Editing Anna, Texas

{{short description|City in Texas, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}
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| subdivision_name2  = [[Collin County, Texas|Collin]]
<!-- Government -->| government_footnotes = 
| government_type    = [[Council-Manager]]
| leader_title       = [[Mayor]]
| leader_name        = Pete Cain<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.annatexas.gov/1354/Pete-Cain#:~:text=About%20Mayor%20Pete%20Cain&text=He%20served%20as%20a%20Trustee,for%20the%20City%20of%20Anna.|title=Pete Cain, Anna TX-Official Website|access-date=January 29, 2025}}</ref>
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| area_total_km2     = 42.82
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| elevation_ft       = 699
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| postal_code        = 75409
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'''Anna''' is a city in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Texas]]. Located in [[Collin County, Texas|Collin County]], its population was 16,896 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 U.S. census]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=2020 Race and Population Totals|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=Anna%20city,%20Texas%20population&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P1|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-06|website=United States Census Bureau|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211106191045/https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=Anna%20city,%20Texas%20population&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P1 |archive-date=2021-11-06 }}</ref>

==History==
Following the [[American Civil War]], the [[Houston and Texas Central Railway]] resumed laying track north from Corsicana and passed through the area in 1872. By the time Anna was platted in 1883, it had a population of 20, two stores, a steam gristmill, and a Baptist church. A post office also opened in that year. In 1885, the [[Houston and Texas Central Railway|railroad]] built a depot.

By 1890 the town had a population of nearly 200. Anna was incorporated in 1913, with John L. Greer as first mayor.

Local historian Chester A. Howell (1921-2019)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/heralddemocrat/name/chester-howell-obituary?id=8898229 | title=Chester Howell Obituary (1921 - 2019) - Anna, TX - the Herald Democrat | website=[[Legacy.com]] }}</ref> compiled a brief history of Anna for inclusion in a book, ''A Town Named Anna'',<ref>[https://www.annatexas.gov/DocumentCenter/View/95/A-Town-Named-Anna?bidId= ''A Town Named Anna'']</ref> that was given to those who attended the Anna school homecoming on October 19, 1985. A one-page list of [[errata]] to correct some minor errors was added in 1989. In 2018, the Anna Area Historical Preservation Society published, ''"The Spark That Ignited The Town Of Anna"'' ({{ISBN|9781799137610}}), a collection of stories and pictures of early Anna, Texas.

The [[Houston and Texas Central Railway]] extended its track in a north–south route several miles east of Mantua in 1872. Mantua soon declined in favor of the new railroad towns of [[Van Alstyne, Texas|Van Alstyne]] ([[Grayson County, Texas|Grayson County]]) and Anna which developed here in early 1880s.

===Namesake===
The town was named in honor of Miss Anna Quinlan, daughter of George A. Quinlan, superintendent of the Houston and Texas Central Railroad.<ref>''"The Spark That Ignited The Town Of Anna" by: Anna Area Historical Preservation Society'' ({{ISBN|9781799137610}})</ref>

===First Christian Church of Anna===
[[File:First Christian Church of Anna.png|thumb|First Christian Church of Anna (née, Liberty Christian Church), one of the earliest [[Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)|Christian Churches]] in Texas, was founded by pioneer settlers Collin McKinney and J.B. Wilmeth in 1846.]]

Liberty Christian Church, one of the earliest [[Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)]] churches in Texas, was founded in northern Collin County by pioneer settlers Collin McKinney and J. B. Wilmeth in 1846. In 1854, a Christian seminary was established by members of the Liberty congregation about two miles northwest of Anna in the (then) newly established community of Mantua.

According to local tradition Mantua's Christian congregation split between the two new communities. Former Mantua church members and early Anna resident Rebecca Sherley helped organize the First Christian Church of Anna in 1882. The Rev. Alf Douglas served as first Pastor. Services were held in the Sherley home until it burned in 1886. About 1890 the sanctuary was built here at the site of the former Sherley home. Major additions to the rear of the sanctuary were completed in 1949.

===A. Sherley and Brother Hardware Store===
[[File:A. Sherley and Brothers Hardware Store.png|thumb|left|A. Sherley and Brother Hardware Store]]

Lewis and Pauline Sherley moved to north Texas from Kentucky about 1853. Their grandsons, brothers Andrew and William Sherley, opened a hardware store in 1894. William Sherley died in 1894 and, his son, Fred bought out his father's share of the store. It remained in the family after the store closed in 1979. Over time they were undertakers as well as purveyors of furniture, farming implements and machinery, wagons, cotton, grain and groceries. Wagon-weighing scales in front of the building were removed when the road was widened. The structure is a fine example of an early Texas commercial building, retaining the original canopy and painted signs. Minimal Victorian-era detailing includes corbelled brickwork in the parapet and paneled kickplates on storefront display windows.

===Tornado===
On May 9, 2006, a storm producing two tornadoes swept across Anna, with the first tornado (F0) passing {{convert|2.5|mi}} east of the high school, barely missing the incorporated city limits. The second tornado (F3) touched down in neighboring [[Westminster, Texas|Westminster]] and [[Whitewright, Texas|Whitewright]], destroying many homes and killing three. During the disaster, several volunteers from Collin County Amateur Radio Services worked with the National Weather Service in a [[Skywarn]] net. The Anna police and fire departments along with the American Red Cross opened Anna High School up as a shelter to the "walking wounded" and anyone who needed a place to stay due to the road blockages and damage in that area. The tornadoes could be seen from Anna, [[Van Alstyne, Texas|Van Alstyne]], and [[Melissa, Texas|Melissa]], and power was knocked out to several homes in the area.

==Geography==
Anna is located in northern Collin County at {{coord|33.350308|-96.550762|type:city_region:US|format=dms|display=inline}}.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> [[U.S. Route 75 in Texas|U.S. Route 75]] freeway passes through the west side of the city and leads {{convert|45|mi}} southwest to the center of [[Dallas]] and {{convert|32|mi}} north to [[Denison, Texas|Denison]].

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city of Anna has a total area of {{convert|36.6|sqkm|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|36.4|sqkm|order=flip}} is land and {{convert|0.2|sqkm|order=flip|1}}, or 0.46%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4803300| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001): Anna city, Texas| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| access-date=July 30, 2015| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213083959/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4803300| archive-date=February 13, 2020| url-status=dead}}</ref> According to the City of Anna website, the city has a total area of approximately {{convert|15|sqmi}} in its city limits and approximately {{convert|60|sqmi}} in its planning area.<ref>[http://www.annatexas.gov City of Anna official website]</ref>

=== Climate ===
The climate in this area is characterized by relatively high temperatures and evenly distributed precipitation throughout the year.  The [[Köppen climate classification]] system describes the weather as [[Humid subtropical climate|humid subtropical]], ''Cfa''.
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| location = Anna, Texas
|collapsed = yes
| Oct low F = 52
| Nov low F = 42
| Dec low F = 31
| year low F = 51
| Jan precipitation inch = 2.2
| Feb precipitation inch = 2.8
| Mar precipitation inch = 3.3
| Apr precipitation inch = 3.2
| May precipitation inch = 5.7
| Jun precipitation inch = 4.6
| Aug low F = 69
| Jul precipitation inch = 2.5
| Aug precipitation inch = 2
| Sep precipitation inch = 3.9
| Oct precipitation inch = 4.7
| Nov precipitation inch = 3.4
| Dec precipitation inch = 3
| year precipitation inch = 41.2
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| Sep low F = 64
| Jul low F = 69
| single line = Yes
| Aug high F = 96
| metric first = Yes
| Jan high F = 55
| Feb high F = 58
| Mar high F = 68
| Apr high F = 78
| May high F = 84
| Jun high F = 96
| Jul high F = 96
| Sep high F = 88
| Jun low F = 68
| Oct high F = 79
| Nov high F = 66
| Dec high F = 53
| year high F = 76
| Jan low F = 32
| Feb low F = 33
| Mar low F = 43
| Apr low F = 50
| May low F = 60
| date = September  2013
}}

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
| 1920 = 538
| 1930 = 467
| 1940 = 509
| 1950 = 525
| 1960 = 639
| 1970 = 736
| 1980 = 855
| 1990 = 904
| 2000 = 1225
| 2010 = 8249
| estyear = 2023
| estimate = 27501
| estref = 
| align-fn = center
| footnote = U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|author=United States Census Bureau|access-date=February 24, 2014|author-link=United States Census Bureau }}</ref><br />2012 Estimate<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2012/SUB-EST2012-3.html|title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012|access-date=February 24, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019235623/http://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2012/SUB-EST2012-3.html|archive-date=October 19, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| 2020 = 16896
}}

<ref>{{Cite web |publisher=United States Census Bureau|title=City and Town Population Totals: 2020-2023 |url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-total-cities-and-towns.html |access-date=2024-11-15 |website=Census.gov |language=en}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''Anna, Texas - Racial and ethnic composition'''<br /> (NH = Non-Hispanic){{efn|Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race.<ref>{{cite web |title=About the Hispanic Population and its Origin |url=https://www.census.gov/topics/population/hispanic-origin/about.html |website=www.census.gov |access-date=18 May 2022}}</ref>}}
!Race
!Pop 2010<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=anna%20city,%20texas%20p2%202010&g=160XX00US4803300 |access-date=2025-01-26 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!{{partial|Pop 2020}}<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US4803300&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2 |access-date=2022-05-22 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] (NH)
|5,588
|style='background: #ffffe6; |9,452
|67.74%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |55.94%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] (NH)
|602
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2,080
|7.30%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |12.31%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] (NH)
|72
|style='background: #ffffe6; |89
|0.87%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.53%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] (NH)
|68
|style='background: #ffffe6; |353
|0.82%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2.09%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] (NH)
|4
|style='background: #ffffe6; |18
|0.05%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.11%
|-
|Some Other Race (NH)
|6
|style='background: #ffffe6; |95
|0.07%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.56%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed/Multi-Racial]] (NH)
|184
|style='background: #ffffe6; |879
|2.23%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |5.2%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]]
|1,725
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3,930
|20.92%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |23.26%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''8,249'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''16,896'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 16,896 people, 4,450 households, and 3,792 families residing in the city.<ref name=":1" />

== Economy ==
According to the city's 2023 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report, the top 10 employers in the city are:<ref>{{Cite web |title=2023 Anna Comprehensive Financial Report |url=https://www.annatexas.gov/DocumentCenter/View/8652/2023-Annual-Comprehensive-Financial-Report?bidId= |access-date=January 25, 2025}}</ref>
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! style="background: #09244c; color:#fff;" |#
! style="background: #09244c; color:#fff;" |Employer
! style="background: #09244c; color:#fff;" |# of Employees
|-
|1
|[[Anna Independent School District]]
|847
|-
|2
|[[Walmart]]
|450
|-
|3
|City of Anna
|185
|-
|4
|Pate Rehab
|170
|-
|5
|[[Brookshire's Food & Pharmacy|Brookshire's]]
|100
|-
|6
|Loves Travel Stop
|56
|-
|7
|Hurricane Creek County Club
|52
|-
|8
|[[McDonald's|McDonalds]]
|50
|-
|9
|Bronco Manufacturing
|35
|-
|10
|Tri-County Vet
|11
|}

==Education==
The vast majority of the area is in the [[Anna Independent School District]].<!--UNI 08340--> A small section extends into the [[Blue Ridge Independent School District]]<!--UNI 10590-->.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st48_tx/schooldistrict_maps/c48085_collin/DC20SD_C48085.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st48_tx/schooldistrict_maps/c48085_collin/DC20SD_C48085.pdf |archive-date=October 9, 2022 |url-status=live|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Collin County, TX|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=2024-11-29}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st48_tx/schooldistrict_maps/c48085_collin/DC20SD_C48085_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref>

[[Anna High School (Texas)|Anna High School]] is the comprehensive high school of the Anna district.

[[Collin College]] covers all of Collin County in its service area.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.130.htm|title=EDUCATION CODE CHAPTER 130. JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICTS|website=statutes.capitol.texas.gov}}</ref>

== Notable people ==

* [[Ralph Fults]] (1911–1993), outlaw and associate of the Barrow gang
* [[Curley Johnson]] (1935-2016), American football player
* [[Kewpie Morgan]] (1892–1956), American silent film comedian
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==Notes==
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==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.annatexas.gov City of Anna official website]
* {{Handbook of Texas|id=hla18|name=Anna, TX}}

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