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==History== The first European settlement in the area that would become Copper Canyon took place in the 1840s. One of the more prominent settler families was that of Elisha and Mary Chinn, who came to Texas from their original home in [[North Carolina]] in 1852. They helped establish the first church in the area, a log-cabin chapel which eventually became known as the Chinn's Chapel [[Methodist]] Church. The church is still active on what is now known as Chinn Chapel Road. The town gradually grew with [[cattle]] [[ranching]] as the mainstay of the local economy. The [[railroad]] came to the area in 1881, and the first [[state school|public school]] was constructed in 1884. The town apparently took its name from "[[Agkistrodon contortrix|Copperhead]] Canyon," a part of the area formerly known for venomous snakes. Population, never large, generally stagnated or declined in the first half of the twentieth century. After [[World War II]] the area's rural charm slowly began to attract residents from the more crowded parts of the [[Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex|Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex]]. The town was formally incorporated in 1973. Although still rather sparsely populated, the town has grown as part of the general development of areas north of the [[Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport]]. Census Bureau figures tell the story: 465 (1980), 978 (1990), 1,216 (2000), 1,334 (2010). Traditional ranches are still found in the area, but Copper Canyon has become primarily a [[bedroom community]] with little commercial development.
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