Trophy Club, Texas
| Trophy Club, Texas | |
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| Coordinates: 33°0′2″N 97°11′35″W / 33.00056°N 97.19306°WCoordinates: 33°0′2″N 97°11′35″W / 33.00056°N 97.19306°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Texas |
| Counties | Denton, Tarrant |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4.1 sq mi (10.5 km2) |
| • Land | 4.0 sq mi (10.5 km2) |
| • Water | 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2) |
| Elevation | 607 ft (185 m) |
| Population (2010 [1]) | |
| • Total | 8,024 |
| • Density | 2,033.5/sq mi (785.1/km2) |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| ZIP code | 76262 |
| Area code(s) | 817 |
| FIPS code | 48-73710[2] |
| GNIS feature ID | 1388551[3] |
Trophy Club is an affluent town located in Denton and Tarrant Counties in the U.S. state of Texas. It is a wealthy northern suburb of the city of Fort Worth and is part of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. The population was 8,024 at the 2010 Census. It has been acknowledged multiple times by D Magazine as one of the best places to live in Texas.
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[edit] Geography and Climate
Trophy Club is located at 33°0′2″N 97°11′35″W / 33.00056°N 97.19306°W (33.000507, -97.193181)[4].
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 4.1 square miles (10.5 km²), of which, 4.1 square miles (10.5 km²) of it is land and 0.25% is water.
The town is located on the far southwestern edge of Lake Grapevine.
Trophy Club, like the rest of the Dallas-Fort Worth area, has a Humid subtropical climate, with hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters.
| Climate data for Trophy Club, Texas (1981-2010 normals) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °F (°C) | 85 (29) |
95 (35) |
96 (36) |
101 (38) |
101 (38) |
102 (39) |
110 (43) |
108 (42) |
109 (43) |
100 (38) |
89 (32) |
84 (29) |
110 (43) |
| Average high °F (°C) | 56.61 (13.67) |
60.1 (15.6) |
67.6 (19.8) |
75.9 (24.4) |
83.4 (28.6) |
90.8 (32.7) |
95.5 (35.3) |
96.5 (35.8) |
88.6 (31.4) |
78.8 (26.0) |
67 (19) |
57.2 (14.0) |
76.501 (24.723) |
| Average low °F (°C) | 32.1 (0.1) |
35.3 (1.8) |
44.1 (6.7) |
51.8 (11.0) |
61.5 (16.4) |
68.7 (20.4) |
72.7 (22.6) |
72.5 (22.5) |
64.6 (18.1) |
53.2 (11.8) |
43.5 (6.4) |
33.9 (1.1) |
52.83 (11.57) |
| Record low °F (°C) | 0 (−18) |
0 (−18) |
14 (−10) |
29 (−2) |
41 (5) |
50 (10) |
57 (14) |
55 (13) |
38 (3) |
22 (−6) |
19 (−7) |
−1 (−18) |
−1 (−18) |
| Precipitation inches (mm) | 2.24 (56.9) |
2.80 (71.1) |
3.62 (91.9) |
3.16 (80.3) |
4.80 (121.9) |
4.00 (101.6) |
2.38 (60.5) |
1.83 (46.5) |
3.26 (82.8) |
4.02 (102.1) |
2.94 (74.7) |
2.68 (68.1) |
37.73 (958.3) |
| Snowfall inches (cm) | 0 (0) |
0.2 (0.5) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0.1 (0.3) |
0.3 (0.8) |
| Source: NOAA [5] | |||||||||||||
[edit] Demographics
As of the census[2] of 2010, there were 8,024 people, 3,072 households, and 2,893 families residing in the town. The population density was 2,033.5 people per square mile (785.5 people per square kilometer). The racial makeup of the town was 91.3% White, 1.9% African American, 0.5% Native American, 3.5% Asian, and 1.4% other races from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 6.4% of the population.
There were 3.072 households out of which 38.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 73.6% were married couples living together, 6.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 18.0% were non-families. 4.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.74 and the average family size was 3.05.
In the town the population was spread out with 28.8% under the age of 19, 2.8% from 20 to 24, 23.8% from 25 to 44, 33.4% from 45 to 64, and 11.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 101.1 males.
The median income for a household in the town was $116,042. The per capita income for the town was $48,566. About 0.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 2.1% of those under age 18 and none of those age 65 or over.
[edit] Education
The town is served by the Northwest Independent School District. Elementary school children in the town go to Lakeview Elementary and Samuel Beck Elementary. Middle school students attend Medlin Middle School. For high school students, the town is served by Byron Nelson High School. Prior to the opening of Byron Nelson High School, students went to other district High School Northwest High School (Texas)
[edit] Government
Trophy Club is governed by a council-manager form of government. The Council consists of six members: a Mayor and five Councilmembers with the Mayor serving as presiding officer over Council meetings. Councilmembers are elected at-large-by-place for a term of three years. All powers of the Town are vested in the Council, including but not limited to: enacting legislation, adopting budgets and determining policies. The Mayor participates in the discussion and votes on all matters coming before the Council. Additionally, the Mayor, after Council authorization, signs all contracts, conveyances made or entered into by the Town, all bonds, warrants and any other obligations issued under the Town Charter. The Mayor is recognized as the official head of the Town by the Courts for the purpose of serving civil process, by the Governor for the purpose of enforcing military law and for all ceremonial purposes.
The Town's elected officials (as of June 20, 2011) are:
- Mayor - Connie White
- Mayor Pro Tem - Larry Hoover
- Council Place 1 - Bill Rose
- Council Place 2 - Jeanette Tiffany
- Council Place 3 - Margi Cantrell
- Council Place 5 - Glenn Strother
The Town Council has authority to appoint and remove the Town Manager. The Town Manager acts as the chief administrative officer of the Town and is responsible to the Council for the proper administration of all the affairs of the Town. In addition to the Town Manager, Council also appoints the Town Attorney and the Town Secretary who acts as Secretry to the Council.
The Town's management staff (as of June 20, 2011) are:
- Town Manager - Mike Slye
- Assistant Town Manager - Stephen Seidel
- Town Secretary - Shannon DePrater
- Town Attorney - Patricia Adams
- Finance Director - Eric Cannon
- Community Development Director - Carolyn Huggins
- Parks & Recreation Director - Adam Adams
- Public Information Officer/Marketing Manager - April Reiling
- Streets Services Director - Ed Helton
- Information Services Direcor - Mike Pastor
- Police Chief - Scott Kniffen
- Fire Chief - Danny Thomas
Municipal Utility District (M.U.D.) (The city's water supplier) This is a group of elected officials that supply water, own the fire station, and also own the city hall (M.U.D. Building) (As of May 21, 2010)
M.U.D. 1
- President - Jim Thomas
- Vice President - Jim Moss
- Secretary/Treasurer- Kevin Carr
- Director - Bill Armstrong
- Director - Nick Sanders
[edit] Notable residents
- Terry Fator - Winner of America's Got Talent. (Now has a show in Las Vegas, Nevada)
- Marion P. Jayne - Gold Medalist 1994 Around the World Air Race with daughter Patricia Jayne (Pat) Keefer. So far, the longest race in history. Jayne is the only US pilot to have raced twice around the world. She placed second in the 1992 race. Both times she flew her own 1970 Piper PA39 Twin Comanche. She has been inducted into the WAI Pioneer Aviation Hall of Fame and was named a 100 Aviation Hero for the First Century of Flight at the 2003 Kitty Hawk Celebration along with the Wright brothers, John Glenn and Amelia Earhart.
- Patricia Jayne (Pat) Keefer - Gold Medalist 1994 Around the World Air Race with mother Marion P. Jayne. Retired President of U.S. Air Race, Inc. and winner of The 99 Medal of Achievement.
- Wally Funk - Current resident of Trophy Club. One of the Mercury 13.
- Jordan Wall - Played Joe, the owner of the popular dog Wishbone, in the show with the same name
- Mary Chris Wall - Played Joe's mother in the show Wishbone, is also Jordan Wall's biological mother.
- Tommy Maddox - Former Quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers
- Larry Hardy - Former Coach of the Texas Rangers baseball team
- Camille Lopez Contestant on Queen Bees
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=DEC_10_PL_GCTPL2.ST13&prodType=table
- ^ a b "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. http://geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/gazette.html. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
- ^ "NowData - NOAA Online Weather Data". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. http://www.nws.noaa.gov/climate/xmacis.php?wfo=abq. Retrieved 2012-02-02.
- ^ "Trophy Club, Texas - Official town website". http://www.ci.trophyclub.tx.us. Retrieved 2009-05-09.
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