Sachse, Texas

History

Sachse was founded by William Sachse, a European immigrant from Herford, Prussia (modern-day North Rhine-Westphalia), in 1845. Purchasing 640 acre from Collin County, Sachse erected the first cotton mills and gins in the county. After Sachse gave 100 feet of frontage through all of his holdings to the railroad in 1886, the railroad built a depot on the frontage and named the town Sachse. Since the depot was labeled 'Saxie', many old legal documents referred to the city as 'Saxie'. The flaw was corrected in 1892. The word Sachse comes from the German word for Saxon.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 25.6 km2, of which 25.2 km2 is land and 0.4 km2 (1.62%) is water.

Education

Sachse residents living in Dallas County attend schools in Garland Independent School District. Sachse residents living in Collin County attend schools in Wylie Independent School District.

Armstrong Elementary School, Sewell Elementary, Hudson Middle School, and Sachse High School serve Garland ISD within Sachse city limits. Garland ISD has a "choice-of-school" system that allows any student in the district to attend any school.

Cox Elementary School and Whitt Elementary School serve Wylie ISD within Sachse city limits. Wylie ISD has feeder school system in which each school feeds into the next school. Cox Elementary feeds into Harrison Intermediate School, Burnett Junior High School, and Wylie East High School and Whitt Elementary School feeds into Draper Intermediate School, Cooper Junior High School, and Wylie High School. All the secondary schools are located within the city of Wylie.

Residents in Dallas County are zoned to Dallas College (formerly the Dallas County Community College District or DCCCD). Residents in Collin County are zoned to Collin College.

Demographics

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 27,103 people, 8,736 households, and 6,806 families residing in the city. American Community Survey estimates, there were people and households. The population density was 2859.2 PD/sqmi. There were housing units at an average density of 1002.6 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the city was 57.2% White, 19.1% Asian, 11.5% Black or African American, 2.8% some other race, 1.2% Native American or Alaskan Native, and 0.2% Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, with 7.9% from two or more races. Hispanics or Latinos of any race were 9.8% of the population.

Of the households, 38.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 23.7% had seniors 65 years or older living with them, 64.6% were married couples living together, 3.5% were couples cohabitating, 12.8% had a male householder with no partner present, and 19.1% had a female householder with no partner present. The median household size was and the median family size was .

The age distribution was 22.8% under 18, 8.9% from 18 to 24, 25.1% from 25 to 44, 30.6% from 45 to 64, and 12.6% who were 65 or older. The median age was years. For every 100 females, there were males.

The median income for a household was $, with family households having a median income of $ and non-family households $. The per capita income was $. Males working full-time jobs had median earnings of $ compared to $ for females. Out of the people with a determined poverty status, 2.0% were below the poverty line. Further, 1.6% of minors and 4.5% of seniors were below the poverty line.

In the survey, residents self-identified with various ethnic ancestries. People of German descent made up 10.0% of the population of the town, followed by English at 9.8%, Irish at 9.3%, American at 5.8%, Sub-Saharan African at 2.9%, Arab at 1.9%, Italian at 1.8%, Czech at 1.5%, Polish at 1.4%, French at 1.4%, Swedish at 1.0%, Scottish at 0.9%, Danish at 0.6%, and Welsh at 0.6%.

Government

Incorporated in 1956, the City of Sachse adopted its Home Rule Charter in 1986 and is served by the North Central Texas Council of Governments. The city council is composed of a mayor and six council members. Each is elected at-large, serving three-year staggered terms with no term limits (Term limits were added in May 2023). Operating under a Council-Manager form of government, Sachse is a full-service city.

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