Colleyville, city
(2020 pop. 26,057), Tarrant co., NE Tex.; inc. 1956. A residential suburb
located between Dallas and Fort Worth, the area was originally settled
during the 1850s. In 1888, the town was named Bransford when the St. Louis,
Arkansas, and Texas Railway established a station there, and then was
renamed (c. 1914) after Dr. Lilburn Howard Colley, a Civil War veteran and
noted local physician. Falling into decline after World War I, the area's
population fell to around 140 people in 1940. Then, as the suburban area
around Dallas/Fort Worth grew, the population boomed from about 1500 in 1960
to its current level of over 26,000 people. In late January 2022,
Congregation Beth Israel, a local synagogue, was the scene of a 11-hour
hostage standoff. British national Malik Faisal Akram held the Rabbi and
three other parishioners, demanding the release of a convicted terrorist,
Aafia Siddiqui, who is serving a prison term in nearby Fort Worth. After one
hostage was released and the remaining ones escaped, officials stormed the
synagogue and Akram was killed. Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport is
located about three-and-a-half miles from town.
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