What is it like living in Kaufman co.?

Question

I am looking into moving to Crandall or Kaufman.

Answer 1

Located 30 miles southeast of Dallas and only 40 minutes from downtown, Kaufman is a community that is surrounded by incredible growth. Yet Kaufman still maintains its small town heritage by adopting development standards that are flexible enough to meet the challenges of new urbanism and still preserve what we have that is good.

What makes Kaufman so unique is that it is one of the last four lane divided highways out of Dallas that it is not nearly built out. Kaufman is still surrounded by mini-ranches, working agricultural land and rural estate living. But this community of 7,000 employs over 4,000 people. Half of our residents commute into the City for their work and over half our daytime employment commutes in from the surrounding area.

Kaufman is a city of 7,000 with no annexation plans, that lies in a county of 80,000 residents. It is the county seat, the heart beat of the county. State Highway 175 is the only divided highway between Interstate 45 and Interstate 20 that is the pathway from the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex to all of East Texas.

The farm is believed to be the only one left in Texas still owned by the County. The Kaufman County Historical Commission holds a 99 year, renewable, lease agreement with the County for the use of 27 acres located on Highway 34 between the Kaufman County Jail and the County Fair Grounds. The property includes a stock pond, original buildings such as the superintendent's residence, dining hall, dormitory, silo, water well and well house, blacksmith shop, barns, chapel, and other outbuildings. The old jailhouse is also located on the property. Many vintage farm implements, tools and utensils used on the farm are still in place.

The City purchases its water from North Texas Municipal Water District. Because of the drought, NTMWD is asking consumers to cut back on their water consumptions. Lake levels are down and if we do not conserve now, we could exacerbate the problem in the future. read the City's conservation plan and learn about "Stage 1 Drought Contingency Plan."

this site has everything you will need to know!
http://www.kaufmancounty.net/

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