Frisco, Texas map
33.15° N · 96.82° W · Collin & Denton counties · Blackland Prairie · Central Time
Frisco is the fourteenth-largest city in Texas and was the fastest-growing large city in the country through the 2010s, going from 116,989 people in 2010 to 200,509 in 2020. It is also one of the few Texas cities of that size split between two counties: the Collin–Denton line runs north–south through the western third of the city. The Dallas North Tollway is its spine, and a run of sports venues along it is the reason most visitors come.
Centered on the Dallas North Tollway corridor. SH-121 crosses the south edge, US-380 the north; Plano is directly southeast.
Where Frisco is in Texas
Frisco is 27 miles north of downtown Dallas by the Dallas North Tollway, at the northern edge of continuous metroplex development. Plano adjoins it on the southeast, The Colony and Little Elm on the west across the Denton County line, Prosper and Celina on the north, and McKinney on the northeast. Lewisville Lake lies a few miles west; Denton is 30 miles west on US-380.
The name comes from the railroad. When the St. Louis–San Francisco Railway — the Frisco line — built through in 1902, the settlement of Lebanon moved a few miles to meet the tracks and took the railroad's nickname. It incorporated in 1908 and was still a town of a few thousand in 1990. Growth arrived with the Tollway extension and the SH-121 corridor in the 2000s, which is why the city has almost no pre-1990 fabric outside the few blocks of the Rail District on Main Street.
The sports corridor
Frisco built its identity on venues rather than a downtown. The Star, the Dallas Cowboys' world headquarters and practice facility, opened in 2016 at the Tollway and Warren Parkway, with an indoor stadium used by local high schools. Toyota Stadium, home of FC Dallas since 2005 and of the National Soccer Hall of Fame, sits at the southern end of the corridor near Main Street. Riders Field, opened in 2003, holds the Frisco RoughRiders minor-league baseball club, and Comerica Center next to it serves as the Dallas Stars' practice rink and the arena for the Texas Legends. On the northwest side, the PGA of America moved its headquarters from Florida to Frisco and opened two championship golf courses there in 2022.
Frisco is not a DART member city, so there is no light rail; the nearest stations are in Plano and Carrollton. Every one of these venues is reached by car from the Tollway or SH-121.
Highways
- Dallas North Tollway – the north–south spine; south to Plano, Addison and Dallas, north to Prosper and Celina.
- SH-121 / Sam Rayburn Tollway – the southern edge; east to Plano and McKinney, west to Lewisville, Grapevine and DFW Airport.
- US-380 – the northern edge; east to McKinney, west to Denton.
- SH-289 / Preston Road – the old road through the middle of the city, parallel to the Tollway.
- FM-423 – the western arterial along the Denton County side toward Little Elm and Lewisville Lake.
- Main Street – the east–west street through the Rail District, past Frisco Square and Toyota Stadium.
- Eldorado Parkway – the east–west arterial across the middle of the city, from FM-423 to Preston Road and on to McKinney.
Areas and districts
| Area | What's there |
|---|---|
| The Star | Cowboys headquarters, Ford Center, hotel and restaurants at the Tollway and Warren Parkway |
| Frisco Square | City hall, the library and the Discovery District east of the Tollway at Main Street |
| Rail District | The original Main Street blocks by the old Frisco line right-of-way |
| Stonebriar | Stonebriar Centre mall and the office cluster at the Tollway and SH-121 |
| West Frisco | The Denton County side along FM-423, closest to Lewisville Lake and Little Elm |
| Fields / PGA Frisco | Northwest quadrant off Legacy Drive: the PGA of America campus and its golf courses |
| Grand Park | Large undeveloped park tract on Cottonwood Creek in the center of the city |
| North Frisco | Newer subdivisions between Eldorado Parkway and US-380 |
Distances from Frisco
| City | Road miles | Route |
|---|---|---|
| Plano | 12 | SH-121 E |
| McKinney | 15 | SH-121 NE |
| Dallas | 27 | Dallas North Tollway S |
| Denton | 30 | US-380 W |
| Carrollton | 20 | SH-121 W |
| Sherman | 50 | SH-289 N / US-75 |
| Fort Worth | 45 | SH-121 W / SH-114 |