Chinese, Taiwanese, and Vietnamese American businesses along Greenville Avenue, in particular, Arapaho Road and Belt Line Road. A shopping center there displays a sign declaring the area to be "DFW Chinatown," even though the area is hereinafter referred to as such rarely local, as well as other concentrations of Chinese American companies the same size (if not more) is a Dallas / Ft. Worth metropolitan area. A large number of Vietnamese American establishments can also be found in the historic downtown area of Richardson. The city is also home a number of Indian American businesses.