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COLLEYVILLE HISTORY

The area know known as Colleyville was first settled in the mid-1800s and was comprised of
five separate small communities centered around area churches and schools. Settlers came
to Texas during the nearly ten years of the Independent Republic of Texas, but none settled
in the wild and beautiful land between the creeks that would become Colleyville. Colleyville
was a small crossroads town between Fort Worth and Grapevine (home of the Dallas-Fort
Worth International Airport) located at the present day intersection of East Glade Road and
Bransford Road. Coyotes, wild turkey, deer, bear, and nomadic Indians were the main
inhabitants of pre-Colleyville. The city was named "Colleyville", to honor a man by the name
of Lilburn Howard Colley, who settled in the community in the 1880s. He was the town's
only doctor and involved himself in civic activities. After the turn of the century, the
Colleyville area became known for its outstanding cantaloupes, watermelons, squash, and
tomatoes.

Colleyville was incorporated in January 1956 with less than two square miles and a population
of approximately 250. During the late 1970s and early 1980s, Colleyville's close proximity to
Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport sparked the growth of high quality residential
development. Today, Colleyville is home to over 25,000 residents, and it offers a quiet
residential haven for many upper management corporate executives, entrepreneurs,
professional athletes, and their families. The city looks to the future to continue to offer its
citizens the high quality residential development Colleyville is known for and to continue to
add upscale retail development while still maintaining the City’s country atmosphere.

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