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.

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