Editing Lincoln Park, Texas

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'''Lincoln Park''' was a town in [[Denton County, Texas|Denton County]], [[Texas]], United States. The population was 308 at the 2010 census.<ref name="Census 2010">{{Cite web| url=https://www.census.gov| title=Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (DP-1): Lincoln Park town, Texas| publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]| accessdate=July 2, 2012}}</ref>

The history of Lincoln Park, through its dissolution, included a single [[trailer park]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Michels|first=Patrick|url=https://www.texasobserver.org/so-long-lincoln-park/|title=SO LONG, LINCOLN PARK|newspaper=[[Texas Observer]]|date=January 11, 2016|accessdate=October 3, 2022}}</ref>

== History ==
Lincoln Park is one of several towns that incorporated in Denton County in the early 1970s to sell alcohol in this otherwise [[dry county]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dentoncountyhistoryandculture.wordpress.com/2021/10/01/temperance-prohibition-and-moonshine-in-denton-county/|date=October 1, 2021|title=Temperance, Prohibition, and Moonshine in Denton County|access-date=August 7, 2023}}{{Self-published inline|date=August 2023|certain=yes}}</ref> Incorporated in 1971, Lincoln Park served the [[Denton, Texas|Denton]] to [[McKinney, Texas|McKinney]] corridor of [[U.S. Highway 380]], supplying both college students from Denton and travelers passing through with drinks. After both Denton and McKinney voted to allow alcoholic sales in their cities, Lincoln Park began to decline. Previously it consisted of the original mobile home park, a liquor store and a Trail Dust Steak House restaurant.

Due to the land being sold for redevelopment to  Centurion American Development, on March 29, 2015, the Trail Dust Steakhouse closed permanently and has been leveled.  Also on the same day residents of Lincoln Park were notified that the land was also sold for redevelopment with all residents having to leave or relocate their homes before the end of June.  The mobile home park has since been vacated.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://starlocalmedia.com/littleelmjournal/news/lincoln-park-residents-encouraged-to-call-cadg-by-april-15/article_64796002-e256-11e4-9974-2f27e653d744.html|title=Lincoln Park residents encouraged to call CADG by April 15|date=April 13, 2015|access-date=August 7, 2023}}</ref>

Little Elm struck a deal with an arm of Centurion American Development, a mega-developer that has built everything from high-rises to master-planned, vastly upscale residential enclaves.

In 2014, Centurion made a deal with Nathaniel Parker III, father of [[Tan Parker]] (Texas House of Representatives) to purchase the acreage in and around Lincoln Park, one of the state's fastest growing areas. Little Elm then annexed Lincoln Park in an acrimonious and legally disputed maneuver in April.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://watchdog.org/223660/developer-hands-cash-fbi-investigates-rural-texas-village/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170324084340/http://watchdog.org/223660/developer-hands-cash-fbi-investigates-rural-texas-village/|archive-date=March 24, 2017|title=FBI investigates 35 years of records in small Texas town|date=June 12, 2015 |access-date=August 7, 2023}}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|0.2|sqmi|km2}}, all  land.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
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|1980= 39
|1990= 287
|2000= 517
|2010= 308
|estyear=2019
|estimate=558
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2019CenPopScriptOnlyDirtyFixDoNotUse">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/tables.2019.html|date=May 24, 2020|title=Population and Housing Unit Estimates|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=May 27, 2020}}</ref>
|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>
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As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 517 people, 183 households, and 137 families residing in the town. The population density was {{convert|3,392.4|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 202 housing units at an average density of {{convert|1,325.5|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the town was 85.49% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.77% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 1.35% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.19% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 11.41% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.77% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 17.41% of the population.

There were 183 households, out of which 47.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.3% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 10.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.1% were non-families. 17.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 2.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.83 and the average family size was 3.19.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 29.8% under the age of 18, 15.5% from 18 to 24, 38.7% from 25 to 44, 13.3% from 45 to 64, and 2.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 27 years. For every 100 females, there were 97.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.4 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $40,000, and the median income for a family was $41,429. Males had a median income of $28,750 versus $23,281 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $13,801. About 12.3% of families and 21.3% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 29.0% of those under age 18 and 9.1% of those age 65 or over.

==Education==
The former Lincoln Park is served by the [[Denton Independent School District]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/dc10map/sch_dist/st48_tx/c48121_denton/DC10SD_C48121_001.pdf|title=SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP (2010 CENSUS): Denton County, TX|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|accessdate=October 3, 2022}}</ref>

The former Lincoln Park is zoned to<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/dc10map/GUBlock/st48_tx/place/p4842808_lincoln_park/DC10BLK_P4842808_001.pdf|title=2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Lincoln Park town, TX|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|accessdate=October 3, 2022}}</ref> Providence Elementary School,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dentonisd.org/site/handlers/filedownload.ashx?moduleinstanceid=139986&dataid=172069&FileName=providence-zone-map_2022.pdf|title=Providence Elementary School Attendance Zone|publisher=[[Denton Independent School District]]|accessdate=October 3, 2022}}</ref> Rodriguez Middle School,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dentonisd.org/site/handlers/filedownload.ashx?moduleinstanceid=139994&dataid=174604&FileName=rodriguez-zone_2021.pdf|title=Rodriguez Middle School Attendance Zone|publisher=[[Denton Independent School District]]|accessdate=October 3, 2022}}</ref> and [[Braswell High School]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dentonisd.org/site/handlers/filedownload.ashx?moduleinstanceid=139995&dataid=172103&FileName=braswell-attendancez_2021.pdf|title=Braswell High School Attendance Zone|publisher=[[Denton Independent School District]]|accessdate=October 3, 2022}}</ref>

When the trailer park existed, it was zoned to Providence Elementary,<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.dentonisd.org/51238713153554/lib/51238713153554/09-10_Elementary_School.pdf | title = 2009-2010 Elementary School Attendance Zones | publisher = [[Denton Independent School District]] | accessdate = May 10, 2010 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20090824005351/http://www.dentonisd.org/51238713153554/lib/51238713153554/09-10_Elementary_School.pdf | archivedate = August 24, 2009 }}</ref> Navo Middle School,<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.dentonisd.org/51238713153554/lib/51238713153554/09-10_Middle_Schools.pdf | title = 2009-2010 Middle School Attendance Zones | publisher = [[Denton Independent School District]] | accessdate = May 10, 2010 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20090824010244/http://www.dentonisd.org/51238713153554/lib/51238713153554/09-10_Middle_Schools.pdf | archivedate = August 24, 2009 }}</ref> and [[Billy Ryan High School|Ryan High School]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.dentonisd.org/51238713153554/lib/51238713153554/09-10_High_School.pdf | title = 2009-2010 High School Attendance Zones | publisher = [[Denton Independent School District]] | accessdate = May 10, 2010 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20100601092143/http://www.dentonisd.org/51238713153554/lib/51238713153554/09-10_High_School.pdf | archivedate = June 1, 2010 }}</ref>

==References==
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{{Denton County, Texas}}

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