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City Bank Stadium is the home stadium of the Forney Jackrabbits and the North Forney Falcons and is located on the campus of Forney High School. It is primarily used by the NFHS football, FHS football, soccer and track teams. The first game played in City Bank Stadium was a football game pitting the Forney Jackrabbits against the Mesquite Horn Jaguars in which the Jackrabbits were soundly defeated. (Mesquite Horn 31, Forney 10). Former NFL quarterback Caleb Hanie played for Forney in the game. Until 2004, only Varsity Football and track teams were allowed to use the stadium. In 2004 upon insistence from parents and coaches, the varsity soccer teams were allowed to play at the stadium. City Bank Stadium is a turf surface. Stadium Upgrades Several upgrades were made prior to the 2004 season. The visitor stands were extended to the length of the field and concession stands, restrooms, and a locker room were added. On the home side, a concession stand was added at the south end to be used for the baseball and softball fields once they are completed. Support beams were also added on both the north and south ends of the home side. Artificial turf will be installed during summer of 2007. This upgrade was approved in the May 2007 school bond election. "Tiger turf" was installed during summer 2007. In Summer 2009, the north endzone was replaced with "Falcons" to represent Forney ISD's new school North Forney. In summer 2011 the entire field was replaced at no charge after problems with areas of it coming loose. The scoreboard was replaced in 2019. It is capable of showing video versus just graphics on the old board. Notable Games Forney 49 v. Wills Point 0 - 2003 bi-district playoffs - First playoff game at the stadium was a bi-district match up between Forney and Wills Point. Forney won the game 49-0. Since then City Bank Stadium has been a popular site for surround teams to play in. Unity Bowl Each year since 2012 and the opening of North Forney HS, a 2nd high school in Forney, TX, the teams have played a cross-town football game titled the Unity Bowl. Forney 24 v. North Forney 14 - 2012 Unity Bowl - The first annual "Unity Bowl" against cross town rivals. Forney scored 14 straight points to win the game. Forney 27 v. North Forney 17 - 2013 Unity Bowl - Forney scored 21 straight points to defeat North Forney. Forney 48 v. North Forney 0 - 2014 Unity Bowl - Forney absolutely destroyed the Falcons throughout the game. Forney 59 v. North Forney 28 - 2015 Unity Bowl Forney 37 v. North Forney 19 - 2016 Unity Bowl North Forney 49 v. Forney 19 - 2017 Unity Bowl - North Forney gets their first Unity Bowl Win, and in a big way. Forney 39 v. North Forney 35 - 2018 Unity Bowl - Tight and hard fought game by both teams North Forney 57 v. Forney 10 - 2019 Unity Bowl - North Forney takes the trophy back. North Forney 61 v. Forney 21 - 2020 Unity Bowl - North Forney absolutely destroyed the Jackrabbits throughout the game. Forney 15 v. North Forney 7 - 2021 Unity Bowl - Forney once again shows little brother who is boss.

Forney High School is a public secondary school located in Forney, Texas, United States. It is one of two high schools in the Forney Independent School District which serves Forney, Talty, the small Kaufman County portion of Mesquite, and some surrounding unincorporated areas of Kaufman County. Because of immense growth over the past years, a bond was approved to begin construction of a second high school in May 2007. US Highway 80 serves as the boundary between the two high schools. Beginning in 2009, North Forney High School only housed freshmen and sophomores so the first graduating class will be in 2012. In 2011, the school was rated "Academically Acceptable" by the Texas Education Agency.

Forney is a city in Kaufman County, Texas, United States, and has been named by the Texas Legislature as the "Antique Capital of Texas". It is part of the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. Its population was 14,661 at the 2010 census, up from 5,588 at the 2000 census; in 2020, its population was 23,455.

The Forney Energy Center is a natural gas-fired power station located in Forney, Texas. The energy center was commissioned in 2003 and features six 304 MW combined-cycle generators. It is the second largest natural gas-fired power station in Texas after the Sabine Power Plant.

Dr. John D. Horn High School is a secondary school in Mesquite, Texas, United States. The school serves the southern portion of Mesquite and the Mesquite ISD portion of Seagoville.John Horn High School, which serves grades 9 through 12, is a part of the Mesquite Independent School District. The school is under the UIL AAAAAA (or 6A) division. The Jaguar is the school mascot, and the school colors are red, black and white.

Lawson is an area within Mesquite, Texas, United States; it was formerly a distinct unincorporated community in Dallas County. Lawson had the names Slapfoot and Haught's Store. By 1982, Mesquite annexed the community.

Seagoville ( SEE-goh-vil) is a city in Dallas County, Texas, United States, and a suburb of Dallas. A small portion of Seagoville extends into Kaufman County. The population was 18,446 at the 2020 census. The city is located along U.S. Highway 175, 10 miles (16 km) from downtown Mesquite.

Crandall is a city in Kaufman County, Texas, United States. Its population was 5,100 in 2023. It began as a railway town, developing alongside the Texas Trunk Railroad in the early 1880s. Crandall is named after Cornelius F. Crandall, who had previously founded Crandall, Indiana

The Federal Correctional Institution, Seagoville (FCI Seagoville) is a low-security United States federal prison for male inmates in Seagoville, Texas in the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area. It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice. The facility includes a detention center for male offenders and an adjacent satellite prison camp that houses minimum security-male offenders. FCI Seagoville is located 11 miles (18 km) southeast of Downtown Dallas.

Lake Ray Hubbard, formerly Eastern Dallas Lake or Forney Lake, is a freshwater impoundment (reservoir) located in Dallas, Texas in the counties of Dallas, Kaufman, Collin, and Rockwall, just north of the City of Forney. It was created by the construction of the Rockwall-Forney Dam, which impounded the East Fork Trinity River. It measures 22,745 acres (92.05 km2) in size with a storage capacity of 490,000 acre-ft (600 million m3) and a maximum depth of 40 ft (12 m). The dam is currently owned by the City of Dallas. I-30 crosses the lake on the Eastern Dallas Causeway. The lake was originally named Forney Lake for the small city of Forney. After the City of Dallas incorporated the lake, it was renamed after a living person, Ray Hubbard, who presided over the Dallas Parks and Recreation System board from 1943 to 1972. The reservoir is currently managed and owned by Dallas Water Utilities.

Seagoville High School is a public secondary school located in Dallas, Texas, United States, northwest of the city of Seagoville. Seagoville High School enrolls students in grades 9–12 and is a part of the Dallas Independent School District. Seagoville High School serves the DISD portion of the city of Seagoville, as well as small parts of Dallas (including Kleberg) and the DISD portion of the city of Combine. The community of Wright Farms, located in Dallas, is assigned to Seagoville High School. In 2015, the school was rated "Met Standard" by the Texas Education Agency.

Talty is a city in Kaufman County, Texas, United States. Its population was 1,535 at the 2010 census, and in 2019 the estimated population was 2,760.Incorporated on May 1, 1999, as the Town of Talty, the name was formally changed to City of Talty in 2015.Don Willett, a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and former Texas Supreme Court justice, is from Talty.