This city: Tioga, TX 2. Aubrey, TX 2. Krugerville, TX 2. Celina, TX 3. Cross Roads, TX 3. Collinsville, TX 3. Paloma Creek, TX 3. Southwest Grayson, TX 3. Property values in Pilot Point, TX. Here: 6. Educational services Construction Other production occupations, including supervisors 4. Other production occupations, including supervisors 6. Other office and administrative support workers, including supervisors 8. Air pollution and air quality trends lower is better.
City: City: 7. City: 0. Services: fully wheelchair accessible. Local government website: www. Average household size: This city: 2. Percentage of family households: This city: Percentage of households with unmarried partners: This city: 5. Education Gini index Inequality in education Here: Number of grocery stores : 52 Denton County : 0. State : 1. Number of supercenters and club stores : 10 Denton County : 0. State : 0. Number of convenience stores no gas : 35 This county : 0. Number of convenience stores with gas : Denton County : 2.
State : 3. Number of full-service restaurants : Denton County : 4. State : 6. Adult diabetes rate : This county : 8. Adult obesity rate : This county : Low-income preschool obesity rate : This county : Healthy diet rate : Pilot Point: Average overall health of teeth and gums : This city: Average BMI : Here: People feeling badly about themselves : Pilot Point: People not drinking alcohol at all : Here: These settlers had migrated from Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky, and Missouri to establish themselves on either the rich, endless black-land prairies to the east or the expanses of sandy, wooded land to the west.
The highest point of land in the area was a small hill on which the City Square is now located. Oak trees covered much of the hill. Standing tall among the oaks was a magnificent cottonwood tree that could be seen from a great distance. This high, wooded point of land was a landmark for the Indians and later for rangers, scouts, and other travelers, guiding them across the sprawling, trackless land.
The landmark, known as Pilot's Point, gradually became known simply as Pilot Point. A short distance north was Dripping Springs, which provided excellent water and a pleasant campground for Indians, rangers, and cowboys. Located on the Charles Smith Grant from the Republic of Texas, the small settlement with its inviting grove and nearby springs soon attracted many permanent settlers. After being duly certified, the plat was recorded June 28, , in the Denton County Courthouse.
Immediately, James Peirson, for the Charles Smith Estate, began to sell land in the newly laid out town and the surrounding area. One of the first to buy land was Dr. Eddleman , who came with his wife from Missouri. On the northwest corner of the Square in he built his home and drugstore.
There he practiced medicine. In to this couple from Missouri was born their first child, L. Eddleman, the first child born in Pilot Point. The early townspeople demonstrated courage, perseverance, and ingenuity.
Life often was not easy. All supplies were brought by wagon train from Shreveport, Louisiana, or Jefferson, Texas. Usually each wagon was pulled by six or seven oxen, and the round trip made by the wagons required several weeks. In D. Light came from Kentucky and put cattle on the sprawling range east of Pilot Point.
The Emberson brothers were among other cattlemen who used the free range. Comfort Index Climate. Dozens of gleaming downtown skyscrapers tower above the level plains, while an assortment of neighborhoods and suburban commercial centers sprawl in all directions around the city core. It has far outgrown its beltway and is supported by a spider web of freeways going in all directions, a network almost without compare in other U.
Above all else, Dallas is a center for corporate America. Also contributing are the favorable business climate, the availability of educated workers, and the unspoken notion of being in the center of all things big.
The strong economy and wealthy population have endowed the city with a collection of arts, cultural assets, and parks.
Dallas reputedly has more retail stores and restaurants per capita than any other place in the country. A few lakes exist to the north and east, but outdoor recreational opportunities in the surrounding flat plains are limited. The extensive network of suburbs spreads in all directions but especially towards the northwest, north and northeast.
Supersized suburbs like Plano, Irving and Garland are bigger than many metro areas: each exceeding , in population. These middle to upper middle class suburbs extend for miles with attractively priced, mostly large homes, large commercial centers and large employers and even some corporate headquarters in town. Frito-Lay, for example, makes its home in Plano. Other more upscale, upcoming suburbs include Grapevine, Lewisville, Flower Mound, and Allen to the north and Mesquite to the east.
What these suburbs have in common is good home values, strong schools, plenty of jobs, and high incomes. It is suburban America for those who like things big. Terrain is flat to rolling, and largely devoid of natural trees. The climate combines humid subtropical and continental elements with hot summers and a wide annual temperature range.
Annual precipitation also varies considerably, ranging from less than 20 to more than 50 inches. Summer hot spells are broken into 3- to 5-day periods by thunderstorm activity. Summer daytime temperatures frequently exceed degrees with occasional nights above 80 degrees. Winters are mild but north winds bring sudden temperature drops. Occasional periods of extreme cold are short-lived.
There are periods of rainy weather and thunderstorm activity with occasional heavy downpours especially in spring.
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