Place:Dallas, Texas, United States

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Place Information
Name
Dallas
Alternate names
Dallas     (Getty Vocabulary Program)
Type
County
Coordinates
32.767°N 96.783°W
Located in
Texas, United States     (1846 - )
Contained Places

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Addison
Balch Springs
Bethard
Bethel
Buckingham
Carrollton
Cedar Hill
Cedarview
Cockrell Hill
Cole
Combine
Coppell
Dallas ( 1841 - )
Dalrock
DeSoto
Duncanville
Estelle
Farmers Branch
Fruitdale
Garland
Gifford
Glenn Heights
Grand Prairie
Highland Park
Highland
Hutchins
Irving
Kenwood
Kingswood
Lancaster
Lawson
Liberty Grove
Meaders
Mesquite
Ovilla
Patrick
Pleasant Run
Rawlins
Red Bird Addition
Richardson
River Oaks
Rowlett
Sachse
Seagoville
Shamrock
Shiloh
Sunnyvale
University Park
Westwood Park
Wilmer
Unknown
Cement City
Lisbon
Walnut Creek
Watching Page
Dhayes

source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog
the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia

Dallas County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas within the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metropolitan area (colloquially referred to as the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex). As of the 2000 U.S. Census, the county had a population of 2.2 million (though a 2004 estimate placed the population at 2.3 million) and is now the ninth most populous county in the United States.

Its county seat is Dallas6, which is also the largest city in the county. Dallas County is the most populous county within the metropolitan area and contains the largest of its principal cities. The county was named in honor of George Mifflin Dallas, the eleventh vice president of the United States.

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Timeline

Date Event Source
1842 Probate records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1846 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1846 Court records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1846 Land records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1846 Marriage records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1850 First census Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1850 No significant boundary changes after this year Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1903 Birth records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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Population History

source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
Census Year Population
1850 2,743
1860 8,665
1870 13,314
1880 33,488
1890 67,042
1900 82,726
1910 135,748
1920 210,551
1930 325,691
1940 398,564
1950 614,799
1960 951,527
1970 1,327,321
1980 1,556,390
1990 1,852,810
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