Little Elm, Texas | |
---|---|
![]() A shot of some of the city's communities, along with the Little Elm High School and a local church. | |
Motto: "Town With A Lake Attitude"[1] | |
![]() Location of Little Elm in Denton County, Texas | |
Coordinates: 33°9′50″N 96°55′49″W / 33.16389°N 96.93028°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Texas |
County | Denton |
Government | |
• Type | Council-Manager |
• City Council | Mayor Curtis Cornelious Tony Singh Neil Blais Lisa Norman Jamell Johnson Michael McClellan Jeremy Lukas |
• City manager | Matt Mueller |
Area | |
• Total | 22.09 sq mi (57.22 km2) |
• Land | 17.99 sq mi (46.60 km2) |
• Water | 4.10 sq mi (10.62 km2) |
Elevation | 515 ft (157 m) |
Population (2020) | |
• Total | 46,453 |
• Estimate (2022) | 55,357 |
• Density | 2,102.89/sq mi (811.83/km2) |
Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
ZIP code | 75068 |
Area code(s) | 214, 469, 945, 972 |
FIPS code | 48-43012[4] |
GNIS feature ID | 2410843[3] |
Website | www |
Little Elm is a city in Denton County, Texas, United States, and a part of the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. It is an extended suburb of Denton; its population was 46,453 as of the 2020 census.[5] In 2000, the census population was at 3,646. By the 2010 census, the city total had jumped to 25,898,[6] making Little Elm one of the fastest-growing municipalities by percentage in Texas since 2000. The July 1, 2022 census estimates Little Elm's population as 55,357.