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Fate got its unusual name from the nickname of one of two early settlers — William Lafayette Brown or G. W. Lafayette Peyton — both of whom were known as 'Fate' in the 1860s, and the city itself admits it will never be known for sure which man it honors.

A post office was established in Fate on July 13, 1880, with Harvey Peyton White as its first postmaster.

In 1886 the whole community picked up and moved about half a mile to the new railroad townsite of Barnes City on the Missouri, Kansas and Texas line, then renamed the new town Fate in February 1887 so it would not have to apply for a new post office.

On August 1, 1899, Fate became the first town in Texas to have a rural mail route.

Fate was incorporated in 1908, but it stayed tiny for a century — its population was just 602 in the 2000 census.

Fate then exploded: the population jumped to 6,357 in 2010 and 17,958 in 2020, and Census estimates put it at over 29,000 by 2025.

Census data identified Fate as the fastest-growing city in the state of Texas during the 2000s, and one of the fastest-growing cities in the United States.

The 2020 census counted 17,958 people living in 4,552 households in Fate, reflecting its transformation into a family-oriented Dallas commuter suburb.

Fate is one city split between two school districts — students attend either Rockwall Independent School District or Royse City Independent School District schools depending on their address.

Fate sits on Interstate 30 and State Highway 66 in the center of Rockwall County, about four miles northeast of the city of Rockwall and roughly 30 miles east of downtown Dallas.