Region: Prairies and Lakes
Settlers established rural homesteads here in the 1840s, and the town was
laid out by Scott McKinney in 1853. It was named for railroad stockholder Marie
Van Alstyne when the town became a stop on the line.
In 2002 the city opened the new Forrest Moore Park with walking and jogging
trails, sports fields, tennis and basketball courts, a pavilion and a
playground. Just off U.S. 75 between Dallas and Sherman.