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.- Type: Town with 42,400 residents
- Description: city in Denton County, Texas, United States
- Also known as: “The Colony (Texas)”, “The Colony, Texas”, “The Colony, TX”, and “Тҳе Cолонй”
- Postal code: 75056
- Neighbors: Lewisville
Places of Interest
Highlights: The Colony High School.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Eastvale.
Eastvale
Neighborhood
Eastvale was an incorporated municipality in Denton County, Texas, United States.
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″ north
Longitude
-96.8864° or 96° 53′ 11″ west
Population
42,400
Elevation
591 feet (180 metres)
UN/LOCODE
US CY2
Open location code
865534Q7+JC
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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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: “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: “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”
- Tatar: “Те-Колони”
- Turkish: “The Colony, Teksas”
- Turkish: “The Colony”
- Ukrainian: “Те-Колоні”
- Urdu: “دی کالونی، ٹیکساس”
- Uzbek: “The Colony”
- Vietnamese: “The Colony, Texas”
- Vietnamese: “The Colony”
- Volapük: “The Colony”
- Welsh: “The Colony, Texas”
- Welsh: “The Colony”
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