Editing Collinsville, Texas

{{short description|Town in Grayson County, Texas, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2024}}
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| official_name      = Collinsville, Texas
| settlement_type    = [[Town]]
| image_skyline      = Collinsviledowntown.jpg
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| image_caption      = Downtown Collinsville (2016)
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| map_caption        = Location of Collinsville, Texas
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| subdivision_name   = United States
| subdivision_type1  = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_name1  = [[Texas]]
| subdivision_type2  = [[List of counties in Texas|County]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Grayson County, Texas|Grayson]]
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| area_total_km2     = 2.53
| area_land_km2      = 2.53
| area_water_km2     = 0.00
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| timezone           = [[North American Central Time Zone|Central (CST)]]
| utc_offset         = -6
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| utc_offset_DST     = -5
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| elevation_ft       = 738
| coordinates        = {{coord|33|33|34|N|96|54|26|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code_type   = [[ZIP code]]
| postal_code        = 76233
| area_code          = [[Area codes 903 and 430|903, 430]]
| blank_name         = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info         = 48-16036<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |accessdate=January 31, 2008 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref>
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| website            = {{URL|www.collinsvilletexas.org}}
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'''Collinsville''' is a town in [[Grayson County, Texas]], United States. Its population was 1,866 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], up from 1,624 at the [[2010 United States census|2010 census]].<ref name="Census 2010">{{Cite web| url=http://factfinder2.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US4816036| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Collinsville town, Texas| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| work=American Factfinder| accessdate=March 22, 2017}}{{dead link|bot=medic|date=April 2020}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> It is part of the [[Sherman–Denison metropolitan area|Sherman–Denison metropolitan statistical area]]. Collinsville is located on [[U.S. Route 377 in Texas|U.S. Route 377]], south of [[Whitesboro, Texas|Whitesboro]].

==History==

In 1904, Collinsville Academy was built. The school had two stories and six rooms, and could accommodate about 400 students. The school was rebuilt in 1941 with the intention being to help the citizens of Collinsville retain jobs during the [[Great Depression in the United States|Depression]], according to the older citizens of the community. A 20-room school was built to replace it, and continues to be used as an elementary school. A high school and junior high were built in 1995.<ref>{{cite web | last = Minor | first = David | title = Collinsville, TX | publisher = Handbook of Texas Online | url = https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hlc41 | accessdate = August 20, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last = Maxwell | first = Lisa C. | title = Toadsuck, TX | publisher = Handbook of Texas Online | url = https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hvt74 | accessdate = August 20, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = About Collinsville | publisher = Collinsville Independent School District | url = http://www.collinsvilleisd.org/about/about.htm | access-date = August 20, 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130609164038/http://www.collinsvilleisd.org/about/about.htm | archive-date = June 9, 2013 | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>The Collinsville School Didn't Burn. 2016. in person.</ref>

==Geography==

Collinsville is located in southwestern Grayson County. US 377 passes through the west side of the town, leading north {{convert|7|mi|0}} to Whitesboro and south {{convert|12|mi}} to [[Pilot Point, Texas|Pilot Point]]. [[Sherman, Texas|Sherman]], the Grayson County seat, is {{convert|22|mi}} to the northeast.

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], Collinsville has a total area of {{convert|2.4|km2|order=flip}}, all  land.<ref name="Census 2010"/>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population| align = left
| 1890 = 332
| 1900 = 666
| 1910 = 791
| 1920 = 837
| 1930 = 670
| 1940 = 653
| 1950 = 561
| 1960 = 560
| 1970 = 768
| 1980 = 860
| 1990 = 1033
| 2000 = 1235
| 2010 = 1624
| 2020 = 1866
| footnote = U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}

{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Collinsville racial composition as of 2020'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US4816036&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2 |access-date=May 22, 2022 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref><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=May 18, 2022}}</ref>}}
!Race
!Number
!Percentage
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] (NH)
|1,470
|78.78%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] (NH)
|16
|0.86%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] (NH)
|11
|0.59%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] (NH)
|2
|0.11%
|-
|Some Other Race (NH)
|2
|0.11%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed/Multi-Racial]] (NH)
|88
|4.72%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]]
|277
|14.84%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''1,866'''
|
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 1,866 people, 661 households, and 479 families residing in the town.
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==Education==
The town is served by the [[Collinsville Independent School District]] and is home to the [[Collinsville High School (Texas)|Collinsville High School]] Pirates.

==Notable people==
* [[Bill Denton]], gymnast who won silver at the [[1932 Summer Olympic Games|1932 Olympics]]
* [[William H. Murray|William H. "Alfalfa Bill" Murray]], ninth [[List of governors of Oklahoma|governor of Oklahoma]]

==See also==
{{portal|Texas}}
* [[List of municipalities in Texas]]

==Notes==
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==References==
{{reflist|22em}}

==External links==
{{commons category|Collinsville, Texas}}
* {{official|http://www.collinsvilletexas.org}}
* [http://www.collinsvilletxchamber.org/ Collinsville Chamber of Commerce]


{{Grayson County, Texas}}

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[[Category:Towns in Grayson County, Texas]]
[[Category:Towns in Texas]]