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Frisco Geography

May 23, 2013 by Scott Ellis
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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 of 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 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 the Preston Ridge and was therefore too high in elevation, so the watering stop was placed about four miles to the west on lower ground. A community grew around this train stop. Some residents of Lebanon actually 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 being too similar to another town in Texas. I

n 1904, the town’s residents chose “Frisco City” in honor of the St. Louis–San Francisco Railway. This name was later shortened to Frisco.   Source:  Wikipedia

Counties:   Denton, Collin

Zip Codes:   75033, 75034, 75035, 75036

Latitude:   33.141263 N

Longitude:   –96.813120 W

Land Area:   61.8 Sq Miles

Elevation:   774 ft (236 m)

 

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