Location: Carrollton is a city in Denton County, Dallas County and Collin County. According to the 2005, census estimates the city’s total population to be 122,699. The City of Carrollton is located in the heart of the Dallas-Fort Worth area and is a vibrant corporate and residential community. Carrollton’s location and business cost advantages attract and support a diverse local economy. Over 5,000 businesses call Carrollton home. Manufacturing, construction trades and wholesale trades are some of the largest economic sectors as well as finance, insurance and real estate.
Residents are drawn to the City for its high quality of life, abundant parks, schools and safe neighborhoods. In 2008, MONEY Magazine ranked Carrollton 15th in the country as the Best Place to Live and Forbes Magazine recently ranked Carrollton #12 for “America’s Best Places to Move.”
Carrollton is comprised of 37 square miles and the population is just over 122,000 people. The city boasts over 1900 acres of park land. Carrollton is bound by a sense of community. It is a big city that feels like a small town, a place where neighbors know and care about each other, where family, community and church still come first and where people continue to look out for each other.
History: The English colony, a group of families in the northeastern area of settlement which crossed into Denton County, was home to large landowners including the Furneaux, Jackson, Morgan, and Rowe families. It is most likely that Carrollton was named for Carrollton, Illinois, the original home of many of these settlers.
Life Style: With more than 1,230 acres of developed park land, Carrollton’s park land per capita is one of the highest in the Metroplex. The City of Carrollton’s parks and recreation facilities include two recreation centers, two swimming facilities, a senior center, homestead museum, tennis center, and an amphitheater. The city features several great golf courses, which include, Indian Creek golf course
Schools: The Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District has taken steps to become increasingly efficient at integrating technology in the classroom. C-FB ISD has joined forces with Atomic Learning, a nationally respected provider of web-based software training.
The service will be implemented in three areas: staff development, as a curriculum supplement, and as a resource for parents of school-age children. That means educators, students, and their families can access Atomic Learning from school or home, all day, everyday