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Collin county was demarked from Fannin County on April 3, 1846, and
named for Collin McKinney, one of the first settlers of the county
and a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence. The original
county seat was Buckner. Because this town Buckner was not within
three miles of the center of the county, however, McKinney became
the county seat in 1848. Like the county, McKinney was named for
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The settlement of Collin County can be divided into two phases. The
first occurred during the early period of the county's history, from
1840 to 1860. The second phase took place during and after the
arrival of railroads. The settlements established before the
construction of rail lines seldom survived if the railroads bypassed
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The influence of James W. Throckmorton, a native of McKinney and
Texas state senator, resulted in Collin County's vote against
secession, 948 to 405, in 1861. Once Texas joined the Confederacy,
however, more than 1,500 residents of the county enlisted in the
defense of the South, led by Throckmorton, who rose to the rank of
brigadier general. |
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Cities and
towns
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Allen |
Frisco† |
Murphy |
Royse City† |
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Anna |
Garland† |
Nevada |
Sachse† |
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Blue Ridge |
Josephine |
New Hope |
St. Paul |
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Carrollton† |
Lavon |
Parker |
Westminster |
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Celina |
Lowry Crossing |
Plano† |
Weston |
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Dallas†† |
Lucas |
Princeton |
Wylie†† |
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Fairview |
McKinney |
Prosper† |
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Farmersville |
Melissa |
Richardson† |
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† City
extends into an adjacent county. †† City extends into 2 adjacent
counties
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