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Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 259 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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MCKINNEY , a See also:

CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city and the See also:

COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county-seat of See also:

Collin county, See also:

TEXAS

Texas, U.S.A., about 30 M. N. by E. of See also:

Dallas. Pop. (189o), 2489; (1900), 4342 (917 negroes); (1glo) 4714. It is served by the See also:

MISSOURI

Missouri, See also:

KANSAS (known as the Sunflower State ")

Kansas & Texas and the See also:

Houston & Texas Central See also:

RAILWAYS

railways, and by the Dallas & See also:

Sherman inter-See also:

urban (electric) See also:

LINE

line, the central See also:

POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power plant of which is immediately See also:

north of the city. McKinney is in a See also:

FINE

fine farming region; there are also manufactures. The municipal See also:

WATER

water See also:

SUPPLY (through Fr. from Lat. supplere, to fill up)

supply is obtained from artesian See also:

wells. The first See also:

settlement in Collin county was made about ro m. north of what is now McKinney in 1841. McKinney was named, as was the county, in See also:

HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour of Collin McKinney, a See also:

PIONEER

pioneer in the region and a signer of the See also:

DECLARATION (from Lat. declarare, to make fully clear, clams)

Declaration of the See also:

Independence of Texas. It was settled in 1844, was laid out and became the county-seat in 1846, and was first chartered as a city in 1874.

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