Location: Lewisville offers a small community atmosphere while still providing all of the urban amenities. We offer attractive neighborhoods, abundant recreational, educational and cultural entertainment, great shopping, fine dining, and diverse businesses and industries. With strong population growth continuing into the new millennium, the U.S. Census Bureau gives a 2008 population estimate of 101,624. Lewisville is one of the oldest incorporated cities (incorporated in 1925) in the northern area of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, but it remained a small rural town with just a few thousand people as late as the early 1970s
Life Style: Lewisville is nestled between two beautiful lakes – the 30,000 acre Lewisville Lake and the 12,740 acre Lake Grapevine. Both lakes are major recreational lakes for Metroplex residents with each receiving six million-plus visitors annually. Lewisville Lake is also the source for its water supply. just minutes from the excitement of Dallas and Fort Worth; yet old-town charm is still next door when you visit the antique shops, specialty stores, and restaurants of Old Town Lewisville.
Factor in world-class shopping, fine dining and attractions, new luxurious hotels, glittering blue lakes, and easy airport access, and it’s no wonder word is spreading about Lewisville.
Amenities: Surrounded by 9,000 protected acres of nature, Lewisville Lake spans 29,000 acres and has 233 miles of shoreline. With an average depth of 25 feet, Lewisville Lake is large enough to host a multitude of activities such as fishing, water sports, boating, and miles of scenic hike & bike trails. Catch some of the biggest fish this side of Moby Dick (well, this is Texas after all), and discover why Lewisville Lake is the official “Urban Bass Fishing Capital of Texas.”
Lewisville Lake is a Corps of Engineers reservoir that is immensely popular for water sports and outdoor recreation in the Dallas Fort-Worth area. The City of Lewisville manages Lewisville Lake Park, a 622-acre park on the south shore of the lake, located less than a mile from I-35E. The park offers a variety of amenities such as picnic areas, RV and tent camping, pavilions, 24-hour fishing barges, swimming beaches, and athletic facilities. Marinas, boat and jet-ski rentals, launch ramps and angler’s supplies are also available on Lewisville Lake.
Fishing on Lewisville Lake includes large-mouth bass, crappie, catfish, white bass and spectacular hybrid white/striped bass. Swimming, water skiing, jet skiing, sailing, sail boarding, camping, biking and picnicking all are part of what makes Lewisville Lake a popular destination throughout the year.