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- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Collin County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of 2000, the population was 491,675 although a 2006 estimate puts the population at 698,851. Its county seat is McKinney6. This county is part of the Dallas Fort Worth Metroplex and lies just north of Dallas County.
The primary cities in this fast growing county are McKinney, Plano, Allen, Frisco, Richardson, Wylie, and a small part of Dallas. Collin County, and its county seat of McKinney, are named after Collin McKinney, one of the five men who drafted the Texas Declaration of Independence and the oldest of the 59 men who signed it.
Timeline
| Date | Event | Source
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| 1846 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1846 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1846 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1846 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1846 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1850 | First census | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1850 | No significant boundary changes after this year | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1903 | Birth records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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Population History
- source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
| Census Year | Population
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| 1850 | 1,950
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| 1860 | 9,264
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| 1870 | 14,013
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| 1880 | 25,983
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| 1890 | 36,736
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| 1900 | 50,087
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| 1910 | 49,021
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| 1920 | 49,609
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| 1930 | 46,180
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| 1940 | 47,190
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| 1950 | 41,692
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| 1960 | 41,247
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| 1970 | 66,920
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| 1980 | 144,576
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| 1990 | 264,036
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