<h4 class="label">Construction Status</h4>
<p>The McKinney Texas Temple is currently in the planning stages. No groundbreaking date has been announced.</p>
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<h4 class="label">Temple Rendering</h4>
<p>On February 26, 2024, the official exterior rendering for the McKinney Texas Temple was released to the public.¹</p>
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<h4 class="label">Temple Site</h4>
<p>On December 4, 2023, the location of the McKinney Texas Temple was announced as an 8.16-acre site located along Stacy Road just east of an existing meetinghouse at 651 East Stacy Road, in Fairview, Texas. Plans call for a multi-story temple of approximately 44,000 square feet.²</p>
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<h4 class="label">Temple Announcement</h4>
<p>On October 2, 2022, President Russell M. Nelson announced plans to construct the McKinney Texas Temple at the October 2022 General Conference. The city of McKinney is located within the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area of North Texas. Texas is home to more than 370,000 Latter-day Saints in 737 congregations. Missionary work in Texas began in 1843 during the early history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The McKinney Texas Temple will be the state’s eighth temple. The other seven temples in Texas at the time of the announcement included the <a href="/austin-texas-temple/" onmouseover="showTip('austin-texas-temple')" onmouseout="unTip()">Austin Texas Temple</a> (announced), <a href="/dallas-texas-temple/" onmouseover="showTip('dallas-texas-temple')" onmouseout="unTip()">Dallas Texas Temple</a>, <a href="/fort-worth-texas-temple/" onmouseover="showTip('fort-worth-texas-temple')" onmouseout="unTip()">Fort Worth Texas Temple</a> (announced), <a href="/houston-texas-temple/" onmouseover="showTip('houston-texas-temple')" onmouseout="unTip()">Houston Texas Temple</a>, <a href="/lubbock-texas-temple/" onmouseover="showTip('lubbock-texas-temple')" onmouseout="unTip()">Lubbock Texas Temple</a>, <a href="/san-antonio-texas-temple/" onmouseover="showTip('san-antonio-texas-temple')" onmouseout="unTip()">San Antonio Texas Temple</a>, and <a href="/mcallen-texas-temple/" onmouseover="showTip('mcallen-texas-temple')" onmouseout="unTip()">McAllen Texas Temple</a> (under construction).³</p>
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<h4 class="label">Temple Facts</h4>
<p>The McKinney Texas Temple was originally announced as a temple to be constructed in Prosper, Texas.</p>
<p>The McKinney Texas Temple will be the eighth temple built in Texas.</p><div class="footnote"><hr><ol><li>"Renderings for Temples in England, Nevada and Texas," The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints News Release, 26 Feb. 2024.</li><li>"McKinney Texas Temple Site Announced," The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints News Release, 4 Dec. 2023.</li><li>"The Church of Jesus Christ Will Build 18 New Houses of the Lord," The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints News Release, 2 Oct. 2022.</li></ol></div><p></p>