{{Use American English|date=June 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2024}} {{Infobox settlement |official_name = DISH, Texas |settlement_type = Town |image_skyline = Dish, Texas.jpg |image_caption = |image_map = Denton County Texas Incorporated Areas DISH highlighted.svg |mapsize = 250px |map_caption = Location of DISH in Denton County, Texas |pushpin_map = USA Texas#USA |pushpin_map_caption = Location within the state of Texas <!-- Location --> |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = United States |subdivision_type1 = State |subdivision_name1 = Texas |subdivision_type2 = County |subdivision_name2 = Denton <!-- Government --> |government_footnotes = |government_type = |leader_title = |leader_name = |established_title = |established_date = <!-- Area --> |unit_pref = Imperial |area_footnotes = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2019">{{cite web|title=2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2019_Gazetteer/2019_gaz_place_48.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=August 7, 2020}}</ref> |area_total_km2 = 4.29 |area_land_km2 = 4.28 |area_water_km2 = 0.01 |area_total_sq_mi = 1.66 |area_land_sq_mi = 1.65 |area_water_sq_mi = 0.01 <!-- Population --> |population_footnotes = |population_as_of = 2020<ref name=2020pop>{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/search-results.html?q=DISH%2C+Texas+population&page=1&stateGeo=none&searchtype=web&cssp=SERP&_charset_=UTF-8 |title=Total population in DISH Town, Texas |publisher=United States Census Bureau |accessdate=February 16, 2022}}</ref> |population_total = 437 |population_density_km2 = auto <!-- General information --> |timezone = Central (CST) |utc_offset = -6 |timezone_DST = CDT |utc_offset_DST = -5 |elevation_ft = 696 |elevation_footnotes = <ref name=gnis/> |coordinates = {{coord|33|07|40|N|97|18|23|W|region:US-TX|display=inline}} <!-- Area/postal codes & others --> |postal_code_type = |postal_code = |area_code = |blank_name = FIPS code |blank_info = 48-20540 |blank1_name = GNIS feature ID |blank1_info = 2412433<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2412433}}</ref> |website = {{URL|www.townofdish.com}} |footnotes = }} '''DISH''' is a town in Denton County, Texas, United States.<ref name=gnis/> The population of DISH was 437 at the 2020 United States Census.<ref name=2020pop/> This community, established in June 2000, was originally named '''Clark'''. In November 2005, the community accepted an offer to rename itself "DISH" (all capital letters) as part of a commercial agreement with the satellite television company Dish Network.<ref name=DISH/>
==History== The settlement was originally named for its founder, Landis Clark, who incorporated the town in June 2000 and was its first mayor.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/22/us/texas-town-called-dish-has-an-identity-problem.html|title=Marketing Deal Gives a Small Town an Identity Crisis |last=Fernandez |first=Manny |date=March 21, 2013 |work=The New York Times |access-date=August 7, 2019 |issn=0362-4331 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> In exchange for renaming the town to DISH, all residents received a free basic television service for ten years and a free digital video recorder from Dish Network.<ref name=DISH>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/22/us/texas-town-called-dish-has-an-identity-problem.html|title=Marketing Deal Gives a Small Town an Identity Crisis |last=Fernandez |first=Manny |date=March 21, 2013 |work=The New York Times |access-date=August 7, 2019 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
===Air quality=== thumb|left|Air quality monitoring station in DISH In 2005, energy companies began drilling natural gas wells at DISH. Residents complained of foul smells and of health issues that they linked to the gas (natural gas, methane and benzene<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.texasobserver.org/report-oil-and-gas-production-is-making-people-sick-in-rural-texas/ |title=Report: Oil and Gas Production is Making People Sick in Rural Texas |author=Christopher Collins |work=The Texas Observe |date=July 18, 2018}}</ref>) emissions from the wells. The town spent $15,000 on an air quality test, which found elevated levels of several chemicals including benzene. Following that, the energy companies made changes.<ref name="Hamilton">{{cite news |last=Hamilton |first=John |title=Town's Effort To Link Fracking And Illness Falls Short |website=NPR |date=May 16, 2012 |url=https://www.npr.org/2012/05/16/152204584/towns-effort-to-link-fracking-and-illness-falls-short}}</ref>
In response to concerns about the town's air quality, the Texas Department of State Health Services conducted air quality tests and, in May 2010, released its results for DISH, including tests of blood and urine samples from 28 DISH residents that were tested for volatile organic compounds (VOCs). The agency concluded that: <blockquote>The information obtained from this investigation did not indicate that community-wide exposures from gas wells or compressor stations were occurring in the sample population. This conclusion was based on the pattern of VOC values found in the samples. Other sources of exposure such as cigarette smoking, the presence of disinfectant by-products in drinking water, and consumer or occupational/hobby related products could explain many of the findings.<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Texas Department of State Health Services |url=http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/epitox/consults/dish_ei_2010.pdf |title=The Final Report: DISH, Texas Exposure Investigation |date=10 May 2010 |access-date=May 11, 2012 |archive-date=April 18, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160418200156/http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/epitox/consults/dish_ei_2010.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref></blockquote>
The state installed an air quality monitoring station at DISH, which showed that, in 2012, air pollutants were generally within government limits.<ref name="Hamilton"/>
An article about the air quality in DISH by ''NPR'' in 2012 stated that "better studies are needed" to test for the health effects of drilling emissions, and also that the installation of gas wells in populated places "is way out ahead of public health evaluations of any kind to date".<ref name="Hamilton"/>
{{wide image|Natural gas fracking facility in DISH, Texas.jpg|800px|Natural gas facility in Dish, 2012}}
==Demographics== <!-- DO NOT REMOVE --> {{US Census population | 2010 = 201 | 2020 = 437 | estyear = 2023 | estimate = 442 |estref={{increase}} | footnote = U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2016}}</ref><ref name=2020pop /><ref>{{Cite web |title=City and Town Population Totals: 2020-2023 |url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-total-cities-and-towns.html |access-date=2024-11-15 |website=Census.gov |language=en}}</ref> }}
The population in 2010 was 201, and the estimated population for 2015 was 387.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2015/SUB-EST2015.html |title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=July 2, 2016 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20160602200744/http://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2015/SUB-EST2015.html |archive-date=June 2, 2016 |url-status=dead}}<br>- {{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html |title=Census of Population and Housing |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=June 4, 2015 }}</ref> The population of DISH was 437 at the 2020 United States Census.<ref name=2020pop/>
==Education== DISH is zoned to the Ponder Independent School District.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st48_tx/schooldistrict_maps/c48121_denton/DC20SD_C48121.pdf |title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Denton County, TX |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |accessdate=October 3, 2022}}</ref> Ponder High School is its comprehensive high school.
==In popular culture== In the January 10, 2006 episode of Comedy Central's ''The Daily Show'', correspondent Ed Helms presented a segment about DISH.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cc.com/video-clips/wy1v8x/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-helms---ready--willing-and-cable |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160902121539/http://www.cc.com/video-clips/wy1v8x/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-helms---ready--willing-and-cable |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 2, 2016 |title=Helms - Ready, Willing and Cable - The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Video Clip) |publisher=Comedy Central |access-date=August 7, 2019}}</ref>
Household Name, a podcast by ''Business Insider'', produced an episode on DISH, "A Town Called DISH", that was aired on June 12, 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/business-insider/household-name |title= Household Name Podcast |website=Stitcher |access-date=September 4, 2019}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.townofdish.com Town of DISH official website]
{{Denton County, Texas}} {{Dish Network}} {{Authority control}}
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