Little Elm is a city in Denton County, Texas, United States, and a part of the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex.

By the 2010 census, the city total had jumped to 25,898,[6] making Little Elm one of the fastest-growing municipalities by percentage in Texas since 2000.

King helped organize mail service for the area and in 1852 was named the postmaster of Denton County's first post office.

Its neighbors include Frisco to the east, The Colony and Hackberry to the south, Prosper, Aubrey, Savannah, and Providence to the north, and Oak Point, Cross Roads, Hickory Creek, Lake Dallas, and Lakewood Village to the west.

The school district finished building its athletic stadium in 2006 located at the intersection of Hart Road and Eldorado Parkway.

The stadium has a seating capacity of 7,500 with great wheelchair accessibility, a newly renovated video board at the north endzone, and a three level state-of-the-art press box.

During the summer of 2016, Denton ISD completed construction on its fourth comprehensive high school, Braswell High School, located at the southeast corner of Navo Road and U.S. 380, to serve the fast-growing University Drive corridor, which is part of Little Elm.

The original downtown area of Little Elm, commonly known as "The Lakefront", has seen much investment in recent years.

The Arbor Day Foundation designated Little Elm a Tree City USA community for its commitment to urban forestry for three straight years (2011–2013).

[28] In 2016, Little Elm was ranked the 13th safest by the FBI in the state of Texas for towns with a population of 10,000 or higher.

Beard Park is the future home of Little Elm's Farmers Market, which in 2013 was set up in the Hobby Lobby shopping center.

[citation needed] Through creative planning and zoning, McCord Park was donated to the city and constructed by the developers of the luxury multifamily projects adjacent to it.

Vital to the city's master hike and bike trail plan, McCord Park provides an invaluable link from FM 423 to Veteran's Memorial Bridge on Witt Road and eventually westward along Lewisville Lake to the Lakefront district.

Eldorado provides a critical connection to the region by linking U.S. 75 and I-35E, including the Lewisville Lake Toll Bridge.

The U.S. 380 corridor is in the northern part of Little Elm and provides an invaluable regional connection between two of the four county seats of the Metroplex (McKinney and Denton).

As of late 2021, TxDOT is planning to expand US 380 to a six-lane divided roadway with grade separations at specific intersections, and is currently at a 95% design phase.

The primary goal of this project is to simultaneously improve through-traffic from Denton to McKinney (and vice versa) and to provide easier, safer accessibility to businesses and housing developments on either side of the 380 corridor.

[citation needed] The Lewisville Lake Toll Bridge, a North Texas Tollway Authority project, was opened to the public on August 1, 2009.

Alternatively known as the "main street" of Little Elm, this six-lane thoroughfare passes through the center of town and provides connections to Lake Dallas, Lakewood Village, Denton, Frisco, Plano, and McKinney.

While headed northeast, FM 720 splits off and becomes Little Elm Parkway, and Eldorado continues said direction until intersecting with Walker Lane.

This street is an east-west road that connects the High School to the rest of town and Eldorado Parkway.

After passing by LEHS, it stays west until approaching Hart Road, when it goes northwest as Stardust Trail.The entire route is in Little Elm.

Because central Little Elm is surrounded on three sides by Lake Lewisville, apartments and townhomes have begun establishing themselves in the town's core as the need for denser, walkable housing has become more apparent.

In The Lakefront district alone, there are more than 550 apartment units within walking distance to multiple restaurants, shops, and entertainment options, per Apartments.com analysis.