Southlake Live Cam

Southlake is known as a modern suburb, with rapid growth and development that caused a thriving community tio sprout from the Texas dirt virtually overnight. Despite the rapid growth in recent years, however, Southlake actually has a colorful history that extends more than 150 years. Following is a brief time line of Southlake history.

Although Southlake is the fastest growing city in Tarrant County today, imagine how it appeared in 1845 when the first settlers arrived -- a vast canvas of land and trees where the grand prairie and the cross timbers merge. As the site of the first permanent settlement in Tarrant County, a portion of present day Southlake was homesteaded in 1866. It is located on Dove Street and consisted of 360 acres. Keeping with the time, the primary industry was agriculture; farmers grew peanuts, grains and cotton, and families raised their own livestock.