Celina Texas on a Fall Day in October
Celina, Texas on a fall day in october
Celina is sort of on the way to Prosper, Texas where I was headed for the day to play golf. Because I was running early, I decided to explore a bit and quickly fell in love with one of Dallas’ quaint bedroom communities.
With some facts gathered off Wikipedia, Chat GPT and other online sources, here is Celina in my own words. The city is partially in Denton and Collin counties and is part of what we refer to as the DFW Metroplex.
I would consider what Celina has gone through in the last 5 years, MASSIVE growth. And before that, solid growth.
The population was 16,739 in 2020 and according to 2024 census estimates, the city is estimated to have a population of 51,661. That is a 209% increase! New home sales with average size lots, dominate the real estate market while there still are properties with lots of room to spread out and live a life with a truly rural feel.
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]
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.
why live in Celina?
Aside from what I mentioned above about great internet, if you want to raise a family from it’s infancy, Celina is hard to beat. The housing is affordable, the schools rank high and if you do not have to commute, the city has everything you need for a full life. It feels very country there so if that is not your ‘cup of tea’, it may not suit you.
The founder of Celina, Texas was from Celina, Tennessee. When you spend any time here at all, you will see that the school colors are that of the Tennessee Volunteers. Only here they are called the Celina Bobcats.
I came through on a Saturday in October and the fields were packed with families dressed in orange for the home team cheering on their little soccer and football teams.
True to many small towns in America, there was a local Oktoberfest going on this particular weekend. And what might they be highlighting? Weiner dog races of course! Plus live music, beer gardens, local vendors and tons of hospitality!