Cockrell Hill, Texas

Cockrell Hill was established by the pioneer Brentwood Allen Cockrell and his son, Woodrow. They established the town as a way of making a living, and ran it like a business. The Cockrell place was known to travelers on the stage line that ran from Dallas to Fort Belknap and on to El Paso and the west. The settlement developed as an agricultural crossroads and by the late 1800s had a few scattered homes, a small store, and a school. Water became the overriding issue for the town's continued growth. Frank Jester, a local developer, laid out the plan for the modern community of Cockrell Hill in 1911. A first attempt at incorporation in 1925 proved unsuccessful, and the following year a vote to disincorporate was approved. The second incorporation passed on July 21, 1937, when the population was 459. The town grew to a population of 1,246 in 1941. Many of the new residents worked in war-related industries located in the surrounding areas. In 1952 the population was 2,194, in 1990 it was 3,916, and in 2000 it was 4,445.In May 2006, Councilman Luis D. Carrera defeated C. P. Slayton and John Mendiola defeated Richard Hall and joined Silvia Ulloa, Richard Perez and Sammy Rodriquez to become the first all-Hispanic City Council in North Texas.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of {{convert|0.6|sqmi|km2}}, all land.

{{US Census population

| 1940 = 1246

| 1950 = 2207

| 1960 = 3104

| 1970 = 3515

| 1980 = 3262

| 1990 = 3746

| 2000 = 4443

| 2010 = 4193

| 2020 = 3815

| footnote = U.S. Decennial Census{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2015}}

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As of the 2020 United States census, there were 3,815 people, 1,160 households, and 965 families residing in the city.

Dallas Independent School District serves students in Cockrell Hill."[http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/MapItDrawServlet?geo_id=16000US4815796&_bucket_id=50&tree_id=420&context=saff&_lang=en&_sse=on Cockrell Hill city]{{Dead link|date=March 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}." United States Census Bureau. Retrieved on April 20, 2009. All of the schools serving Cockrell Hill are in the City of Dallas.

{{As of|2015}}, a portion is zoned to Celestino M. Soto Jr. Elementary School,"[http://www.dallasisd.org/cms/lib/TX01001475/Centricity/Domain/89/schoolinfo/eszones2015/Soto2015.pdf Celestino Mauricio Soto Jr. Elementary Attendance Zone Grades PK-5]." Dallas Independent School District. Retrieved on June 12, 2016. Stockard Middle School,"[http://www.dallasisd.org/cms/lib/TX01001475/Centricity/Domain/89/schoolinfo/midzones2015/Stockard2015.pdf L.V. Stockard Middle Attendance Zone Grades 6-8]." Dallas Independent School District. June 12, 2016. and Moisés E. Molina High School."[http://www.dallasisd.org/cms/lib/TX01001475/Centricity/Domain/89/schoolinfo/highzones2015/Molina2015.pdf 2015-16 Moises E. Molina High Attendance Zone Grades 9-12]." Dallas Independent School District. Retrieved on June 12, 2016. Parts of southern Cockrell Hill are served by L. O. Donald Elementary School,"[http://www.dallasisd.org/cms/lib/TX01001475/Centricity/Domain/89/schoolinfo/eszones2015/Donald2015.pdf L. O. Donald Elementary Attendance Zone Grades PK-5]." Dallas Independent School District. Retrieved on June 12, 2016. Zan Wesley Holmes Middle School,"[http://www.dallasisd.org/cms/lib/TX01001475/Centricity/Domain/89/schoolinfo/midzones2015/HolmesZ2015.pdf Zan Wesley Holmes, Jr. Middle Attendance Zone Grades 6-8]." Dallas Independent School District. Retrieved on June 12, 2016. and Kimball High School."[http://www.dallasisd.org/cms/lib/TX01001475/Centricity/Domain/89/schoolinfo/highzones2015/Kimball2015.pdf 2015-16 Justin F. Kimball High Attendance Zone Grades 9-12]." Dallas Independent School District. Retrieved on June 12, 2016. Parts of northern Cockrell Hill are served by Anson Jones Elementary School,"[http://www.dallasisd.org/cms/lib/TX01001475/Centricity/Domain/89/schoolinfo/eszones2015/Jones2015.pdf Anson Jones Elementary Attendance Zone Grades PK-5]." Dallas Independent School District. Retrieved on June 12, 2016. Quintanilla Middle School,"[http://www.dallasisd.org/cms/lib/TX01001475/Centricity/Domain/89/schoolinfo/midzones2015/Quintanilla2015.pdf Raul Quintanilla Middle Attendance Zone Grades 6-8]." Dallas Independent School District. Retrieved on June 12, 2016. and Sunset High School."[http://www.dallasisd.org/cms/lib/TX01001475/Centricity/Domain/89/schoolinfo/highzones2015/Sunset2015.pdf 2015-16 Sunset High Attendance Zone Grades 9-12]." Dallas Independent School District. Retrieved on June 12, 2016.

Prior to May 2006 the attendance zones differed. Mary McLeod Bethune Elementary School,"[http://www.dallasisd.org/cms/lib/TX01001475/Centricity/Domain/89/schoolinfo/eszones2005/bethune2005.pdf Mary McLeod Bethune Elementary Attendance Zone]" (2005). Dallas Independent School District. Retrieved on April 20, 2009. T. W. Browne Middle School,"[http://www.dallasisd.org/cms/lib/TX01001475/Centricity/Domain/89/schoolinfo/midzones2005/browne2005.pdf T. W. Browne Middle School Attendance Zone]" (2005). Dallas Independent School District. Retrieved on April 20, 2009. and Molina served one section."[http://www.dallasisd.org/cms/lib/TX01001475/Centricity/Domain/89/schoolinfo/highzones2005/molina2005.pdf Moisés E. Molina High School Attendance Zone]" (2005). Dallas Independent School District. Retrieved on April 20, 2009. Jones,"[http://www.dallasisd.org/cms/lib/TX01001475/Centricity/Domain/89/schoolinfo/eszones2005/jones2005.pdf Anson Jones Elementary School Attendance Zone]" (2005). Dallas Independent School District. Retrieved on April 20, 2009. Quintanilla,"[http://www.dallasisd.org/cms/lib/TX01001475/Centricity/Domain/89/schoolinfo/midzones2005/quintanilla2005.pdf Quintanilla Middle School Attendance Zone]" (2005). Dallas Independent School District. Retrieved on April 20, 2009. and Molina served another section. Another part was served by Donald,"[http://www.dallasisd.org/cms/lib/TX01001475/Centricity/Domain/89/schoolinfo/eszones2005/donald2005.pdf L. O. Donald Elementary Attendance Zone]" (2005). Dallas Independent School District. Retrieved on April 20, 2009. Stockard,"[http://www.dallasisd.org/cms/lib/TX01001475/Centricity/Domain/89/schoolinfo/midzones2005/stockard2005.pdf L. V. Stockard Middle School Attendance Zone] (2005). Dallas Independent School District. Retrieved on April 20, 2009. and Kimball."[http://www.dallasisd.org/cms/lib/TX01001475/Centricity/Domain/89/schoolinfo/highzones2005/kimball2005.pdf Justin F. Kimball High School Attendance Zone] (2005). Dallas Independent School District. Retrieved on April 20, 2009. In 2006 Soto Elementary School opened,"http://www.dallasisd.org/cms/lib/TX01001475/Centricity/Domain/89/schoolinfo/eszones2006/SotoCelestino2006.pdf Fall 2006 Celestino M. Soto, Jr. Elementary (PK-6) Attendance Zone]." Dallas Independent School District. Retrieved on April 20, 2009. and the attendance boundaries shifted.Shifts documented (Retrieved on April 20, 2009, all published by the Dallas Independent School District):

• Elementary schools: "[http://www.dallasisd.org/cms/lib/TX01001475/Centricity/Domain/89/schoolinfo/eszones2006/Donald2006.pdf Fall 2006 L. O. Donald Elementary (PK-6) Attendance Zone]." and "[http://www.dallasisd.org/cms/lib/TX01001475/Centricity/Domain/89/schoolinfo/eszones2006/Jones2006.pdf Fall 2006 Anson Jones Elementary (PK-6) Attendance Zone]"
• Middle schools: "[http://www.dallasisd.org/cms/lib/TX01001475/Centricity/Domain/89/schoolinfo/midzones2006/Browne2006.pdf Fall 2006 T. W. Browne Middle School (7-8) Attendance Zone].", "[http://www.dallasisd.org/cms/lib/TX01001475/Centricity/Domain/89/schoolinfo/midzones2006/Stockard2006.pdf Fall 2006 Stockard Middle School (7-8) Attendance Zone]", and "[http://www.dallasisd.org/cms/lib/TX01001475/Centricity/Domain/89/schoolinfo/midzones2006/Quintanilla2006.pdf Fall 2006 Raúl Quintanilla, Sr. Middle School (7-8) Attendance Zone]."
• High schools: "[http://www.dallasisd.org/cms/lib/TX01001475/Centricity/Domain/89/schoolinfo/highzones2005/molina2005.pdf Fall 2006 Moisés E. Molina High School (9-12) Attendance Zone]," "[http://www.dallasisd.org/cms/lib/TX01001475/Centricity/Domain/89/schoolinfo/highzones2005/kimball2005.pdf Fall 2006 Justin F. Kimball High School (9-12) Attendance Zone]", and "[http://www.dallasisd.org/cms/lib/TX01001475/Centricity/Domain/89/schoolinfo/highzones2005/sunset2005.pdf Fall 2006 Sunset High School (9-12) Attendance Zone]." In the fall of 2012, as Zan Holmes Middle School opened, it took the area in Cockrell Hill formerly zoned to T.W. Browne Middle School."[http://www.dallasisd.org/cms/lib/TX01001475/Centricity/Domain/89/schoolinfo/midzones2011/Browne2011.pdf Fall 2011 T. W. Browne Middle School Attendance Zone Grades 7-8]." Dallas Independent School District. Retrieved on June 12, 2016."[http://www.dallasisd.org/cms/lib/TX01001475/Centricity/Domain/89/schoolinfo/midzones2012/HolmesZan2012.pdf 2012-2013 Zan Wesley Holmes, Jr., Middle School Attendance Zone Grades 7-8]." Dallas Independent School District. Retrieved on June 12, 2016.

There is a private Catholic K–8 school adjacent to Cockrell Hill, Mount Saint Michael Catholic School, established in 1986 as Prince of Peace Christian School, renamed to in 1990 to Prince of Peace Community School and serving as a non-diocesan private school since 1995. It received its current name on July 1, 2007, to avoid confusion with other area schools with the same name.{{cite web|url=https://www.msmcatholic.org/history|title=History|publisher=Mount Saint Michael Catholic School|accessdate=November 16, 2019}}

All of Dallas County (Cockrell Hill included) is in the service area of Dallas College (formerly Dallas County Community College).[https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.130.htm Texas Education Code: Sec. 130.176. DALLAS COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT SERVICE AREA.]. Dallas College operates Mountain View College, located near Cockrell Hill in Dallas.

Law enforcement is carried out by the Cockrell Hill Police Department, which employs paid and reserve sworn police officers. The current police chief is Daryle Ryan.

The Cockrell Hill Police Department has suffered one line of duty death. On May 30, 1999, Police Officer Tiffany Hickey died six days after she sustained injuries in a motor vehicle collision during pursuit of a suspect. Officer Hickey was the passenger in the patrol car, being driven by her field training officer (FTO), when they attempted to stop a vehicle for speeding and running a red light. Officer Hickey radioed dispatch to notify them of the chase but, due to an antiquated radio system, dispatch never heard the call because another officer was transmitting. Approximately three minutes later the FTO swerved to avoid another vehicle in an intersection and struck a light pole. Officer Hickey remained in serious condition before succumbing to her injuries. Officer Hickey had served with the agency for only 1 month."[http://www.odmp.org/officer/15260-police-officer-tiffany-catherine-hickey Police Officer Tiffany Catherine Hickey]," Officer Down Memorial Page. Retrieved on September 6, 2011.

Fire safety is regulated by the all-volunteer Cockrell Hill Fire Department, which contracts its emergency ambulance services to the Dallas Fire Department.

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Cockrell Hill can be reached by several bus lines in the Dallas Area Rapid Transit system. The main bus stop is the Cockrell Hill Transfer Location.

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• [http://cockrell-hill.tx.us/ City of Cockrell Hill official website]

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