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Carrollton, Texas

Carrollton is in Dallas County.

Well-Known Places in Carrollton

A.W. Perry Homestead Museum.

Carrollton Business Districts

• Koreatown Carrollton
• Trinity Mills

About Carrollton, Texas

History of Carrollton

• The area was settled in the 1840s within the Peters Colony grant; the A.W. Perry family claimed land around Trinity Mills in 1844 and helped establish an early mill.
• The Dallas-Wichita Railroad through Trinity Mills in 1878 and the St. Louis Southwestern ('Cotton Belt') crossing the Katy in 1888 turned Carrollton into a shipping center for cotton, cottonseed, livestock, and grain.

Landmarks and Places in Carrollton

• A.W. Perry Homestead Museum (tied to the founding Perry family)

The Carrollton Economy

• Corporate employers include pharmaceutical distributor Cencora (~1,500 employees), Halliburton, and Thomson Reuters (~1,000 each).
• Carrollton is the headquarters home of FASTSIGNS International, Motel 6, Heelys, SECURUS Technologies, and Woot (an Amazon subsidiary).
• The economy evolved from agriculture and gravel mining into a diversified business hub serving the wider Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex.

Local reference: en.wikipedia.org, www.tshaonline.org, www.cityofcarrollton.com