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Highland Park

Highland Park is located in central Dallas County. It is on State Highway 289 and U.S. Route 75, four miles north of downtown Dallas. Highland Park is the 41st wealthiest city in the United States and the 19th wealthiest city with a population of over 1,000. Highland Park is the 4th wealthiest location in Texas by per capita income. Highland Park is bordered on the south, east and west by Dallas and on the north by University Park. Highland Park and University Park together comprise the Park Cities, which share many joint services, and Highland Park is also home to the Highland Park Village Shopping Center.


Highland Park Parks	Highland Park Bridge

History of Highland Park

Highland Park vacant land was purchased in 1889 by a group of investors from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, known as the Philadelphia Place Land Association, for an average price of $377.00 an acre, for a total of $500,000. In the beginning, an agent Henry Exall, wanted to make the area beside Turtle Creek as Philadelphia Place, which would be exclusive homes themed on parkland spots in Philadelphia. Henry Exall dammed Turtle Creek and laid roads. The daming of Turtle Creek formed Exall Lake. Years later, he began breeding horses on his farm. Exall Lake was a popular place for residents of Dallas to picnic in the 1890s. .

John Armstrong's meatpacking business was sold in 1906. Armstrong invested his fortune in a portion of the former Philadelphia Place land to develop it under the name of Highland Park. Armstrong chose the name due to its location on high land that had a beautiful view of downtown Dallas. A landscape designer, Wilbur David Cook, was hired to create the layout. 20% of the land was put aside for parks. A second development in Highland Park was developed in 1910.


Blast to the Past	Highland Park Today	Old Train Station

Highland Park Education

Most of the Highland Park school system is served by the Highland Park Independent School District. This portion of Highland Park real estate is served by Highland Park High School and nearby University Park. A minuscule portion of Highland Park is zoned to Dallas Independent School District.

Dallas Independent School District schools that serve western Highland Park are North Dallas High School, Rusk Middle School and Maple Lawn Elementary School. For the football fan, in 2005, Highland Park High School's football team won its first state championship since 1957; they defeated Marshall High School 59-0. As a powerful tradition in Texas high school football, Doak Walker, the 1948 Heisman Trophy winner and Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee Bobby Layne was produced.

Census Report 2000

Population	Median household income	Median family income
8,842	$149,389	$200,000

Highland Park real estate offers some of the most beautiful parks in the county, recreation centers and trails. You name your hobby and you'll find a place for it here. Small private parks let you have a family picnic, take a short stroll and just relax in the outdoors. The recreation centers have registration and classes for almost every sport. There are also many trails to hiking or go horseback riding, so you'll always have something to keep you happy.

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Highland Park Real Estate - Fred and Linda Lanham

Located in the heart of Highland Park, Highland Park Village Shopping Center is now under the management of Regent Entertainment. The Village theater specializes in a mix of current, mainstream film releases as well as cinematic adventures more often thought of as arthouse films. It's a great place to catch the unusual movie and then go window shopping or dine in one of the upscale eateries in the shopping center. The Village Theater has gone through many changes since 1935 when it first opened. The lovely Mediterranean Spanish-style building is still housed today and is still a most terrific sight.

The City of Highland Park provides many useful links for its citizens, such as information on utility services, telephone numbers for town administration, tax information, newspapers and other miscellaneous services, library and park information.

You will find helpful information below to assist you in your Highland Park real estate transaction:

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