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Welcome to McKinney ...The city of McKinney is located McKinney is located in Collin County<1> and is the County Seat for Collin County. While we don't have a date for the founding of McKinney, you might consider that their post office opened in 1851. From the Census Estimates for 2019, McKinney has a population of 199,447 people<2> (see below for details). The community of McKinney is 590 feet [180 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: McKinney lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time McKinney is served by one (or more) of the following area codes: (214), (469)<4> and (972). The ZIP codes for McKinney: 75069-75070<5> Official Website: www.mckinneytexas.org/ Chamber of Commerce: www.mckinneytx.org/ Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, McKinney had an population of 199,447 people. This is an increase of 52.11% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 266.84% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, McKinney had a population of 131,117 people (which is 16.76% of the total population of Collin County). This makes McKinney the county's 2nd most populous community. The population of McKinney represents 0.52% of the population of Texas (which has 25,145,561 people), making it the state's 19th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 131,117 people, the population of McKinney increased 141.16% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 54,369 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for McKinney. Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 11 communities that are also named McKinney - they are located in Arkansas (3), California, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, North Dakota, Oklahoma and Pennsylvania (2). For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for McKinney. We have created a list of 10 communities that are near McKinney. We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around McKinney. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for McKinney. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of McKinney. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around McKinney. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around McKinney. Our list includes 21 papers. See our Newspapers Page for McKinney. Looking for more information about McKinney? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. In addition to the Tourism page for McKinney, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for McKinney. We originally found mention of McKinney in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for McKinney was on a map titled Map of Texas (from Rand McNally, 1911). We also found McKinney in the book titled Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851).
For more details, see References and Mentions for McKinney.
The official website for McKinney: www.mckinneytexas.org/ The official website for Collin County: www.co.collin.tx.us/ The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/ |
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