Your City: Anna

Anna, Texas

Origin & Incorporation
• Area first settled around 1846 (Collin McKinney). John F. Greer built the first home and store in 1870.
• The Houston & Texas Central Railway came through in 1873; the town was platted in 1883; a post office opened that year; the railroad built a depot in 1885.
• Named for Miss Anna Quinlan, daughter of the railroad's superintendent.
• Official incorporation: 1913, with John F. Greer as first mayor.
• Source: City of Anna (annatexas.gov).

Size
• Population: ~35,245 (Census estimate, July 1, 2025); 2020 census count was 16,896.
• Land area: ~16.45 sq mi ≈ 10,528 acres.
• Source: U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts.

Distance from City Hall (201 W 4th St)
• DFW Airport: ~46.6 miles (~43 min)
• Dallas Love Field: ~47.4 miles (~48 min)
• Dallas City Hall: ~46.1 miles (~48 min)
• Source: Google Maps.

What it's known for
• One of the fastest-growing cities in DFW — Census estimates a 105.7% population increase from 2020 to 2025.
• Home of the historic Anna Depot, described as the oldest extant railroad station in Texas.
• Tree City USA (Arbor Day Foundation) and a "Your Hometown" community identity.
• Source: Census Bureau, City of Anna.

National / notable awards
• Governor's Community Achievement Award — First Place 2025 (also 2024, 2nd Place 2023).
• Distinguished Budget Presentation Award — GFOA, 2021–2025.
• Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting — GFOA.
• Tree City USA — Arbor Day Foundation, 2022–2024.
• Texas Safest Cities — SafeWise, 2021–2022.
• Peak Performance Award — NACWA, 2023.
• Source: annatexas.gov.

Top employers
The city's EDC lists these largest employers:
• Anna ISD — ~850 staff (largest employer)
• Walmart Supercenter — ~450 employees
• City of Anna — ~185 employees
• Others: Pate Rehab, Brookshire's, Love's Travel Stop, Hurricane Creek Country Club
• Source: Anna EDC, Anna ISD.

Most prominent/prestigious employers
• HOLT CAT — one of the nation's largest Caterpillar equipment dealers; opened an Anna store Nov 2025.
• Walmart — Fortune 500 retailer.
• Kroger Marketplace — expected to open 2027.
• Bank of America, Chase Bank — national banks.
• Source: holtcat.com, Anna EDC.

Notable people from Anna
• Curley Johnson — NFL punter; Super Bowl III champion (NY Jets, 1968).
• Wally Marshall ("Mr. Crappie") — famed crappie fisherman; Texas Parks & Wildlife Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame.
• Kewpie Morgan — silent-film comedian (Buster Keaton, Laurel & Hardy films).
• Ralph Fults — Depression-era outlaw tied to the Barrow Gang.
• Jim O'Neal — pro football guard, Chicago Rockets (AAFC).
• Jambres Dubar — college football running back (Boise State, Missouri State).

Major attractions & amenities
• Historic Anna Depot; Slayter Creek Park and trail system; Hurricane Creek Country Club; the AnaCapri lagoon community amenity; Keep Anna Beautiful green spaces.
• Source: City of Anna, annayourhometown.com.

Education levels (pie-chart data)
Education level % of adults 25+
Less than high school 6.5%
High school graduate 24.2%
Some college, no degree 22.0%
Associate's degree 12.1%
Bachelor's degree 23.8%
Graduate or professional degree 11.3%

Schools
• Main district: Anna ISD (also serves the Westminster CDP; a small section of the city is zoned to Blue Ridge ISD).
• TEA rating: Anna ISD overall "C" for 2024 (Student Achievement C, School Progress C, Closing the Gaps B).
• Source: TEA.

UIL breakdown & state titles
• Anna High School is the city's only high school, classified 5A in the 2024–2026 realignment (5A D2 football, 5A non-football). So: 5A = 1.
• State championships (team): Football 2023 (4A Division I); Boys Golf 1968 (Class B); Young Filmmakers 2021; Concert Band 2021.
• State championships (individual): Boys Singles Tennis 2023 — Abdulraheem Isa; Wrestling (5A) — Addison Hunt (Anna's first wrestling state champion).
• Source: UIL archives, Anna High School, gocoyoteu.com.

Lakes
• No natural lakes within or bordering the city limits. Slayter Creek (a creek) runs through the city. Lavon Lake is ~20 miles southeast, outside the city. The AnaCapri lagoon is a private man-made amenity.
• Source: City of Anna.

Highways / tollways (Anna)
• US-75 — north–south freeway through the west side of Anna
• SH 5 — north–south highway through the city
• SH 121 — east–west, near/through the Anna area
• FM 455 — east–west, interchanges with US-75
• Collin County Outer Loop — east–west beltway with junctions at US-75 and SH 5 in Anna (a freeway, not currently a tollway)
Bordering cities
• Van Alstyne (north), Melissa (south), Weston (west), Westminster (east) County
• Anna is entirely in Collin County
• Source: City of Anna, Collin County.

Airports
• No public or commercial airport within city limits. Two private-use turf-strip airfields are associated with the area: Top Fun Ranch (88XA) and Adams Field (TT47). Nearest public airports: McKinney National (~11–13 nm) and Dallas Love Field (~35 nm).
• Source: AirNav/SkyVector.

Public transportation
• No passenger rail and no fixed-route bus service in Anna (0% of workers commute by transit). The city is studying transit options for seniors/disabled via the Collin County Transit Study.
• Source: Census, city sources.

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Major future plans
• Sherley Farms — $1.5 billion, ~3,000-home master-planned community near downtown (ground broke 2026).
• Liberty Hills — 1,800-home, 1,035-acre mixed-use community on US-75 (construction began fall 2025).
• Anna ISD growth — new Ora Bell Russell Elementary and L.D. Hendricks Elementary.
• Infrastructure — US-75 widening, new FM 455 interchanges, trails/bike lanes.
• Source: Dallas Morning News, Local Profile, Anna ISD.

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