Frisco, Texas
When the Dallas area was being settled by American pioneers, many of the settlers traveled by wagon trains along the old Shawnee Trail. This trail was also used for cattle drives north from Austin. This trail later became the Preston Trail, and later, Preston Road. Preston Road is one of the oldest North South Roads in all of Texas. With all of this activity, the community of Lebanon was founded along this trail and 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 holes were needed along the rails for the steam engines. The current settlement of Lebanon was on the Preston Ridge and was thus too high in elevation, so the watering hole was placed about four miles (6 km) to the west on lower ground. A community grew around this train stop. Residents of Lebanon actually moved their houses to the new community on logs. The new town was originally named Emerson, but that name was rejected by the U.S. Postal Service as being too similar to another town in Texas. In 1904, the residents chose Frisco City in honor of the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway on which the town was founded, later shortened to its present name. 

Frisco's Economy

Like many Dallas suburbs, Frisco is accumulating a tremendous number of retail properties, including Stonebriar Centre (opened August 2000), a 165-store regional mall, and IKEA (opened 2005), a furniture store with an area of 28,800 square meters (310,000 sq ft). Retail establishments and restaurant chains line Preston Road, which is one of the major north-south-running traffic arteries in the city. 

Frisco took a different economic track than many surrounding cities and elected to use a fractional percent of local sales tax to fund the Frisco Economic Development Corporation (FEDC) rather than DART, the regional transportation body. The effectiveness of the FEDC, whose primary purpose is to reallocate such tax dollars to commercial ventures, is a matter of public debate. 

Frisco also built Frisco Square, a mixed-use development that will become the new downtown. Frisco Square has about 250 rental residential units, seven restaurants, about 40,000 square feet of commercial office space and a few personal service locations. The major development in the project is the new City Hall and main library and a public commons. 

According to the City's 2008 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report,the top employers in the city are: 

1 Frisco Independent School District 4
2 T-Mobile USA
3 City of Frisco
4 Rodman Excavation
5 Collin County College - Preston Ridge
6 Amerisource Bergen Specialty Group
7 CLA USA, Inc
8 IKEA Frisco
9 Mario Sinacola & Sons Excavating
10 Target

The Stonebriar Centre opened in 2000 with major department stores; J.C.Penney, Nordstoms, Macy’s, & Dillard’s. Also housed in the mall is a 24 cinema AMC Theater and an NHL regulation ice skating rink and a full sized carousel. Exemplory Award Winning schools dominate Frisco ISD which prides itself with low student to teacher ratios. Frisco, TX borders the cities of Plano, TX, McKinney,TX , Little Elm, TX, The Colony, TX & Prosper, TX and is 27 miles to the Dallas/Fort Worth Airport. In 2004, Centennial Medical Center in Frisco TX opened it's doors offering advanced technology in quality health care with an emergency room, ambulatory surgery center & a 72,000SF medical office building.
Sport enthusiasts Frisco, TX is the place to be! The Dr Pepper Star Center is the practice facility for the Dallas Stars Hockey team and the National Champions the “Texas Tornados” junior league. Pizza Hut Park is the stadium for the “FC Dallas” Major league Soccer team in Frisco, TX. Concerts are held at the park with big headline entertainers such as Kenny Chesney & Jimmy Buffet.
The Dr Pepper Ballpark in Frisco, TX is home to Frisco’s minor league baseball team, the ”Frisco Roughriders”, the Double-A Texas league affiliates of the Texas Rangers.  

Golf anyone? Stonebriar Country Club offers 2 private courses which are membership only. The public courses in the area are Plantation Golf Resort, The Trails Golf Course and The lakes of Legacy Golf Club. Frisco, TX prides itself with 27 parks thru-out the city with playgrounds & jogging paths. There is every type of organized sport offered for children, teens & adults, including a new Recreational Center in the middle of town. Additionally you will find luxurious 5-Star hotels to the moderately priced ones, Frisco, TX has a number of hotels to choose from. Hungry? Plenty of restaurants to visit from intimate bistros to large Steak Houses, offering every type of cuisine.
City History - The longest continued themed bronze sculpture collection can be see thru-out the city of Frisco, TX depicting the history of the cattle drive along the Shawnee Trail starting at Seei Park, with fabulous Bronze Long-Horned Steer, Buffalo, Indians & Cowboys. Frisco prides itself with the newly contructed City Hall which houses a 3 story Library, there is a new state of the art Police Station as well. Under construction at The Dallas Tollway at Main St & Legacy Dr will be Frisco Grand Park on 350 acres, having a "Central Park" theme with a lake, jogging & bike trails. A "Must Stop" is the Frisco Heritage Museum & Park with the historic Lebanon church.
 

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Frisco Subdivisions: 

Austin Norris - 75034
Autumn Park - 75035
Bella Casa - 75034 - Townhomes/Condos
Birmingham Estates
Boyd Acres - 75034
Cecile Place - 75035
Chapel Creek - 75034
Chase At Stonebriar - 75034 - Gated
Cheyenne Crossing & Cheyenne Village - 75034
Christie Ranch - 75034
Cobb Farm - 75034
Cobb Hill - 75034
Collinsworth - 75034
Country Club Ridge - 75034
Coventry Oaks
Creekside At Preston - 75035
Creekside At Stonebriar - 75034 - Gated
Creekside - 75035
Crestview - 75034
Crown Ridge - 75035
Custer Creek Farms - 75035
Cypress Creek - 75035
Dominion At Panther Creek - 75035
Eldorado Fairways - 75034 - Golf
Estates On Legacy Drive - 75034
Fairfield Estates - 75035
The Fairways - 75034 - Golf
Frisco Heights - 75035
Frisco Lakes - 75034
Frisco Original Donation - 75034
Frisco Ranch - 75068
Frisco Square - 75034
Golden Gate Village - 75034
Grayhawk - 75034
Griffin Parc - 75034
Heather Ridge - 75034
Heritage Green - 75034
Heritage Lakes - 75034 - Gated
Heritage Village - 75034
Hickory Hills - 75034
Hickory Springs - 75034
Hickory Street Village - 75034 - Townhomes/Condos
Hidden Cove - 75034
Hillcrest - 75035
Hillcrest Estates - 75035
Hillcrest Highlands - 75035
Hillcrest Meadows - 75035
Hunters Creek - 75035
Kings Garden - 75034
Kings Ridge - 75035
Knolls Of Frisco - 75034
Lake Brook Farms & Lake Brook Villages - 75035
Lake Country Estates - 75034
Lake Country Manor - 75034
Lake Hill - 75034
Lakes Of Preston Vineyards - 75035
Lakes On Legacy - 75034 - Gated (some)
Lake Trail Mobile Home Estate - 75034
Lakeside At Lonestar Ranch - 75034
Latera - 75035
Lone Star Ranch - 75034
Meadow Creek - 75034
Meadow Hill Estates - 75034
Meadows of Preston - 75035
Meadowbrook
Misty Meadows
Northridge - 75034
Norris Austin
Oakbrook Park - 75034
Panther Creek & Panther Creek Estates - 75035
Parkside Estates - 75035
Parkview Townhomes
Pearson Farms - 75034
Pecan Grove Estates
Pecan Ridge - 75034
Plantation, Plantation Resort, & Plantation Springs - 75035 - Golf
Prestmont - 75035
Preston Estates - 75034
Preston Gables - 75035
Preston Glen - 75035
Preston Highlands & Preston Highlands Village - 75034
Preston Lakes - 75035
Preston Manor - 75034
Preston Oaks - 75035
Preston Ridge - 75035
Preston Trace Estates - 75034
Preston Vineyards & Preston Vineyards North - 75035
Quail Meadow & Quail Meadow Village (Lone Star Ranch) - 75034
Queens Gate - 75035
Red Bud Estates - 75071
Rogers Clayton - 75034
Rogers William - 75034
Russwood Acres
Saddlebrook Village (Lone Star Ranch) - 75034
Saratoga - 75034
Sedona - 75035
Shahan
Shaddock Creek Estates - 75034 - Gated (some)
Shenandoah Village
Shepherds Hill - 75035
Smith Estates - 75035
Starwood - 75034 - Gated
Sterling Ranch - 75034
Stewart Creek Estates - 75034
Stone Creek & Stone Creek Village
Stonebriar - 75034 - Gated - Golf -
Stonebriar Country Club Estates - 75034 - Gated - Golf
Stonebriar Creek Estates - 75034
Stonebriar Park - 75034 - Gated
Stonebrook Estates - 75034
Stonelake Estates & Stonelake Estates West - 75035
Stonewater Estates
The Bluffs
The Chase At Stonebriar - 75034 - Gated - Townhomes/Condos (some)
The Creeks On Coit - 75035
The Enclave At Stonebriar
The Hills Of Kingswood
The Landing At Waterstone - 75034
The Shores At Waterstone - 75034 - Gated - Water View/Front
The Trails & The Trails Of West Frisco - 75034 - Golf
The Villas at Starwood - 75034 - Gated
The Vintage
The Vistas At Waterstone - 75034
Townhomes Of Tuscany Square - 75035 - Townhomes/Condos
Turnbridge Manor - 75035
Tuscany Meadows - 75035
Villages Of Hillcrest - 75035
Verde Village in Heritage Green - 75034
Waterford Falls - 75034
Waterstone - 75034
Western Heights - 75034
Westfall Village - 75034
Willow Bay - 75035
Willow Pond - 75034 Gated
Windsor Place - 75034
Woodstream Hills - 75034
Wynngate - 75034
Wynnwood Haven Estate - 75034 - Water View/Front