Allen | March 2026

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BY MARY KATHERINE SHAPIRO

Allen’s 150th anniversary celebration festival set for April 25

The city of Allen is celebrating the 150th anniversary of its rst appearance on a map with a downtown festival Saturday, April 25. Although people lived in Allen before then, city sta chose the plat ling in 1876, which created the city’s boundaries, to mark Allen’s founding. What’s happening To celebrate the city’s history as a railroad town, the event will be located in downtown Allen where the original train depot was located until it burned down in a re in the late 1940s, according to the Allen Heritage Guild’s website. Historical displays will be showcased at the Allen Public Library and Rodenbaugh’s Appliance Outlet. “It brings us back to the place where it all started,” said Chelsey Aprill, the city’s director of public and media relations. How we got here Although Allen was founded in 1876, most of

Allen 150 Fest The event will include food trucks, live music, carnival rides, local shopping and a drone show.

“Marking 150 years of Allen is both a celebration of our past and a reminder

of what makes our future so bright.”

A shuttle service will pick guests up at 1 Allen High School and drop them o at 2 Allen Flower Shop. • April 25, 3-9 p.m. • Downtown Allen, 100 E. Main St., Allen • Free (admission) • www.allen150.org

BAINE BROOKS, ALLEN MAYOR

the growth didn’t begin until the early 1900s when Texas Traction Co. built an electric railway from Denison to Dallas, Allen Heritage Guild President Paula Ross said. Allen was incorporated into Collin County in 1953 with a population of 400, according to the Allen Heritage Guild. “Even as Allen has grown and changed, that strong sense of community and togetherness continues to dene who we are,” Allen Mayor Baine Brooks said in a statement.

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