Timeline: 1990-present

1990

Lewisville’s population is 46,521 people.

1991

B.C. Groves elected as mayor.

1993

Bobbie J. Mitchell elected as mayor.

1993

Lewisville High School wins its first state football championship by beating Aldine MacArthur in the finals, 43-37.

1996

Lewisville High School wins its second state football championship by beating Converse Judson, 58-24, in the finals.

1996

Portions of the Bright Ranch area east of the city is annexed into Lewisville.

The Castle Hills development is formally declared the city’s Extra-Territorial Jurisdiction.

1998

Claude King hired as city manager.

2000

Lewisville’s population is 77,737 people.

Clarence R. Myers appointed as mayor.

Gene Carey elected as mayor. He served for more than nine years, the longest tenure by a Lewisville mayor.

2002

Voters approve a quarter-cent sales tax to fund park development and library expansion.

2003

Lewisville City Hall opens in Old Town, at 151 W. Church Street.

2009

Dean Ueckert elected as mayor.

2010

Lewisville’s population is about 100,000 people.

2011

A new City-owned 40,000-square-foot arts center opens in Old Town. Through a partnership with a local hospital, the facility is named Medical Center of Lewisville Grand Theater.

Denton County Transportation Authority starts commuter rail service between Carrollton and Denton, including three stations in Lewisville.

2013

Lewisville High School wins its first state championship in softball.

2014

Donna Barron hired as city manager.

A group of 50 resident volunteers created, and Lewisville City Council adopted, the Lewisville 2025 vision plan with an ambitious roadmap for the city’s future.

2015

Rudy Durham elected as mayor.

2015

The rainiest May in Texas history floods rivers and lakes statewide, and Lewisville Lake peaks at a record elevation of 537.02 feet above sea level.

2018

Earth & Beyond, the City’s first piece of permanent public art, is installed in Old Town near the corner of Main and Charles streets.

2019

“Texas Pop turns 50” is held at Lewisville Lake Park to mark the 50th anniversary of the Texas International Pop Festival. The two-day event includes three bands that performed at the original festival and draws more than 20,000 people.

2020

Lewisville’s population is 107,120 people.

Thrive, a new 87,000-square-foot multigenerational recreation center, opens.

2021

TJ Gilmore elected as mayor.

Lewisville annexes the Castle Hills development, adding nearly 18,000 residents and immediately becoming one of the 30 largest cities in Texas.

2022

Claire Powell hired as city manager.

2025

Lewisville celebrates its Centennial with a year-long series of events and projects.