Coppell is a city in extreme northwest Dallas and Denton Counties in the U.S. state of Texas, a suburb and bedroom community of the DFW Metroplex. The population is approximately 40,000. A small area in the far northern portion of the city extends into neighboring Denton County.
The Coppell area was settled by German and French immigrants in the 1840s. Originally named “Gibbs”, the town was renamed in 1890 for George Coppell, an engineer who brought the railroad to the area. In 1955, the community incorporated through a ballot measure that passed by a vote of 41 to 1. Spured by the opening of Dallas Fort Worth International Airport in 1974, the city radically was transformed from a tiny farming village to a large, upper-middle class suburban community in the 1980s and 1990s. By 2000, almost all of the residentially zoned land in the city was developed, and the population grew to over 35,000. In addition to suburban homes, the city has a growing commercial base of warehouses and transportation centers on the south and west sides of the city, closest in proximity to the DFW airport. The mayor of Coppell,Doug Stover, has governed Coppell for the past many years.
