Melissa, TX Epoxy Floors: A Local Guide

From Rail Stop to Boomtown

The town was platted in 1872, when the Houston and Texas Central Railroad came through and residents of nearby Highland moved to be near the tracks, according to the City of Melissa's history. By 1886 it had a flour mill and two cotton gins shipping 3,000 bales a year. On April 13, 1921, a tornado struck the town, killing thirteen people and destroying much of the business district, and the community spent the following decades as a small farm town. It had just 604 residents in 1980.

Then came the growth. The Handbook of Texas lists 4,695 people in 2010 and 13,901 in 2020. The town's position on US 75, where it meets SH 121, turned it into one of the busier parts of northeast Collin County.

What That Means for Your Floor

Most Melissa garages are young. If yours came with the house in the last ten or fifteen years, it probably has a plain broom-finished slab, some early tire marks and maybe a hairline crack or two. That is a straightforward starting point for a flake coating.

Older homes near the original town are a different story. Their slabs may have paint, patches or stains from decades of use, and these take more preparation. And then there are the larger lots, where detached shops and oversized garages call for tougher floors and more of them.