The founder of Lancaster was “A” Bledsoe (Some sources list his name as Abram Bledsoe. or Albert A. Bledsoe). He was born in Lancaster, Kentucky, in 1801.
Bledsoe surveyed and staked off the original town of Lancaster in 1852 on the 430 acres of land he purchased and modeled Lancaster after his Kentucky hometown. In 1853, Bledsoe began selling lots at a public auction. The official plat of the town of Lancaster was not filed with Dallas County until 1857.
Local telephone service came to Lancaster in 1881. In 2007 the National Arbor Day Foundation designated Lancaster a Tree City USA. On June 23, 2019, Lancaster was one of 10 U.S. communities selected to receive the All-America City Award from the National Civic League.
The City of Lancaster’s residents, business, and neighborhoods embraces cultural equality, diversity, inclusion, equity, unity and has many positive-minded and inspiring people as well as historic business-friendly communities.
Lancaster residents and businesses are rolling out the “Welcome to Lancaster” and the “You’re Home Now” genuine Lancaster welcome mats to new local entrepreneurs, new startups, online sales, business founders, new residents, seniors, and more value-added Lancaster local businesses.
The City of Lancaster is in a fast growing Texas area for businesses. Lancaster is an ideal place for local creative tech skills and self-starter entrepreneurs to start an online or offline business.
Business startups like retail sales, clothing, fashion, healthcare, legal, restaurants, online sales, cleaning services, makeup, beauty and construction are always in demand in a growing community like Lancaster, Texas. Shop Local! Buy Local!