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Rowlett is a city in Dallas and Rockwall counties in the U.S. state of Texas, and a suburb of Dallas. The population was 56,199 as of the 2010 census. It is a quiet, upscale bedroom community in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, located on Lake Ray Hubbard. ==History== Rowlett derives its name from Rowlett Creek, which flows into Lake Ray Hubbard and is a major tributary of the east fork of the Trinity River. The creek in turn was named for a waterway running through the property of (Daniel Rowlett ) who moved from Kentucky to Bonham, Texas, in 1835. Daniel, who was a member of the Smoot-Rowlett political family, had no direct dealings with the town that now bears his name. The first post office opened on April 5, 1880, and it was called "Morris" after Postmaster Austin Morris. The town was later renamed "Rowlett". The Dallas and Greenville Railway passed through the town in 1886, connecting Dallas with Greenville, Texas, and the Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad. Shortly after its opening, the line was formally sold to the MKT.〔(Texas Handbook Online History of Dallas and Greenville Railway )〕 In 1921 the town was a stop on the Bankhead Highway. The town incorporated in 1952 when its population was 250. In the 1960s the town languished as Interstate 30 bypassed Rowlett.〔(Official Rowlett history )〕 The town has had a building boom since the completion of Lake Ray Hubbard in 1971 – growing to 1,600 by 1973; 10,573 by 1989; 23,260 by 1990; and 44,503 by 2000. Rowlett gained international notoriety in 1996 when local resident Darlie Routier was convicted of murdering her children as they slept. In 2003 the town made an unsuccessful formal proposal to get the Dallas Cowboys to move to a “5-Point Park” on the banks of Lake Ray Hubbard when the lease for Texas Stadium expires.〔(City of Rowlett Press Release November 7, 2003 )〕 In 2013 the City Council is currently in a dispute with the Metroplex Atheists regarding their invocations.〔http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Group-Challenges-Rowlett-City-Prayer-Policy-Before-Meetings-198868041.html〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rowlett, Texas」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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