Allen, Texas

Allen, Texas
Allen, Texas
City
	SDCX steam locomotive next to Allen Heritage Center
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	Coordinates: 33°05′59″N 96°39′47″W / 33.09972°N 96.66306°W
Country	United States
State	Texas
County	Collin
Founded	1870
Incorporated	1953
Government
• Type	Council–manager
• Mayor	Baine Brooks
• City Council	Members Ben Trahan; Dave Shafer; Dave Cornette; Carl Clemencich; Chris Schulmeister; Daren Meis;
• City Manager	Eric Ellwanger
Area
• Total	26.48 sq mi (68.58 km2)
• Land	26.40 sq mi (68.38 km2)
• Water	0.08 sq mi (0.21 km2)
Elevation	659 ft (201 m)
Population (2020)
• Total	104,627
• Estimate (2022)	111,551
• Rank	US: 274th; TX: 36th
• Density	4,220/sq mi (1,631/km2)
Time zone	UTC–6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC–5 (CDT)
ZIP Codes	75002, 75013
Area code(s)	214, 469, 972, and 945
FIPS code	48-01924
GNIS feature ID	1329377
Website	cityofallen.org

Allen is a city in Collin County in the U.S. state of Texas, and a northern suburb in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. The population was 104,627 at the 2020 census,^[3] and was estimated to be 111,551 in 2022.^[4] Allen is located approximately twenty miles (32 km) north of downtown Dallas and is a part of the Dallas–Fort Worth metropolitan area.

^ "2023 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved February 24, 2024.
^ ^a ^b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Allen, Texas
^ ^a ^b "Explore Census Data". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved February 24, 2024.
^ ^a ^b Cite error: The named reference USCensusEst2022 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).