A family-oriented community that prides itself
Flower Mound is a 20,000-acre suburban residential community on the shores of Grapevine Lake. It was established shortly after Sam Houston settled a tribal dispute in 1844 and Indian raids on the area ceased. Permanent settlers were attracted by soil quality suitable for growing cotton, corn and wheat. Peters Colony named the town after a 50-foot mound covered in Indian paint brushes.
The mound was once used as a sacred place by the Indians. Unlike many of Denton County’s pioneer settlements that were bypassed by rail in the late 1800s or failed to survive the Great Depression, Flower Mound maintained a stable population during the first 40 years of the 20th century and became a sizable agricultural and livestock farming community.