Colleyville

History

Emerging from a number of small, rural settlements along the Cotton Belt Route, Colleyville was originally known as Bransford when Dr. Lilburn Howard Colley settled there in 1880. He was a prominent area physician and a veteran of the Union Army. In 1914, when Walter G. Couch opened a grocery store near Dr. Colley's home, the community was renamed Colleyville in his honor. On January 15, 2022, a hostage crisis occurred at Congregation Beth Israel, a synagogue in Colleyville. Four hostages were held for a number of hours before police shot and killed the perpetrator. The FBI said it was investigating the incident as a "federal hate crime" and an "act of terrorism". A movie about the event had been made and shown at the docaviv international film festival.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , with approximately 0.08% of its area as water.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• Northern Cardinal

  Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  23,418
• Blue Jay

  Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  18,208
• American Crow

  Corvus brachyrhynchos C.L.Brehm, 1822 · Aves
  17,467
• Carolina Chickadee

  Poecile carolinensis (Audubon, 1834) · Aves
  16,371
• Mallard

  Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  16,098
• Red-bellied Woodpecker

  Melanerpes carolinus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  15,319
• Mourning Dove

  Zenaida macroura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  15,141
• Carolina Wren

  Thryothorus ludovicianus (Latham, 1790) · Aves
  13,888

Most recent

• M 3.1 — 2024-05-01
  7 km SSW of Mansfield, Texas
• M 3.2 — 2024-05-01
  7 km S of Mansfield, Texas
• M 3.2 — 2019-10-01
  8 km SSW of Mansfield, Texas
• M 2.5 — 2019-07-08
  4 km SSE of Rendon, Texas
• M 2.7 — 2018-12-21
  7 km W of Chico, Texas
• M 3.4 — 2018-05-19
  8 km NW of Venus, Texas