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Lucas is a city in Collin County, Texas, United States. As of the 2010 census the population was 5,166, [ 4 ] up from 2,890 at the 2000 census; in 2020, its population was 7,612. [ 5 ]
Lovejoy High School is a public high school in Lucas, Texas, in south-central Collin County. It is the only high school in the Lovejoy Independent School District and is classified as 5A by the University Interscholastic League (UIL). The school serves most of the cities of Lucas and Fairview, as well as a small portion of Allen.
Casey Dick (Born 1986) Football player born in Lucas; Russell E. Dickenson (1923-2008) Park ranger born in Melissa; Julie Doyle (Born 1996) Soccer player for Sky Blue FC born in Fairview; Devin Duvernay (Born 1997) Football player for Baltimore Ravens born in Sachse; King Fisher (1853-1884) Texas rancher and gunfighter born in Collin County
The class of 2010 was the first high school graduating class in the history of Lovejoy Independent School District. Circa 2014 residents of the Stonegate neighborhood in Lucas made a petition to be rezoned from McKinney ISD into Lovejoy ISD, but both districts refused the request. [ 10 ]
A replica of the Lucas Spindletop Gusher that gushes water on occasion. In 1976, Lamar University dedicated the Spindletop-Gladys City Boomtown Museum to preserve the history of the Spindletop oil gusher era in Beaumont. The museum features an oil derrick and many reconstructed Gladys City building interiors furnished with authentic artifacts ...
Anthony Francis Lucas (born Antun Lučić; September 9, 1855 – September 2, 1921) was a Croatian-born American oil explorer. [1] With Pattillo Higgins, he organized the drilling of an oil well near Beaumont, Texas, that became known as Spindletop. This led to the widespread exploitation of oil and the start of the Petroleum Age. [2]
A Brief History of the East Texas Oil Field (East Texas Oil Museum) Oil and Texas: A Cultural History (Texas Almanac) Oil Boom (The Depot Museum, Henderson) Spindletop-Gladys City Boomtown Museum; Texas Energy Museum, Beaumont "Santa Rita No. 1 – Big Lake ~ Marker Number: 4587". Texas Historic Sites Atlas. Texas Historical Commission. 1965.
Todd Russell Dodge (born July 21, 1963) is an American football coach and former player, and current head coach at Lovejoy High School in Lucas, Texas. After graduating from the University of Texas at Austin where he played quarterback for the Longhorns, Dodge went into coaching, primarily at the high school level.