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The Colony, Texas, is a dynamic suburban city nestled in Denton County, just north of Dallas in the heart of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, offering residents and visitors a seamless blend of lakefront serenity and urban excitement. With a population of approximately 44,534 as of the 2020 census, it spans about 15 square miles along the shores of Lewisville Lake, providing 23 miles of shoreline access for boating, fishing, swimming, and camping at two public lake parks. The city prides itself on its outdoor lifestyle, boasting miles of nature trails, green spaces, and designations as both a Tree City USA and Playful City USA, while its booming entertainment district, Grandscape—a 433-acre development—features world-class shopping at the massive Nebraska Furniture Mart (the nation’s largest home furnishings store), upscale dining, jazz clubs, speakeasies, Topgolf, Scheels sporting goods, and Galaxy Theatres, drawing millions of visitors annually. Education thrives here with schools from the Lewisville Independent School District, including the innovative Prestwick STEM Academy and Strike Middle School, alongside access to Collin College and nearby universities like the University of North Texas and the University of Texas at Dallas.

The Colony’s roots trace back to the mid-19th century as part of the vast Peters Colony, a land grant awarded in 1841 by the Republic of Texas to the Texas Emigration and Land Company, led by William S. Peters, to attract Anglo-American settlers to North Texas. Covering over 16,000 square miles across 26 counties—including much of modern-day Denton County—the colony promised up to 640 acres of free land to immigrants who built cabins, cultivated the soil, and swore allegiance to Texas, fostering rapid settlement in areas like the historical Stewartsville community, which housed the colony’s headquarters, a general store, and post office within what are now The Colony’s boundaries. Tensions boiled over in 1852 during the Hedgcoxe War, a brief but fiery conflict sparked by land speculators from Dallas who opposed extensions on surveying deadlines; settlers, led by Henry Oliver Hedgcoxe, raided and burned the headquarters, though key records were saved, marking a pivotal clash in Texas land history. Earlier foundations include the Bridges Settlement, established during the Republic of Texas era and recognized as Denton County’s oldest community, along with sites like Stewarts Creek, Rector, Stoverville, and Camey Spur; the Bridges Cemetery, founded in 1857 on family land, stands as one of the area’s earliest landmarks, occasionally opened to the public by local historians.

Modern The Colony emerged in 1973 when developers Fox and Jacobs (later part of Centex) acquired 3,000 acres around State Highway 121 and Farm to Market Road 423, envisioning a “dream city” of clustered single-family homes as a “living monument” to the pioneering Peters colonists’ spirit. The first model homes debuted in August 1974, with families moving in by October, supported by the newly formed The Colony Municipal Utility District for water, alongside electricity from Texas Power and Light, cable from Lakeside CATV, and phone service from Southwestern Bell. Incorporation followed in 1977, granting independence from nearby Frisco and spurring explosive growth—from 22,113 residents in 1990 to over 44,000 today—fueled by proximity to DFW International Airport (just 15 miles away) and a commitment to community values like neighborly support and volunteerism amid economic booms.

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