CHAPTER 9: THE CHANGING SOUTH

Texas is a southern state and Texans are incredibly proud to be Southern. The Southlake culture is one of family, friends, close neighbors, football and religion. Some could even argue that football is their religion at times.
Southlake is home to 17 churches. The biggest and most popular one being Gateway Church. Gateway Church has been open for only six years and has over 20,000 people attending service their every weekend.

The heart of Southlake really is its high school football team The Carroll Dragons. The Carroll Dragons have won 36 state titles since 1975. These titles include: football, wrestling, golf, cross country, swimming, baseball, soccer, basketball, marching band, one-act play, academic champion, robotics, accounting and computer science. Carroll won the Lone Star Cup in the 2000-2001 and 2001-2002 school years as a 4A school and in 2003-2004 school year as a 5A school. The Dragons are recognized nation-wide because of its very successful football program, winning seven state championships, including four of the last five state titles in Class 5A (the class featuring the state's largest high schools). Several games have been televised nationally by Fox Sports Net.
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CHAPTER: 8: APPALACHIA AND THE OZARKS

The Appalachian and Ozark mountains are extensive mountain ranges located in the U.S. The topography of the mountains and Southlake, couldn't be more different. Southlake is extremely flat and prairie like.

However, something the Appalachian and Ozark mountains do have in common with Southlake, it their natural resources. All three places are plentiful in coal and oil.

The term Appalachia usually connotes isolation and poverty. Southlake is an increasingly wealthy community, where its residents take great care of there land and resources.

CHAPTER SEVEN: THE BYPASSED EAST

The Bypassed East of is made up of the Atlantic Provinces of Canada, northern New England and the Adirondacks of New York. This area is extremely close to Megalopolis and the Manufacturing Core,yet it is very different. It is extremely mountainous and has a seldom hot, often cold, and usually damp climate. It is not a pleasant place to live or work as substantial mineral deposits are limited and the local market is very small.


Like the Bypassed East, Southlake has large areas that are empty. But unlike the Bypassed East, these areas are not mountainous and rocky.


Unlike the Bypassed East, Southlake is a beautiful place to live and work and filled with opportunities.

CHAPTER 5: THE NORTH AMERICAN MANUFACTURING CORE

The closest thing to manufacturing in Texas is that it is the location of Sabre Holdings headquarters, an S&P 500 company and owner of Travelocity. Industrial businesses include gasoline storage and distribution and concrete works on the east side of town near the DFW Airport border.

CHAPTER 4: MEGALOPOLIS

A megalopolis is an extensive metropolitan area or a long chain of continuous metropolitan areas. Southlake is definitely not a megalopolis. It has more of a small town feel as opposed to an urban one. It is nowhere near an ocean, 10 hours to be exact and not a major production center.


Southlake's population is rapidly growing, however, I do not foresee it ever becoming a megalopolis.

Population in July 2009: 27,282. Population change since 2000: +26.8%

Males: 13,682 (50.2%)

Females: 13,600(49.8%)

Read more: http://www.city-data.com/city/Southlake-Texas.html#ixzz12PrX54jB

CHAPTER 3: HUMAN ACTIVITY

Southlake was settled by pioneers in the 1840's, but not proclaimed a city until 1956. The area remained rural until the completion of the DFW International Airport in the 1970's.

As of 2010, Southlake's population is nearing 30,000 people. The population was 21,519 at the time of 2000 census. At that time the ethnic makeup of the city was 94.54% White, 1.39% African American, 0.25% Native American, 1.79% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.81% from other ethnic groups, and 1.20% from two or more ethnic groups. Hispanic or Latino of any ethnic group were 3.67% of the population.

There were 6,414 households out of which 60.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 88.0% were married couples living together, 3.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 7.1% were non-families. 5.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 1.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.35 and the average family size was 3.48. The median price asked for a home is $437,800. 3,997 of the 6,602 occupied houses have nine or more rooms. 4,660 of the occupied houses have four or more bedrooms. 3,342 of the 6,602 occupied houses have two cars. 2,348 of these houses have three or more cars. 3,790 of these houses cost more than $300,000.

CHAPTER 2: THE PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT

Southlake is located at 32°56′48″N 97°8′43″W. Twenty one point nine square miles of its total area is composed of land and 0.6 square miles of it is water. Southlake sits at an elevation of 640 feet.



The climate for Southlake is moderate. Winters tend to be mild with few periods of extreme cold. In winter the average high is 53 degrees F. and the average low is 30 degrees F. Summers ranges from 94 to 72 degrees F.


The city of Southlake is comprised of over 900 total park acres and 6 miles of flat, park trails.