Tourist Information

Major tourist attractions in Carrollton city are Town Square, Pioneer Park, Plaza Theatre, A. W. Perry Homestead Museum etc.

Interstate Highway 35E (Stemmons Freeway) intersects the city of Carrollton and is a major north-south route linking Canada, Mexico and the United States. An excellent highway system in Dallas/Fort Worth includes three north-south interstates (IH-35E, IH-35W and IH-45) and two east-west interstates (IH-20 and IH-30). The President George Bush Turnpike, a six-lane toll highway, bisects the City of Carrollton and provides an additional east-west thoroughfare through far north Dallas.

Addison Airport, a full service commercial and private facility, is conveniently located near Carrollton in the adjacent Town of Addison and is the third-largest general aviation airport in the United States. Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (D/FW), with an average of nearly 2,300 flights daily to more than 160 cities worldwide, is the third-busiest airport in the world. D/FW is home to American Airlines and Dallas Love Field, home of Southwest Airlines, is a central hub for business commuter travel.

Carrollton is served by four major railroads: Dallas, Garland, Northeastern (DG&NO), Fort Worth & Western (FW&W), Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) and the Kansas City Southern (KCS).

General Information

The city was officially incorporated in 1913. It is a suburb of Dallas. The city has been named to America's Top 100 Places to Live for 2006 by Relocate America. It was also selected as the 19th best place to live in the United States by Money magazine in 2006.

Demographic Information

Carrollton is a city in Denton County in the U.S. state of Texas. It is located at 32°59'24N and 96°53'36W. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 36.6 square miles (94.9 km²), of which, 36.5 square miles (94.5 km²) of it is land and 0.2 square miles (0.5 km²) of it (0.49%) is water.

The estimated population as of January 2007 stands at 120,150 with 39,136 households (2000), and 28,921 (2000) families residing in the city. The population density was 3,004.7 people per square mile (1,160.1/km²).