Flower Mound

History

Settlement in the area around Flower Mound began when the Presbyterians established a camp in the area in the 1840s. A log cabin, dated around 1850, was discovered preserved within the walls of a home near Liberty Elementary in 2016, providing further proof of settlement. At first, the group held religious camps for two to three weeks at a time. By 1854, residents had established the Flower Mound Presbyterian Church southwest of Lewisville in an area commonly referred to as "Long Prairie". By 1920, the church had 126 members, and the pine-framed building was expanded in 1937. Early settlers such as Andrew Morriss and David Kirkpatrick are memorialized with street names in the town. The area remained sparsely populated for many decades after its initial settlement. On February 25, 1961, the town voted to incorporate to avoid annexation by the City of Irving. William Wilkerson, who became the town's second mayor, led the incorporation effort and helped improve the town's phone service and water supply. In 1970, when Flower Mound had 1,685 residents, Edward S. Marcus and Raymond Nasher began a planned community project with $18 million in loan guarantees from the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development through their New Community program. Called "Flower Mound New Town", the project included elements of the new towns movement, including collaboration with North Texas State University (now the University of North Texas) to move the school's administrative offices to Flower Mound and conduct all research for the project. The project was featured in advertisements as late as 1974, but it was abandoned after residents threatened to disannex a portion of the town to thwart the development. The disannexation effort sharply divided the town, and led to a number…

Geography

Flower Mound is located approximately northwest of Dallas and northeast of Fort Worth on the border between Denton and Tarrant counties. The town is located almost entirely in Denton County, however it has areas that extend into Tarrant County. It is situated on the basin of the Trinity River in the Eastern Cross Timbers subregion in Texas. The town borders Lewisville to the east and a number of cities and towns to the north, including Highland Village, Double Oak, and Bartonville. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of . Land comprises (95.37%) of the total area; Denton County soils include the Silawa, Nawo, Gasil series. Water comprises (5.76%) of the total area; Grapevine Lake and Marshall Creek form much of the town's southern boundary. Flower Mound's climate is classified as humid subtropical; the town averages 233 sunny days per year and 79 days of precipitation. The town encourages conservation development projects to protect and preserve existing open space, vistas, and natural habitats while allowing for controlled growth. Much of the town is located on the Barnett Shale, and drilling for shale gas in close proximity to residential neighborhoods has sharply divided parts of the community. In 1994, amateur fossil collector Gary Byrd discovered a fossilized example of a Hadrosaurid dinosaur among black shale rock formations in the southwestern edge of the town, near Grapevine Lake. The fossilized creature from the Cenomanian age was named "Protohadros byrdi" in Byrd's honor. Flower Mound was named for a hill approximately in height located close to the intersection of FM 3040 and FM 2499. The formation attracted the attention of early settlers to the area, and is often simply referred to as "The Mound". Part of the…

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• Northern Cardinal

  Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  19,132
• Blue Jay

  Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  15,003
• American Crow

  Corvus brachyrhynchos C.L.Brehm, 1822 · Aves
  14,006
• Mourning Dove

  Zenaida macroura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  13,119
• Carolina Chickadee

  Poecile carolinensis (Audubon, 1834) · Aves
  11,831
• House Finch

  Haemorhous mexicanus (P.L.Statius Müller, 1776) · Aves
  11,426
• Northern Mockingbird

  Mimus polyglottos (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  11,270
• Mallard

  Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  10,695

Largest nearby schools

• LEWISVILLE H S
  High · LEWISVILLE · 4,240 students · 14.6:1 ratio
• FLOWER MOUND H S
  High · FLOWER MOUND · 3,542 students · 16.2:1 ratio
• MARCUS H S
  High · FLOWER MOUND · 3,005 students · 15:1 ratio
• BYRON NELSON H S
  High · TROPHY CLUB · 2,809 students · 18.2:1 ratio
• GUYER H S
  High · DENTON · 2,554 students · 14.2:1 ratio
• PREMIER H S ONLINE
  High · LEWISVILLE · 2,107 students · 11.9:1 ratio
• ARGYLE H S
  High · FLOWER MOUND · 1,477 students · 15.5:1 ratio
• LAKE DALLAS H S
  High · CORINTH · 1,293 students · 15.8:1 ratio

Most recent

• M 3.1 — 2024-05-01
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• M 3.2 — 2024-05-01
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• M 3.2 — 2019-10-01
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• M 2.5 — 2019-07-08
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• M 2.7 — 2018-12-21
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