Plano is a city in twenty miles northeast of downtown Dallas. The city’s population was 269,776 at the 2010 census, making it the ninth most populous city in the state of Texas.
The city is an affluent hub for many corporate headquarters, such as Alliance Data, Cinemark Theatres, Dell Services, Denbury Resources, Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Ericsson, Frito-Lay, HP Enterprise Services, Huawei, J. C. Penney, Pizza Hut, Rent-A-Center, Traxxas, Siemens PLM Software, and Toyota Motors USA.
European settlers came to the area in the early 1840s. Facilities such as a sawmill, a gristmill, and a store soon brought more people to the area. A mail service was established, and after rejecting several names for the nascent town residents suggested the name Plano (from the Spanish word for “flat”), as a reference to the local terrain. The name was accepted by the post office.
Plano is one of 12 suburbs of Dallas that opt into the Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) public transportation system. Plano was the first city in Collin County to adopt a master plan for its road system. The use of multi-lane, divided highways for all major roads allows for higher speed limits, generally 40 mph, but sometimes up to 55 mph on the northern section of Preston Road. Plano is served directly by several major roadways and freeways. Central Plano is bordered to the east by U.S. Highway 75, the west by Dallas North Tollway, the south by President George Bush Turnpike, and the north by Texas State Highway 121. Preston Road (Texas State Highway 289) is a major thoroughfare that runs through the city.
Notable people from Plano TX include Lance Armstrong (cyclist), Justin Blalock (NFL), James Buescher (NASCAR), Fred Couples (PGA), Michael Irvin (NFL), and Danny Worsnop (singer).
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