Alliance, Texas is a Master Planned Community located within Denton County

Denton County, Texas

Denton County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. In 2000, its population was 432,976; in 2009 the estimated population had reached 628,300. Part of the Dallas – Fort Worth Metroplex, it is one of the fastest-growing counties in the United States. The county seat is Denton. The county...

 and Tarrant County

Tarrant County, Texas

Tarrant County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2010 U.S. Census, it had a population of 1,809,034. Its county seat is Fort Worth. Tarrant County is the sixteenth most populous county in the United States and the third most populous in Texas. The county is named in honor...

. It spans the cities of Haslet

Haslet, Texas

Haslet is a city in Denton and Tarrant counties in the U.S. state of Texas, settled between 1880 and 1883. The population was 1,517 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Haslet is located at ....

, Fort Worth

Fort Worth, Texas

Fort Worth is the 16th-largest city in the United States of America and the fifth-largest city in the state of Texas. Located in North Central Texas, just southeast of the Texas Panhandle, the city is a cultural gateway into the American West and covers nearly in Tarrant, Parker, Denton, and...

, Westlake

Westlake, Texas

Westlake is a town in Denton and Tarrant Counties in the U.S. state of Texas. The population is 702 as of the 2010 United States Census.The area known as Westlake was originally settled in 1847 by Charles and Matilda Medlin with about 20 other families. In the mid-twentieth century, now-Westlake...

, and Roanoke

Roanoke, Texas

Roanoke is a city in Denton County, Texas, United States and part of the Dallas – Fort Worth Metroplex. The population is currently 7,900.The main east-west road through town, State Highway 114 Business, is named "Byron Nelson Boulevard" in honor of the legendary golfer who resided in the community...

. It is currently owned by Hillwood a Henry Ross Perot, Jr.

H. Ross Perot, Jr.

Henry Ross Perot, Jr. is a real estate developer and Chairman of the Board of Perot Systems. He is the only son of Ross Perot.-Early life:...

 company.

Businesses

Alliance is home to the branches of 243 companies of which 50 are Fortune 500

Fortune 500

The Fortune 500 is an annual list compiled and published by Fortune magazine that ranks the top 500 U.S. closely held and public corporations as ranked by their gross revenue after adjustments made by Fortune to exclude the impact of excise taxes companies collect. The list includes publicly and...

 corporations as of Dec. 2008. The total private investment as of December 2008 is $7,156,513,056, with the total public investment totaling $387,491,566 as of Deceember 2008. Alliance companies employ 28,000 people of various positions.

Residential

Alliance contains 5 major developments: Heritage

Residential community of Heritage

Heritage is a master-planned community in Fort Worth, Texas , located on the far north part of the city, close to the employment centers of AllianceTexas. Heritage is located between I35W and the US 377....

, Saratoga, Chisholm Ridge, Creekwood, and Vaquero. There are 7,340 single family homes located within these 5 communities plus 288 apartments units and 200 hotel

Hotel

A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging on a short-term basis. The provision of basic accommodation, in times past, consisting only of a room with a bed, a cupboard, a small table and a washstand has largely been replaced by rooms with modern facilities, including en-suite bathrooms...

 rooms all of which are located near Texas Motor Speedway

Texas Motor Speedway

Texas Motor Speedway is a speedway located in the northernmost portion of the U.S. city of Fort Worth, Texas – the portion located in Denton County, Texas....

.

Transportation

Alliance is served by Fort Worth Alliance Airport

Fort Worth Alliance Airport

Fort Worth Alliance Airport is a city-owned public-use airport located north of the central business district of Fort Worth, city in Tarrant County, Texas, United States....

 for air cargo. Interstate 35W

Interstate 35W (Texas)

Interstate 35W , an Interstate Highway, is the western half of Interstate 35 where it splits to serve different cities in Texas. I-35 splits into two branch routes, I-35W and I-35E at Hillsboro. I-35W runs north for , carrying its own separate sequence of exit numbers. It runs through Fort Worth...

, Alliance Gateway Freeway

Texas State Highway 170

State Highway 170 or SH 170, also known as the Alliance Gateway Freeway, is a Texas state highway in the northern suburbs of Fort Worth...

, U.S. Route 377

U.S. Route 377

U.S. Route 377 is a north–south United States highway. Originally created as a short spur to connect Denton, Texas with Fort Worth, Texas, it has since been extended to Oklahoma and Mexico for a total length of 478 miles .-Texas:...

, and Texas Farm to Market road 156 all run through the community.