McKinney

History

In 1848, McKinney was named the county seat of Collin County due to the original county seat of Buckner not being within three miles of the county's geographic center. On March 24, 1849, William Davis, who owned where McKinney now stands, donated for the townsite. That same year, McKinney would be incorporated and in 1859 McKinney was incorporated again. In 1913, the McKinney adopted the commission form of government. Before the arrival of the railroad in 1872, McKinney saw little growth. After the arrival of the Houston and Texas Central Railroad however, McKinney became the primary commercial center of Collin County and stimulated massive growth in the city. Over the next 50 years, McKinney would become an agricultural powerhouse with its production of corn, wheat, and oats, placing Collin County among the top producers in Texas. Cotton also contributed heavily to the economy of Collin County with three new cotton gin being built between 1870 and 1876 increasing the amount of cotton gins in McKinney to 4. as well as the establishment of a telephone exchange. In 1889, the city installed electric lights. The Census Bureau's July 2015 estimate placed the population of McKinney at 162,898. Both the city and the county were named for Collin McKinney, signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence, and a congressman for the Red River district of the former Republic of Texas. He was the author of a bill establishing counties in the northern part of the state.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has an area of , of which 0.7 square mile (1.7 km2), or 1.07%, is covered by water. McKinney is considered part of the humid subtropical region. *On average, the warmest month is July. *The highest recorded temperature was in 1936. *On average, the coolest month is January. *The lowest recorded temperature was in 1930. *The maximum average precipitation occurs in May. It is also part of the Texas blackland prairies, part of the Sun Belt, which has hot, dry summers. Humidity makes temperatures feel higher, and winters are mild and are usually rainy; snowstorms occasionally occur. Spring is the wettest part of the year, which brings winds from the Gulf Coast.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• Northern Cardinal

  Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  12,481
• American Crow

  Corvus brachyrhynchos C.L.Brehm, 1822 · Aves
  11,173
• Blue Jay

  Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  10,485
• Mourning Dove

  Zenaida macroura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  8,963
• Northern Mockingbird

  Mimus polyglottos (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  8,619
• Carolina Chickadee

  Poecile carolinensis (Audubon, 1834) · Aves
  8,024
• Red-bellied Woodpecker

  Melanerpes carolinus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  7,033
• House Finch

  Haemorhous mexicanus (P.L.Statius Müller, 1776) · Aves
  6,434

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
• MCKINNEY H S
  High · MCKINNEY · 2,918 students · 16.9:1 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
• MCKINNEY NORTH H S
  High · MCKINNEY · 2,156 students · 16:1 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
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• M 2.51 — 2022-07-20
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• 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 2.8 — 2019-06-24
  1 km NW of Pottsboro, Texas