Dallas County, Texas

Dallas County
	Dallas County, Texas
	Map
	; Location in the state of Texas
	; Texas's location in the U.S.
	Statistics
Founded	March 30, 1846
Seat	Dallas
Largest City	Dallas
Area; - Total; - Land; - Water	; 908.54 sq mi (2,353 km²); 873.06 sq mi (2,261 km²); 35.48 sq mi (92 km²),
Population; - (2020); - Density	; 2,613,539 ; 2,994/sq mi (1,156/km²)
Time zone	Central: UTC-6/-5
	Website: https://www.dallascounty.org
	Named for: George M. Dallas
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Dallas County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. In 2020, the population was 2,613,539.^[1]

The head of the county and biggest city is Dallas. It is the second most populated county in Texas after Harris County. It is the ninth most populated in the whole United States.

Geography

The county has a total area of 909 square miles.

Schools

These school districts are in Dallas County:

Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District (partly in Denton County)
Cedar Hill Independent School District
Coppell Independent School District
Dallas Independent School District
DeSoto Independent School District
Duncanville Independent School District
Ferris Independent School District (mostly in Ellis County)
Garland Independent School District

Grand Prairie Independent School District
Grapevine-Colleyville Independent School District (mostly in Tarrant County)
Highland Park Independent School District
Irving Independent School District
Lancaster Independent School District
Mesquite Independent School District
Richardson Independent School District
Sunnyvale Independent School District

Places

Cities

Towns

Dallas County, Texas Media

1893 USGS map of Dallas County
Ethnic origins in Dallas County, TX
Former Dallas County Courthouse
Parkland Memorial Hospital
Dallas County Jail, 111 West Commerce Street

References

↑ Dallas County, Texas. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 5, 2023.

Other websites

The official website of Dallas County

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[2020QF-1] Dallas County, Texas. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 5, 2023.

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v t e Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex
Counties	Collin Dallas Denton Ellis Hood Hunt Johnson Kaufman Parker Rockwall Somervell Tarrant Wise
Core cities	Dallas Fort Worth
Cities more than 100k	Arlington Carrollton Denton Frisco Garland Grand Prairie Irving McKinney Mesquite Plano Richardson
Cities and towns 25k-99k	Allen Bedford Cedar Hill Cleburne The Colony Coppell DeSoto Duncanville Euless Farmers Branch Flower Mound Grapevine Haltom City Highland Village Hurst Keller Lancaster Lewisville Mansfield North Richland Hills Rockwall Rowlett Southlake Wylie
Cities and towns 10k-25k	Addison Balch Springs Benbrook Burleson Colleyville Corinth Ennis Forest Hill Forney Greenville Sachse Saginaw Seagoville Terrell University Park Watauga Waxahachie Weatherford White Settlement

v t e Municipalities and communities of Dallas County, Texas, United States
County seat: Dallas‡
Cities	Balch Springs Carrollton‡ Cedar Hill‡ Cockrell Hill Combine‡ Coppell‡ Dallas‡ DeSoto Duncanville Farmers Branch Ferris‡ Garland‡ Glenn Heights‡ Grand Prairie‡ Grapevine‡ Hutchins Irving Lancaster Lewisville‡ Mesquite‡ Ovilla‡ Richardson‡ Rowlett‡ Sachse‡ Seagoville‡ University Park Wilmer Wylie‡
Towns	Addison Highland Park Sunnyvale
CDP	Bear Creek Ranch
Unincorporated community	Sand Branch
Historical communities	Alpha Buckingham Duck Creek East Dallas Embree Fruitdale Hatterville Hord's Ridge Kleberg La Reunion Liberty Grove Long Creek New Hope Oak Cliff Pleasant Grove Preston Hollow Renner Rylie Scyene Trinity Mills Tripp
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties