Celina, Texas | |
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Coordinates: 33°19′09″N 96°47′44″W / 33.31917°N 96.79556°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Texas |
County | Collin, Denton |
Established | 1876 |
Founded | October 1879 |
Incorporated | 1907 |
Named for | Celina, Tennessee[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 48.216 sq mi (124.879 km2) |
• Land | 47.725 sq mi (123.607 km2) |
• Water | 0.491 sq mi (1.273 km2) |
Elevation | 673 ft (205 m) |
Population | |
• Total | 16,739 |
• Estimate (2023)[5] | 43,317 |
• Rank | US: 930th TX: 81st |
• Density | 891.0/sq mi (343.9/km2) |
Time zone | UTC–6 (Central (CST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC–5 (CDT) |
ZIP Code | 75009 |
Area code(s) | 214, 469, 972, & 945 |
FIPS code | 48-13684 |
GNIS feature ID | 2409421[3] |
Sales tax | 8.25%[6] |
Website | celina-tx.gov |
Celina (/sɪˈlaɪnə/ sil-EYE-nə) is a city in Collin and Denton counties in the U.S. state of Texas. Celina is part of the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex.
The population was 16,739 at the 2020 census,[4] and according to 2023 census estimates, the city is estimated to have a population of 43,317.[5]
The Dallas Business Journal has ranked Celina as the fastest-growing city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex for three consecutive years (2019-2021).[7] The population growth rate of Celina was 50.8% from 2015 to 2019. Celina's maximum project buildout population is approximately 378,000.[8]
Celina is the 1st gigabit city in the State of Texas and was recognized by Texas Governor Greg Abbott in May 2022.[9] In 2017, Celina passed a gigabit city ordinance, which was an innovative initiative to provide fiber, gigabit internet speed to all of its residential homes. As of 2021, approximately 9,300 homes have high speed fiber internet, and residents have pure fiber network with unlimited bandwidth and speeds of 1,000 megabits per second.[8]
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