Southlake, Texas, United States

🇺🇸 Southlake is a city located predominantly in Tarrant County with minor areas extending into Denton County in the U.S. state of Texas. Southlake is a suburb of Dallas-Fort Worth. It is in proximity to Dallas–Fort Worth International Airport.

History The Southlake area was settled in the 1840s but was not incorporated as Southlake until 1956, four years after the construction of Grapevine Lake was completed. Before incorporation, the settlements of Whites Chapel, Dove, Union Church, and Jellico made up present-day Southlake. The nearby town of Hurst had intended to annex the area that is now Southlake in 1956, but residents voted on Sept. 25, 1956 to form the town of Southlake. Anthony Gail Eubanks was elected the first mayor, and his daughter chose the name Southlake due to its proximity to the newly completed Grapevine Lake. The area remained rural until the completion of the DFW International Airport in the 1970s. Due to the close proximity to the airport, Southlake became a boomburb throughout the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s.

Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 22.5 square miles (58 km²), of which 21.9 square miles (57 km²) is land and 0.6 square miles (1.6 km²) (2.45%) is water.

Economy Sabre Holdings, an S&P 500 company, is headquartered in Southlake in the Solana business park. Industrial businesses include gasoline storage and distribution and concrete works on the east side of town off Highway 114 near DFW Airport.

Southlake is well known for its Southlake Town Square project, a shopping centre located on State Highway 114 and Southlake Boulevard. A plan was approved in March 2005 that allowed the Town Square's area to be doubled. The new additions to Town Square were completed in the summer of 2006, making it one of the most popular shopping centres in the Metroplex.

Economy: Top employers According to Southlake's 2020 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top employers in the city include: 1 Sabre Holdings; 2 TD Ameritrade; 3 Carroll ISD; 4 Gateway Church; 5 Keller Williams; 6 Verizon Wireless; 7 Central Market; 8 City of Southlake; 9 Apple.

Government Incorporated in 1956, the City of Southlake's home rule charter was approved by voters on April 4, 1987, operating under a Council-Manager form of government. Services provided by the City under general governmental functions include public events, public safety, planning and development, engineering, street maintenance, parks operation and maintenance, recreation, library services, and general administrative services. According to the city's 2013–2014 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the city's various funds had $104.2 million in revenues, $79.6 million in expenditures, $678.6 million in total assets, $182.1 million in total liabilities, and $108.8 million in cash and investments.

Education The vast majority of Southlake is in the Carroll Independent School District. This school district contains the following schools: Elementary: • Carroll Elementary School • Old Union Elementary School • Rockenbaugh Elementary School • Walnut Grove Elementary School • Johnson Elementary School; Intermediate: • Eubanks Intermediate School • Durham Intermediate School; Middle: • Dawson Middle School • Carroll Middle School; High schools: • Carroll High School (grades 9–10) • Carroll Sr. High School (grades 11–12); All Carroll ISD schools share the logo and mascot of the dragon. The school district is currently ranked by the Texas Education Agency as the largest all exemplary school district in the state.

The Denton County portions of the city are in the Northwest Independent School District, while the extreme western portions are in the Keller Independent School District, and extreme eastern portions are in the Grapevine-Colleyville Independent School District. As of the 2013–2014 school year, any residents of the city of Southlake that lives outside of the Carroll ISD boundaries are allowed to attend a Carroll ISD school, if they apply through the school district. All of the district's schools are listed as "Exemplary" by Texas Education Association standards.

Sections in GCISD are zoned to: Cannon Elementary School, Grapevine Middle School, and Grapevine High School.

A number of private schools are also located in Southlake, among them: • The Clariden School (Pre-K–12th grades Project-Based Learning) • Fusion Academy Southlake (Middle and High School national chain) • Southlake Montessori (Elementary) • The King's University.

Transport There is no bus or other public transport within city limits. The nearest train station is Grapevine-Main Street station at around 4 mi (6.4 km) distance from the town center.

Transport: Air • Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport.

Transport: Road • Texas 26 • Texas 114 • FM 1709 • FM 1938.