On March 24, 1849, William Davis, who owned 3,000 acres (12 km ) where McKinney now stands, donated 120 acres (0.49 km ) for the townsite. Ten years later, McKinney incorporated, and in 1913, the town adopted the

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According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has an area of 62.9 square miles (162.9 km ), of which 62.2 square miles (161.1 km ) is land

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At the 2010 U.S. census, the city had a population of 131,117 people. In 2020, the U.S. Census Bureau tabulated a population of 195,308, representing continued growth from the city's 2000 population of 54,369.
Among the population from 2010 to 2020, non-Hispanic or Latino whites

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Local government
According to the Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (2016), the city's various funds had $324.6 million in total revenues, $247.9 million in total expenditures, $1.36 billion in total assets, $437.6 million in total liabilities, and $363.9

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The McKinney Courier-Gazette is a daily newspaper published in McKinney, covering Collin County. It is owned by American Community

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Transportation
McKinney is served by two U.S. Highways: US 75 and US 380. The city is also bordered by the Sam Rayburn Tollway, a toll road administered by the North Texas Tollway Authority that runs to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport

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Colleges
McKinney is the home of the Central Park Campus of Collin Collegenear the city's center at US 75 and US 380, which opened in 1985 as the initial

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