Editing Glenn Heights, Texas (section)

==History==
Development of the community dates back to the late 1960s. [[Moe Craddock|N.L. 'Moe' Craddock]], a [[Dallas]] [[Dallas#Fire protection|firefighter]], opened a {{convert|30|acre|m2|adj=on}} [[mobile home park]] in the area. He helped push for the incorporation of Glenn Heights to prevent his business from being annexed by the city of [[DeSoto, Texas|DeSoto]].<ref name="Craddock">{{cite web | url = http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/obituaries/stories/DN-craddockob_19met.ART.State.Edition1.45ffc9f.html | title = N.L. 'Moe' Craddock: Firefighter whose business led to formation of Glenn Heights | publisher = Joe Simnacker, [[The Dallas Morning News]] | date = 2008-03-19 | access-date = 2009-05-08}}</ref> The town was officially incorporated on September 16, 1969.<ref name="Texas Handbook">{{cite web | url = https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hfg09 | title = Glenn Heights, Texas | publisher = [[The Handbook of Texas]] online | access-date = 2009-05-08 | archive-date = February 17, 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200217193022/https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hfg09 | url-status = live }}</ref> Mr. Craddock remained active in Glenn Heights politics, serving on the city council during the 1970s and 1980s. He was appointed mayor in 1985 and was elected to that office in 1988, 1990, and 1992.<ref name="Craddock"/>

There were 257 residents living in Glenn Heights at the [[1970 United States census|1970 census]]. That figure rose to 1,033 in 1980 and more than doubled for a second consecutive decade to 4,564 by 1990.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.nctcog.org/ris/demographics/population/City2009.txt | title = 2009 Population Estimates by City | format = [[Text file|TXT]] | publisher = [[North Central Texas Council of Governments]] online | date = 2009-04-23 | access-date = 2009-05-08 | archive-date = November 8, 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20091108121822/http://www.nctcog.org/ris/demographics/population/City2009.txt | url-status = live }}</ref>  Lying in the path of [[suburban sprawl]], Glenn Heights' population had surpassed 7,000 by 2000. Despite its rapid rate of growth, more than 50 percent of city land remains undeveloped.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/classifieds/news/homecenter/neighborhoods/stories/041208dnlivglenn.3717159.html | title = Glenn Heights is a smaller town with big-city amenities | publisher = Deborah Fleck, [[The Dallas Morning News]] | date = 2008-04-11 | access-date = 2009-05-08 | archive-date = December 3, 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20091203020544/http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/classifieds/news/homecenter/neighborhoods/stories/041208dnlivglenn.3717159.html | url-status = live }}</ref>