Highland Village: A Growing Suburb in Denton County


By: Laurie E. Jasinski

Published: February 17, 2005

Highland Village, located near Interstate 35E and Farm Road 407, is about ten miles southeast of Denton and twenty miles northwest of Dallas in southern Denton County. This community on Lewisville Lake incorporated in the early 1960s. As a suburb of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, Highland Village quickly increased from 516 residents in 1970 to 3,246 residents in 1980. That figure continued to rise to 7,027 in 1990 and 12,173 in 2000. Highland Village has a mayor and city council and furnishes a variety of municipal services including police and fire services and garbage collection. Three elementary schools and one middle school are located within the city limits. By 2004 the primarily upscale residential community actively recruited businesses to expand retail development in the area.

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Highland Village website (http://www.highlandvillage.org), accessed November 18, 2004.

The following, adapted from the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, is the preferred citation for this entry.

Laurie E. Jasinski, “Highland Village, TX,” Handbook of Texas Online, accessed March 09, 2026, https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/highland-village-tx.

Published by the Texas State Historical Association.

TID: HEH04

February 17, 2005

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Place
Highland Village
Currently Exists
Yes
Place Type
Town
USGS ID
2410762
Town Fields
  • Has post office: No
  • Is Incorporated: Yes
Belongs to
  • Denton County
Coordinates
  • Latitude: 33.08965460°
  • Longitude: -97.06123800°
Population Counts
People Year
516 1970
3,246 1980
7,027 1990
12,173 2000
15,056 2010
17,092 2019
15,899 2020
15,952 2021

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