The Colony
The Colony, City by the Lake, is located in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex region of Texas, less than 30 miles from Downtown Dallas. Best known for beautiful views of Lake Lewisville, The Colony extends 23 miles along its eastern shoreline, with hundreds of acres of wildlife and a myriad of recreational opportunities including camping, fishing, swimming, boating, hiking, picnicking and cycling.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Town with 42,400 residents
- Description: city in Denton County, Texas, United States
- Also known as: “The Colony, Texas” and “The Colony, TX”
- Postal code: 75056
- Neighbors: Lewisville
Places of Interest
Highlights include The Colony High School.
The Colony High School
School
The Colony High School is a public high school located in the city of The Colony, Texas, US, and classified as a 5A school by the UIL. It is a part of the Lewisville Independent School District located in southeastern Denton County.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Eastvale.
Eastvale
Neighborhood
Eastvale was an incorporated municipality in Denton County, Texas, United States. It was situated along FM 423, just east of Lewisville Lake in southeastern Denton County.
The Colony
- Categories: city in the United States and locality
- Location: Denton, Texas, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
33.089° or 33° 5′ 20″ northLongitude
-96.8864° or 96° 53′ 11″ westPopulation
42,400Elevation
591 feet (180 metres)United Nations Location Code
US CY2Open location code
865534Q7+JCOpenStreetMap ID
node 151681048OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“The Colony” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ذا كولوني”
- Basque: “The Colony”
- Catalan: “The Colony”
- Cebuano: “The Colony”
- Chechen: “Те-Колони”
- Chinese: “The Colony”
- Chinese: “歌洛莉”
- Croatian: “The Colony”
- Czech: “The Colony”
- Danish: “The Colony”
- Dutch: “The Colony”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ذا كولونى”
- French: “The Colony”
- German: “The Colony”
- Gilaki: “د کالني”
- Haitian: “The Colony, Texas”
- Haitian: “The Colony”
- Hebrew: “דה קולוני”
- Hungarian: “The Colony”
- Irish: “The Colony”
- Italian: “The Colony”
- Ladin: “The Colony”
- Malagasy: “The Colony, Texas”
- Malagasy: “The Colony”
- Malayalam: “The Colony”
- Malayalam: “ദി കോളനി”
- Min Nan Chinese: “The Colony”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “The Colony”
- Norwegian: “The Colony”
- Persian: “د کلنی، تگزاس”
- Persian: “د کلنی”
- Polish: “The Colony”
- Portuguese: “The Colony”
- Russian: “Колония”
- Russian: “Те-Колони”
- Serbian: “Колони”
- Serbo-Croatian: “The Colony, Texas”
- Serbo-Croatian: “The Colony”
- Slovak: “The Colony”
- South Azerbaijani: “د کلنی، تکزاس”
- Spanish: “The Colony (Texas)”
- Spanish: “The Colony”
- Tatar: “Те-Колони”
- Turkish: “The Colony, Teksas”
- Turkish: “The Colony”
- Ukrainian: “Те-Колоні”
- Uzbek: “The Colony”
- Uzbek: “Тҳе Cолонй”
- Vietnamese: “The Colony, Texas”
- Vietnamese: “The Colony”
- Volapük: “The Colony”
- Welsh: “The Colony, Texas”
- Welsh: “The Colony”
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