Timeline of Plano, Texas

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Plano, Texas, USA.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries.

19th century

• 1848 - Town of Fillmore founded.[1]
• 1852 - Fillmore renamed "Plano."[1]
• 1870 - Population reaches 155.[2]
• 1872 - Houston and Texas Central Railway begins operating.[1]
• 1873 - Town of Plano incorporated.[1]
• 1883 - Telephone in use (approximate date).[2]
• 1891 - Plano Public School established.
• 1894
  • Fire Department organized.[2]
  • Plano Milling Company (flour mill) in business.[2]
• 1900 - Population: 1,304.[2]

20th century

• 1902 - Star-Courier newspaper begins publication.[3]
• 1908 - Plano Station, Texas Electric Railway built.
• 1913 - Palace Theater in business.[4]
• 1923 - City hall building constructed.[2]
• 1951 - North Texas Municipal Water District established.[2]
• 1960 - Population: 3,695.[2]
• 1962 - City of Plano incorporated.[1]
• 1965 - Population: 13,097.[2]
• 1969 - Plano Drive-In cinema in business.[4]
• 1970 - Population: 17,872.[2]
• 1977 - John Clark Stadium (school stadium) opens.
• 1980
  • Dallas Area Rapid Transit bus begins operating.[2]
  • Population: 72,331.[2]
• 1981
  • Collin Creek Mall in business.
  • Plano East Senior High School established.
• 1985 - Dick Armey becomes U.S. representative for Texas's 26th congressional district.[5]
• 1986 - Heritage Farmstead Museum opens (in 1891 farmhouse).
• 1990 - Population: 128,713.[2]
• 1991
  • Republic of Texas Press in business (approximate date).
  • Sam Johnson becomes U.S. representative for Texas's 3rd congressional district.[6]
• 1997 - Prestonwood Christian Academy established.
• 1999
  • City website online (approximate date).[7][8]
  • Prestonwood Baptist Church (later megachurch) built.[9]
  • Plano West Senior High School established.

21st century

• 2001 - Shops at Willow Bend in business.
• 2002 - Dallas Area Rapid Transit Light Rail begins operating; Downtown Plano (DART station) opens.[2]
• 2009 - Phil Dyer becomes mayor.[2]
• 2010 - Population: city 259,841;[10] megaregion 19,728,244.[11]
• 2013 - Harry LaRosiliere becomes mayor.
• 2015 - East Plano Islamic Center (EPIC Masjid) built.
• 2016 - Toyota Motor Corporation North American headquarters built.[12]
• 2017 - Marriott Renaissance hotel built in Legacy West.[13]

See also

• Plano history
• List of mayors of Plano, Texas
• Timelines of other cities in the North Texas area of Texas:[14] Arlington, Dallas, Denton, Fort Worth, Garland, Irving, Wichita Falls

References

1. Hellmann 2006.
2. "History". City of Plano. Retrieved April 7, 2017. (Timeline)
3. "US Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
4. "Movie Theaters in Plano, TX". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
5. "Texas". Official Congressional Directory. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. 1985 – via HathiTrust.
6. "Texas". Official Congressional Directory. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. 1993.
7. "Official web site of Plano, Texas". City of Plano. Archived from the original on November 27, 1999 – via Internet Archive, Wayback Machine.
8. Kevin Hyde; Tamie Hyde (eds.). "United States of America: Texas". Official City Sites. Utah. OCLC 40169021.
9. Scott Thumma (ed.). "Database of Megachurches in the U.S." Connecticut: Hartford Seminary. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
10. "Plano city, Texas". QuickFacts. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
11. "Megaregions: Texas Triangle". America 2050. USA: Regional Plan Association. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
12. "Toyota shows off new Plano headquarters", KDFW, Dallas, October 13, 2016
13. "Hotel Boom Comes to Texas", New York Times, March 20, 2017
14. "NCTCOG Members". Arlington: North Central Texas Council of Governments. Retrieved April 7, 2017.

Bibliography

• "Plano". Texas State Gazetteer and Business Directory. St. Louis: R.L. Polk & Co. 1884 – via Internet Archive.
• "Plano". Texas State Gazetteer and Business Directory. Detroit: R.L. Polk & Co. 1890.
• Friends of the Plano Public Library (1985). Plano, Texas: The Early Years. Wolfe City, Texas: Henington. ISBN 0965184102.
• Vicki Northcutt (1999). Plano: an Illustrated Chronicle. San Antonio, TX: Historical Publishing Network. ISBN 978-0-9654999-5-8.
• Paul T. Hellmann (2006). "Texas: Plano". Historical Gazetteer of the United States. Taylor & Francis. p. 1077. ISBN 1-135-94859-3.
• Historic Downtown Plano. Images of America. Arcadia. 2012. ISBN 9780738579023.

External links

• "Plano, TX". Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association.
• Plano Public Library System. "Genealogy". City of Plano. (Includes information relevant to city history)
• "United States - Texas - Collin County - Plano". Portal to Texas History. Denton: University of North Texas Libraries.
• "Historical Maps of Texas Cities: Plano". Perry–Castañeda Library Map Collection. University of Texas at Austin.
• "Plano". Texas Archive of the Moving Image. Austin, TX.
• Items related to Plano, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America).