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Eastwood Village Luxury Apartment Homes

330 unit Class A Development in Melissa, TX
(Collin County/ Dallas-Fort Worth Metro Area)

 

  • MELISSA, TX.Melissa is on U.S. Highway 75 seven miles northeast of McKinney in north central Collin County.
  • The town was laid out in 1872, when the Houston and Texas Central Railway reached the area.
  • Beginning in 1908 the community was connected by the Texas Electric Railway to surrounding Collin County towns and to Dallas.
  • This transportation network made Melissa a commercial and community center for area farmers.
  • Unlike many rural communities in Texas, Melissa had electric lights, a telephone exchange, and paved roads before 1920.
  • It also had five churches, a large school, and a number of businesses, including a bank and two cotton gins that shipped 3,000 bales of cotton annually.
  • A tornado struck the town on April 13, 1921, killing thirteen people, injuring fifty-four, and demolishing many businesses.
  • The Great Depression, the mechanization of farming, and job opportunities in the Dallas metropolitan area after World War II further slowed community growth.
  • The population of Melissa declined from a high of 500 in 1925 to 285 in 1949.
  • Melissa was incorporated in the early 1970s.
  • In 1980 it had a population of 604 and nine businesses.
Melissa is a city in Collin County, Texas, United States.
  • 39 miles / Dallas, TX
  • 68 miles / Forth Worth
  • 22 miles / Plano, TX
  • 37 miles / Denton
  • 60 miles / Arlington (Texas)
  • 119 miles / Glen Rose
  • 103 miles / Granbury
  • 33 miles / Lewisville
  • 112 miles / Tyler
  • 23 miles / Frisco (Texas)
  • 45 miles / Irving
  • 79 miles / Burleson
  • 32 miles / Garland (Texas)
  • 24 miles / Sherman (Texas)

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