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Melissa is a city in Collin County, Texas, United States. The population was 4,695 at the 2010 census, [ 6 ] up from 1,350 at the 2000 census; in 2020, its population grew to 13,901. [ 7 ]
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The city of Allen, Anna, and Melissa owe their names and existence to those associated with the Houston and Texas Central Railroad. [16] [17] [18] Collin County, originally reliant on corn and wheat, [8] began to shift its agricultural production to produce more cotton with the arrival of the railroads. [13]
Melissa Independent School District is a public school district based in Melissa, Texas . In addition to Melissa, the district serves a small portion of Weston and McKinney . In 2009, the school district was rated " recognized " by the Texas Education Agency .
A map of the United States of America with the state of Texas highlighted. Texas is a state located in the Southern United States . As of the 2020 census , [ 1 ] 29,145,505 (95.55%) of the 30,503,301 residents of Texas lived in a municipality in the 2023 estimate.
U.S. Route 75 freeway passes through the west side of the city and leads 45 miles (72 km) southwest to the center of Dallas and 32 miles (51 km) north to Denison. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city of Anna has a total area of 14.1 square miles (36.6 km 2 ), of which 14.1 square miles (36.4 km 2 ) is land and 0.1 square miles ...
An Indiana teenager has been accused of plotting a school shooting on Valentine’s Day allegedly inspired by the gunman who murdered 17 people at a Parkland, Florida, high school on February 14 ...
The Collin County Outer Loop is a partially-built beltway in Collin County, Texas. The highway would travel from the Denton County line to the Rockwall County line, passing through cities in the northern and eastern parts of the county. The Loop is part of the DFW Regional Outer Loop project, which would encircle the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex.