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A Brief History of Southlake

Southlake is a Texas city located primarily in Tarrant County (also Denton County). Southlake is considered a suburb of Fort Worth. As of the 2012, Southlake had an estimated population of over 27,000. The city is comprised of 22.5 square miles of terrain, of which only 2.45% is water. Southlake is well known for its popular Southlake Town Square retail project. In 2014, the top employers in the city were: Sabre (headquarter in Southlake’s Solana Business Park – 3,000), Carroll ISD (1,123), Verizon (367), Gateway Church (570), Keller Williams (487), Central Market (360), City of Southlake (337), and Apple (203).

Southlake has a non-profit organization belonging to Sister Cities International. The group has relationships with 2 sister cities in China (Wuzhong) and Japan (Tome). The sister cities engage in adult delegations, as well as cultural and student exchanges.

In 2018, Southlake was said to be the fourth wealthiest city in the United States according to the American Community Survey. In 2017, Southlake Ranked No. 42 in Bloomberg’s “America’s 100 Richest Places in US”. New York City based media company “Guest of a Guest” ranked Southlake number 9 in their ranking of “America’s wealthiest zip codes” in 2016. Also in 2016, Southlake was ranked number 5 on NerdWallet’s list of “America’s Highest-Earning Cities”. MSN.com ranked Southlake at number 6 in their 2015 list of the ’10 Richest Towns’ in America list. In 2014, Time Magazine ranked Southlake the ninth wealthiest zip code in the country. In 2008, Southlake was named “The most affluent neighborhood in the United States” in a Forbes.com list (based on a median household income of greater than $215,000.

The Southlake area was first settled by pioneers in the 1840s as part of the original Peters Colony. Shortly thereafter (as part of the “Missouri Colony” in the early 1840’s), Richard Eads and Rachel Harris came to Texas with their families. They were married after having arrived. Richard Eads is the first name listed in official Tarrant County documents as having owned land near the Old Carroll School. It is thought that after a period of drought they decided to move on to California.

In the years preceding Southlake becoming legally recognized as a city, the area had previously been comprised of the communities of Dove, Jellico, Union Church, and Whites Chapel. Southlake remained largely a rural community until the decades following the construction of Dallas Fort Worth International Airport and was not incorporated until 1956.

Many now say that the father of Southlake, or at least the modern father; was Clovis Monroe (CM) Gordon.  It was in 1956 that it became apparent that Hurst was looking to annex unincorporated areas including what are now Colleyville, Southlake, and Westlake. CM and his wife went to work organizing the incorporation of their own new town of “Southlake”. In late September 1956 a vote was held at the old Carrol School (30 for & 24 against). The fledging town was less than 1.75 square miles in size and with only 200 townspeople.

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