Editing Hutchins, Texas (section)

==History==
The area was first inhabited by families around 1860 as a trading place for immigrants who settled along the west bank of the Trinity River and new arrivals who crossed the Trinity at Dowd's Ferry from the east.<ref name="TexasHandbook">{{cite web | url = https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hgh12 | title = Hutchins, Texas | publisher = [[The Handbook of Texas]] online | access-date = 2009-03-23}}</ref>

The town received its name from railroad developer William J. Hutchins, who was then president and general manager of the [[Houston and Texas Central Railroad]] (H&TC).<ref>{{cite web | url = https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fhu51 | title = William J. Hutchins | publisher = [[The Handbook of Texas]] online | access-date = 2009-03-23}}</ref> The railway was completed through Hutchins in 1872. That same year a post office opened in the community.<ref name="TexasHandbook"/> The population of Hutchins grew to around 250 residents in 1884 and topped 300 by 1890. That figure declined slightly to 204 in 1904, but had risen to 500 in 1926.<ref name="TexasHandbook"/>

Hutchins was officially incorporated in 1945.<ref name="About"/><ref name="TexasHandbook"/> In the first census conducted after incorporation in 1950, the population stood at 743. Despite the rapid growth of Dallas County and most of its suburban communities during the latter half of the 20th century, Hutchins has grown at a much slower pace and today is one of the smallest municipalities in the county. As of 2000, the city of Hutchins had 133 businesses and a population of 2,805. Many of the businesses in the city are industrial or manufacturing related. A number of its residents are employed in the city of Dallas.<ref name="TexasHandbook"/>