Editing Van Alstyne, Texas

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
| official_name      = Van Alstyne,Texas
| settlement_type    = [[City]]
| nickname           = 
| motto              = "Proud Past, Bright Future"
| image_skyline      = Van Alstyne, Texas.jpg
| imagesize          = 
| image_caption      = <!-- Maps -->
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| mapsize            = 250px
| map_caption        = Location of Van Alstyne, Texas
| image_map1         = Grayson County VanAlstyne.svg
| mapsize1           = 250px
| map_caption1       = <!-- Location -->
| subdivision_type   = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name   = United States
| subdivision_type1  = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_name1  = [[Texas]]
| subdivision_type2  = [[List of counties in Texas|Counties]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Grayson County, Texas|Grayson]], [[Collin County, Texas|Collin]]
<!-- Government -->| government_footnotes = 
| government_type    = Council-manager
| leader_title       = Mayor
| leader_name        = Jim Atchison
| leader_title1      = City Manager
| leader_name1       = Lane Jones
| established_title  = 
| established_date   = <!-- Area -->
| unit_pref          = Imperial
| area_footnotes     = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2019">{{cite web|title=2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2019_Gazetteer/2019_gaz_place_48.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=August 7, 2020}}</ref>
| area_magnitude     = 
| area_total_km2     = 13.81
| area_land_km2      = 13.81
| area_water_km2     = 0.00
| area_total_sq_mi   = 5.33
| area_land_sq_mi    = 5.33
| area_water_sq_mi   = 0.00
| area_metro_km2     = 2536
| area_metro_sq_mi   = <!-- Population -->
| population_as_of   = [[2020 United States Census|2020]]
| population_footnotes = 
| population_total   = 4369
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_density_sq_mi = auto
| population_metro   = 120877
| population_density_metro_km2 = 
| population_density_metro_sq_mi = 130
| pop_est_as_of      = 2023
| pop_est_footnotes  = <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|access-date=May 27, 2020}}</ref>
| population_est     = 8500
<!-- General information -->| timezone           = [[North American Central Time Zone|Central (CST)]]
| utc_offset         = -6
| timezone_DST       = CDT
| utc_offset_DST     = -5
| elevation_footnotes = <ref name=gnis/>
| elevation_ft       = 781
| coordinates        = {{coord|33|25|17|N|96|35|00|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code_type   = [[ZIP code]]
| postal_code        = 75495
| area_code          = [[Area codes 903 and 430|903, 430]]
| blank_name         = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info         = 48-74924<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref>
| blank1_name        = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
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| website            = {{URL|www.cityofvanalstyne.us}}
| footnotes          = 
}}

'''Van Alstyne''' is a city in [[Grayson County, Texas|Grayson]] and [[Collin County, Texas|Collin]] Counties in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Texas]]. The population was 3,046 at the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]],<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4874924| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001): Van Alstyne city, Texas| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| access-date=August 3, 2015| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213082501/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4874924| archive-date=February 13, 2020| url-status=dead}}</ref> up from 2,502 at the 2000 census. The Grayson County portion of Van Alstyne is part of the [[Sherman, Texas|Sherman]]&ndash;[[Denison, Texas|Denison]] [[Sherman–Denison metropolitan area|Metropolitan Statistical Area]].

==History==
Van Alstyne was built in 1873, for settlers to be near the railroad stop of the [[Houston and Texas Central Railway]].<ref name="Van Alstyne, Texas">{{cite web| url=https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hjv02|title= Van Alstyne, Texas|publisher= Texas State Historical Association |access-date=July 27, 2012}}</ref> The town was named for Marie Van Alstyne, a shareholder in the railroad company.<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=67779|title= Profile for Van Alstyne, Texas, TX|publisher=ePodunk|access-date=July 27, 2012}}</ref>

The town was incorporated September 11, 1883.<ref name="Van Alstyne, Texas"/>

In May 2022, the citizens overwhelmingly passed a resolution approving the first city charter making Van Alstyne a Texas home rule city.   Van Alstyne is a council/manager form of government with a mayor and 6 city council members each elected at large by place to three year terms.

==Geography==

Van Alstyne is located in southeastern Grayson County. The city limits extend south slightly into Collin County.

The [[U.S. Route 75 in Texas|U.S. Route 75]] freeway runs through the western side of the city, with access from Exits 50 and 51. US 75 leads north {{convert|27|mi}} to [[Denison, Texas|Denison]] and south {{convert|50|mi}} to the center of [[Dallas]]. Van Alstyne's immediate neighbors are [[Anna, Texas|Anna]] to the south and [[Howe, Texas|Howe]] to the north.

According to the [[United States Census]], Van Alstyne has a total area of {{convert|10.5|sqkm|order=flip}}, all land.<ref name="Census 2010"/>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
| 1870 = 213
| 1880 = 737
| 1890 = 737
| 1900 = 1940
| 1910 = 1441
| 1920 = 1588
| 1930 = 1453
| 1940 = 1650
| 1950 = 1649
| 1960 = 1608
| 1970 = 1981
| 1980 = 1860
| 1990 = 2090
| 2000 = 2502
| 2010 = 3046
| 2020 = 4369
| estyear = 2023
| estimate = 6782
| 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|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}

<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"
|+'''Van Alstyne racial composition as of 2020'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US4874924&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2 |access-date=2022-05-22 |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>https://www.census.gov/ {{nonspecific|date=August 2022}}</ref><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
!Number
!Percentage
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] (NH)
|3,220
|73.7%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] (NH)
|152
|3.48%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] (NH)
|41
|0.94%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] (NH)
|37
|0.85%
|-
|Some Other Race (NH)
|3
|0.07%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed/Multi-Racial]] (NH)
|206
|4.72%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]]
|710
|16.25%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''4,369'''
|
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 4,369 people, 1,307 households, and 1,108 families residing in the city.

==Education==

===Public schools===
Students are served by the [[Van Alstyne Independent School District]]. Schools in the district include Partin Elementary School (formerly Van Alstyne Elementary School), Sanford Elementary School, Van Alstyne Middle School and [[Van Alstyne High School]].<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.vanalstyneisd.org/default.aspx?name=dis.homepage| title= Van Alstyne Independent School District| publisher= Van Alstyne Independent School District| access-date= July 29, 2012| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120229020847/http://www.vanalstyneisd.org/default.aspx?name=dis.homepage| archive-date= February 29, 2012| url-status= dead}}</ref>

===Colleges===
[[Grayson County College]] operates a branch campus in Van Alstyne.

[[File:Grayson College South.jpg|thumb|left|Grayson College's south campus in Van Alstyne]]
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== Transportation ==
[[U.S. Route 75|US Highway 75]] and [[Texas State Highway 5]] runs north-south through Van Alstyne with 75 being on the western edge while SH 5 runs straight through Van Alstyne. [[FM 121]] runs east-west through Van Alstyne.

=== Roads ===
* {{jct|state=TX|US|75}} Runs north-south, goes through [[Howe, Texas|Howe]] in the north and [[Anna, Texas|Anna]] in the south.
* {{jct|state=TX|SH|5}} Runs north-south, goes through [[Howe, Texas|Howe]] in the north and [[Anna, Texas|Anna]] in the south.
* [[File:Texas FM 121.svg|20px]] [[FM 121]] Runs east-west. To the west is [[Gunter, Texas|Gunter]] and to the east is [[Pilot Grove, Texas|Pilot Grove]].<small><ref>[https://www.txdot.gov/content/dam/docs/maps/city/travel-map-texas.pdf Texas Official Travel Map]</ref></small>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{official website|http://www.cityofvanalstyne.us/ }}
* [http://www.vanalstynecdc.com/ Van Alstyne Community Development Corporation]
* [http://censusviewer.com/city/TX/Van%20Alstyne City of Van Alstyne Demographics]

{{Collin County, Texas}}
{{Grayson County, Texas}}

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[[Category:Cities in Grayson County, Texas]]
[[Category:Cities in Texas]]
[[Category:Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex]]
[[Category:1883 establishments in Texas]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1883]]