Page Contents for Richardson, Texas

Statistics & Facts

Location

History & History-related items

Government

Libraries.

Schools.

Miscellany

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Statistics & Facts

The Texas state capital is Austin.
The population of Richardson is approximately 99223 (2010).
The approximate number of families is 28,734 (1990), 38714 (2010).
The amount of land area in Richardson is 73.182 sq. kilometers.
The amount of surface water is 0.009 sq kilometers.
The distance from Richardson to Washington DC is 1219 miles.
The distance to the Texas state capital is 193 miles. (as the crow flies)
Richardson is positioned 32.97 degrees north of the equator and 96.70 degrees west of the prime meridian.

Location

in North Central Texas about 10 miles north of Dallas. Richardson is completely surrounded by incorporated cities. Other nearby cities to Richardson: Plano, Dallas, Murphy, Garland, Carrollton, Farmers Branch
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Weather

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History & History Related Items

A history page for Richardson.
Settlers began to arrive in this area around the mid 1800's. Richardson was chartered in 1873 and incorporated in 1925.
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The settling of Richardson

1840's

The founding of Richardson

1873

The incorporation of Richardson

1925

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Richardson City Government

City of Richardson
411 W. Arapaho
Richardson, TX 75080 Richardson Government page

Richardson Libraries

Richardson Public Library
2700 W. 15th Street
Plano TX 75075
Phone (972) 519-8100
Fax (972) 519-8096
General Information & Administration - (972) 238-4000
24 hour Information recording - (972) 238-4001

Richardson Schools

The students of Richardson attend either the Richardson Independent School District or the Plano Independent School District., depending on where they live in the city.

Richardson Independent School District
400 S. Greenville Avenue
Richardson, Texas 75081
Phone: (972) 301-3333
email - pio@mailhub.richardson.k12.tx.us

Plano Independent School District
2700 W. 15th Street
Plano TX 75075
Phone (972) 519-8100
Fax (972) 519-8096
email: askpisd@pisd.edu

Richardson

Miscellany

There are 27.4 square miles of land in the City of Richardson. 18.2 square miles of this figure are in Dallas County, the rest are in Collin County near the northern city limits.