Keller, Texas
Keller, Texas | ||
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City | ||
FIPS code 48-38632[3] | | |
GNIS feature ID | 1338994[4] | |
Website | CityOfKeller.com |
Keller is a city in
In the early 1850s, settlers established Keller and the town became a stop on the Texas and Pacific Railway. The settlers settled around the wooded region in Keller because of Keller's proximity to the Trinity River water supply and abundant farmland. On November 16, 1955, Keller became incorporated.
Keller is mostly residential, featuring more than 300 acres (120 ha) of developed land for 11 park sites and more than 26 miles of hiking and biking trails.[5] The city prides itself as "Texas's Most Family Friendly City."[6]
History
Before establishment
Keller is in the western fringe of the Eastern Cross Timbers in northeast Tarrant County, part of the frontier of the Peters Colony settlers of the 1840s. In the mid-1840s, the area was first settled by a group of families from Missouri that homesteaded near the head-waters of Big Bear Creek. Mount Gilead Baptist Church was established on July 13, 1850. In 1859, the little log church was burned in an Indian raid. It served as the only schoolhouse in that part of the county until about 1910.[7]
Establishment of Keller
The
Modern Keller
New residential development is gradually filling in open spaces, with neighboring towns affording no opportunity to expand its boundaries. The 1980 Census calculated Keller's population at 4,555; today, nearly 45,000 residents call Keller home. City facilities include Keller Town Hall on Bear Creek Parkway, the Keller Public Library and Keller Senior Activities Center on Johnson Road, the Municipal Service Center on Bear Creek Pkwy. West, and the city's recreation and aquatic center known as The Keller Pointe on Rufe Snow Drive. The city also recently renovated and expanded its police facility, which houses the Regional Jail, Regional Animal Adoption Center and regional 911 dispatch center, NETCOM, serving the cities of Keller, Colleyville, Southlake and Westlake.
The Keller Independent School District serves portions of the cities of Colleyville, Fort Worth, Haltom City, Hurst, North Richland Hills, Southlake, Watauga, and Westlake, as well as the entire city of Keller. Its 51 square miles (130 km2) encompass the third-largest land area in Tarrant County. Enrollment in the school district has doubled during the past 10 years and is expected to do the same during the next decade, making it the ninth fastest-growing school district in Texas.[citation needed] The U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey listed Keller as one of the "Nation's Richest Cities" with a population over 20,000 in 2021, ranked number 45 with median household income of $141,364. Neighboring Southlake was ranked number 1.[10]
Geography
Keller is located at 32°55′39″N 97°14′10″W / 32.92750°N 97.23611°W (32.927533, −97.235995).[11] According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 18.4 square miles (47.8 km2). Keller is east of Interstate 35W, south of Highway 114 and Alliance Gate Freeway.
Surrounding cities
Here is the list of cities surrounding The City of Keller, whom which are located in either Denton or Tarrant County.[12]
Fort Worth, Southlake, Roanoke
Climate
The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters. According to the
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °F (°C) | 86 (30) |
90 (32) |
95 (35) |
100 (38) |
102 (39) |
108 (42) |
109 (43) |
112 (44) |
112 (44) |
99 (37) |
89 (32) |
90 (32) |
112 (44) |
Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 56.5 (13.6) |
60.3 (15.7) |
68.0 (20.0) |
75.8 (24.3) |
83.1 (28.4) |
90.4 (32.4) |
94.5 (34.7) |
94.8 (34.9) |
87.5 (30.8) |
77.6 (25.3) |
66.5 (19.2) |
57.1 (13.9) |
76.0 (24.4) |
Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 35.4 (1.9) |
39.3 (4.1) |
46.2 (7.9) |
54.4 (12.4) |
63.6 (17.6) |
70.9 (21.6) |
74.7 (23.7) |
74.9 (23.8) |
67.1 (19.5) |
56.3 (13.5) |
45.7 (7.6) |
36.6 (2.6) |
55.4 (13.0) |
Average precipitation inches (mm) | 2.12 (54) |
2.09 (53) |
3.09 (78) |
3.60 (91) |
3.96 (101) |
4.12 (105) |
2.28 (58) |
2.33 (59) |
2.71 (69) |
3.33 (85) |
2.05 (52) |
1.93 (49) |
33.61 (854) |
Average snowfall inches (cm) | 0.3 (0.76) |
0.3 (0.76) |
0.3 (0.76) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.1 (0.25) |
1.4 (3.6) |
2.4 (6.13) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in) | 6 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 77 |
Average snowy days (≥ 0.1 in) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
Source: National Weather Service Forecast Office, Fort Worth TX |
Demographics
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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1960 | 827 | — | |
1970 | 1,474 | 78.2% | |
1980 | 4,156 | 182.0% | |
1990 | 13,683 | 229.2% | |
2000 | 27,345 | 99.8% | |
2010 | 39,627 | 44.9% | |
2020 | 45,776 | 15.5% | |
U.S. Decennial Census[14] |
Race | Number | Percentage |
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White (NH)
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34,081 | 74.45% |
Black or African American (NH)
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1,378 | 3.01% |
Alaska Native (NH)
|
180 | 0.39% |
Asian (NH) | 3,157 | 6.9% |
Pacific Islander (NH) | 26 | 0.06% |
Some Other Race (NH) | 182 | 0.4% |
Mixed/Multi-Racial (NH) | 2,076 | 4.54% |
Hispanic or Latino | 4,696 | 10.26% |
Total | 45,776 |
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 45,776 people, 16,383 households, and 13,148 families residing in the city.
Government
City government
The City of Keller is a full-service city, providing police, fire and emergency services, parks and recreation, library, senior center, animal control, planning, building inspection, economic development, public works, street maintenance, water, wastewater, drainage, and solid waste disposal. Organized under the
The Keller Police Department serves the City of Keller and the Town of Westlake. The police department shares a
Keller Fire Rescue maintains three fire stations throughout the city. Firefighters and paramedics provide full-time services for Keller residents and, through mutual aid, neighboring cities. The fire department, like the police department, participates in a shared communications network with Southlake, Colleyville and Westlake. (Unlike the police department, Keller Fire-Rescue does not serve Westlake as they maintain their own fire department.)
The City of Keller is a voluntary member of the North Central Texas Council of Governments association. The member's purpose is to coordinate individual and collective local governments, assist regional solutions, eliminate unnecessary duplication, and enable joint decisions.
Politics
As a moderately wealthy suburb of Fort Worth, Keller has been and continues to be solidly Republican, on a state, local, and national level. However, like many of its surrounding cities, it shifted left between the 2016 and 2020 United States Presidential Election, though it did so by a smaller margin than many of the surrounding areas. The city remains politically uncompetetive, as of 2022.
During the 2021-2022 school year, the Keller Independent School District in Texas faced controversy over the inclusion of "Gender Queer," a controversial graphic novel, in its high school libraries. Some parents and community members raised objections to the book's depiction of gender identity and expression, leading to debates and protests. In response, the school board voted to remove the book from the curriculum.
The controversy also sparked discussions about censorship and academic freedom, and it led to a heightened interest in the school board elections that followed. Candidates with differing views on the issue ran for office, with those advocating for more parental involvement in curriculum decisions winning a majority of the seats.
State representation
Republican Representative Giovanni Capriglione of District 98 and Republican Senator Kelly Hancock of District 9 represents Keller citizens in the Texas House of Representatives and in the Texas State Senate.
Federal representation
Republican Senators John Cornyn and Ted Cruz represents Texas in the United States Senate. In the United States House of Representatives, Republican Representative Beth Van Duyne represents the 24th Congressional District of Texas.
Education
The Keller Independent School District has 39 campuses serving more than 34,000 students.[17] Students zoned to Keller ISD attend 23 different elementary schools, 12 different intermediate/middle schools, and 5 different high schools. Most of the schools within the district are located in northeast Fort Worth. This means Keller's school district is substantially larger than the city itself.[18]
Infrastructure
One source of Keller's
In September 2004,
Keller consistently scores as a very safe city, in United States cities by crime rate (40,000–60,000) in Federal Bureau of Investigation Uniform Crime Reports statistics.[20]
Notable people
- Taylor Ball, actor (Still Standing)
- Jeff Banister, manager of the Texas Rangers from 2015 to 2018
- Joel Bolomboy (born 1994), Ukrainian born professional basketball player for the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for Weber State University, where he was named Big Sky Conference Player of the Year in 2016
- Nolan Frese, football long snapper, Seattle Seahawks
- Garrett Hartley, football placekicker, New Orleans Saints
- Sheldon Neuse, professional baseball player
- Miss USA 1987
- Debby Ryan, actress (Jessie)
- Zack Sanchez (born 1993), Canadian football cornerback for the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He played college football at Oklahoma and previously played for the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League (NFL) as well as the San Antonio Commanders of the Alliance of American Football (AAF)
- Hank Thompson, country music entertainer
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- ^ "Keller Parks and Recreation". City of Keller. Retrieved September 26, 2016.
- ^ "About Us | City of Keller, TX". www.cityofkeller.com. Retrieved November 18, 2022.
- ^ "Tarrant County TXGenWeb - Mount Gilead Baptist Church and Cemetery".
- ^ "TSHA | Keller, TX". www.tshaonline.org.
- ^ "Local Spring Water | Dallas Fort Worth, Texas". Samantha Springs.
- ^ Sauter, Michael B. "America's Richest Cities". 24/7 Wall St. Retrieved November 9, 2022.
- ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". Census.gov. United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
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- ^ "Dallas, Texas Climate Dallas, Texas Temperatures Dallas, Texas Weather Averages". Dallas.climatemps.com. Retrieved October 28, 2022.
- ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
- ^ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved May 22, 2022.
- ^ "About the Hispanic Population and its Origin". www.census.gov. Retrieved May 18, 2022.
- ^ "District Identity". www.kellerisd.net. Archived from the original on June 11, 2010. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
- ^ "2014-15 KISD Campus Locator Map" (PDF). www.kellerisd.net. Kellerisd. July 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 23, 2016. Retrieved November 14, 2015.
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