Frisco

History

When the Dallas area was being settled by American pioneers, many of the settlers traveled by wagon trains along the Shawnee Trail. This trail became the Preston Trail, and later Preston Road. With all this activity, the community of Lebanon was founded along this trail and was granted a U.S. post office in 1860. In 1902, a line of the St. Louis–San Francisco Railway ("the Frisco") was being built through the area, and periodic watering stops were needed along the route for the steam locomotives. The current settlement of Lebanon was on Preston Ridge and was too high in elevation, so the watering stop was placed about 4 miles (6 km) to the west, on lower ground. A community grew around this train stop, and some Lebanon residents moved their houses to the new community on logs. The new town was originally named Emerson, but the U.S. Postal Service rejected the name as too similar to another community, Emberson, in Lamar County. In 1904, the town's residents chose "Frisco City" in honor of the St. Louis–San Francisco Railway. This name was later shortened to Frisco.

Geography

Frisco is within the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, partially in Denton and Collin counties, in North Texas. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has an area of , of which is land and , or 0.92%, is covered by water. Frisco is part of the humid subtropical region. The city gets of precipitation per year. On average, 230 days per year are sunny. The July high is ; the January low is . The comfort index, which is based on humidity during the hot months, is 25 out of 100, where higher is more comfortable. The city is also in Tornado Alley, with the most recent confirmed tornado in 2024, as an EF-0 tornado, near the UNT Frisco Campus.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• Northern Cardinal

  Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  17,159
• Blue Jay

  Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  15,456
• American Crow

  Corvus brachyrhynchos C.L.Brehm, 1822 · Aves
  15,445
• Mourning Dove

  Zenaida macroura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  13,344
• Northern Mockingbird

  Mimus polyglottos (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  12,757
• Carolina Chickadee

  Poecile carolinensis (Audubon, 1834) · Aves
  10,838
• Mallard

  Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  10,183
• Red-bellied Woodpecker

  Melanerpes carolinus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  10,039

Largest nearby schools

• ALLEN H S
  High · ALLEN · 5,317 students · 19.2:1 ratio
• PROSPER H S
  High · PROSPER · 3,769 students · 17.4:1 ratio
• ROCK HILL H S
  High · FRISCO · 2,832 students · 15.1:1 ratio
• MCKINNEY BOYD H S
  High · MCKINNEY · 2,651 students · 16.8:1 ratio
• PLANO WEST SENIOR H S
  High · PLANO · 2,625 students · 17.6:1 ratio
• PLANO SR H S
  High · PLANO · 2,288 students · 15.9:1 ratio
• LEBANON TRAIL H S
  High · FRISCO · 2,136 students · 15.7:1 ratio
• HERITAGE H S
  High · FRISCO · 2,127 students · 14.9:1 ratio

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 2.51 — 2022-07-20
  9 km WSW of Lebanon, Oklahoma
• M 2.53 — 2021-12-20
  14 km ENE of Leon, Oklahoma
• M 2.51 — 2020-06-11
  14 km NE of Leon, Oklahoma
• M 2.55 — 2020-01-06
  13 km NE of Leon, Oklahoma