Heartland is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
and
census designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.
CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...
(CDP) located in
Kaufman County, Texas, United States.
It was founded in 2006. The 2,000 acre
master-planned community is located 25 miles east of
Downtown Dallas and is part of the
Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. In 2009, Heartland was awarded community of the year by The Homebuilders Association of Greater Dallas.
Demographics
Heartland first appeared as a
census designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.
CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...
in the
2020 U.S. Census.
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2020 census
Education
The community is served by the Crandall Independent School District. There are currently four of five planned schools within Heartland: Barbara Walker Elementary, Hollis T. Dietz Elementary, and Opal Smith Elementary Schools and Crandall Middle School.
References
Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex
Planned communities in the United States
Unincorporated communities in Kaufman County, Texas
Unincorporated communities in Texas
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