Dallas

**Dallas** is a large city in the northern part of the U.S. state of Texas. It is a part of a much larger group of cities called the Metroplex, along with important cities like Arlington, Mansfield, Grand Prarie Denton, Fort Worth, and Plano. The city is the ninth largest in the United States.

For many years, the city was known as the city in which President John F. Kennedy was killed, but that is not associated with the city as much anymore.

## Geography

Dallas has a total area of 385.9 square miles.

## Sports

The city is home to the Dallas Cowboys, a professional American football team.
The city is also home to the Dallas Stars, a hockey team in the NHL, the Texas Rangers, a baseball team in the MLB, and the Dallas Mavericks, a basketball team in the NBA.

## History

The city of Dallas was founded in 1841 by John Neely Bryan. Over time, it grew into a large city with many companies. In 1907 Neiman Marcus set up shop , and later in 1915 Southern Methodist University opened.

On November 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was shot dead. In 2014, ebola virus infected several people in Dallas, killing some. A nurse who got it sued the hospital. On July 7, 2016, five police officers were shot dead.

### Confederate monuments

A lot of monuments and buildings have been removed or renamed in Dallas, Texas.

- Removal of the Confederate War Memorial in Dallas was approved by the Dallas City Council in February 2019, but a citizens' group filed lawsuits, and the planned removal was blocked indefinitely later that year by the Fifth Court of Appeals of Texas. On June 11, 2020, the city filed an emergency motion for immediate permission to remove the monument, citing possible serious injury to protesters if the monument were to be toppled during a planned rally at the site. It was removed on June 24, 2020.

- The Robert E. Lee statue in Lee Park along Turtle Creek Boulevard, dedicated in 1936 to celebrate the Texas Centennial Exposition, was removed on September 14, 2017, after the City Council voted 13–1 in favor of removal. The city considered lending it to the Texas Civil War Museum in White Settlement, the only local institution willing to accept it, but declined because it would not be displayed in a historical context the Dallas City Commission found acceptable. In June 2019, the city sold it in an online auction for $1,435,000, on condition that it not be displayed in the Dallas–Fort Worth area.
- Thomas Jefferson High School's sports mascot changed from Rebels to Patriots "in the 1970s".
- William L. Cabell Elementary School, named after William Lewis Cabell, was renamed Chapel Hill Preparatory in 2018.
- Stonewall Jackson Elementary School (1939) in Lower Greenville was renamed Mockingbird Elementary School in 2018, after Mockingbird Lane on which it is located.
- Robert E. Lee Elementary School was renamed Geneva Heights Elementary School in 2018.
- Robert E. Lee Park: The park was temporarily renamed "Oak Lawn Park" until a permanent name could be approved. In 2019, the Dallas Park Board gave the park its new permanent name, Turtle Creek Park
- Lee, Gano (Richard Montgomery Gano), Stonewall, Beauregard, and Cabell (William Lewis Cabell, mayor of Dallas) streets are currently named for Confederate generals. They will be renamed at a future date.

## Climate

Dallas has a humid subtropical climate (_Cfa_ in the Koeppen climate classification).

## People

Dallas has a large Mexican American and African American population.

## Other websites

- Official city website
- _The Handbook of Texas Online:_ Dallas, Texas

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Dallas
- **settlement type**: City
- **imagesize**: 50px
- **image caption**: Top to bottom, left to right: Downtown Dallas, State Fair of Texas at Fair Park, Dallas County Courthouse (Texas), Old Red Museum, Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House, Winspear Opera House, Perot Museum of Nature and Science, Perot Museum,  the American Airlines Center, the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge, and John Fitzgerald Kennedy Memorial, JFK Memorial
- **image flag**: Flag of Dallas.svg
- **flag size**: 100px
- **image seal**: Seal of Dallas.svg
- **seal size**: 90px
- **seal alt**: Seal of Dallas, Texas
- **nicknames**: Big D, D-Town, Triple D , 214
- **map caption**: Interactive map of Dallas
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **subdivision name**: United States
- **subdivision type1**: U.S. state, State
- **subdivision name1**: Texas
- **subdivision name2**: Dallas County, Texas, Dallas, Collin County, Texas, Collin, Denton County, Texas, Denton, Kaufman County, Texas, Kaufman, Rockwall County, Texas, Rockwall
- **subdivision type2**: List of counties in Texas, Counties
- **established title**: Municipal corporation, Incorporated
- **established date**: February 2, 1856
- **parts type**: List of counties in Texas, Counties
- **parts style**: para
- **government type**: Council–manager government, Council–Manager
- **governing body**: Dallas City Council
- **leader title**: Mayor of Dallas, Mayor
- **leader name**: Eric Johnson (Texas politician), Eric Johnson (Republican Party (United States), R)
- **unit pref**: Imperial
- **area total sq mi**: 385.9
- **area total km2**: 999.2
- **area land sq mi**: 339.604
- **area land km2**: 879.56
- **area water sq mi**: 43.87
- **area water km2**: 113.60
- **elevation m**: 131
- **elevation ft**: 430
- **population total**: 1304379
- **population as of**: 2020 United States Census, 2020
- **population density sq mi**: 3840.93
- **population density km2**: 1482.99
- **population metro**: 7637387 (List of metropolitan statistical areas, US: 4th)
- **population rank**: List of United States cities by population, 9th in the United States
List of municipalities in Texas, 3rd in Texas
- **population urban**: 5,732,354 (List of United States urban areas, US: 6th)
- **population density urban km2**: 1,267.0
- **population density urban sq mi**: 3,281.5
- **population demonym**: Dallasite
- **postal code type**: ZIP Codes
- **area code**: Area codes 214, 469, 972, and 945, 214, 469, 945, 972
- **area code type**: North American Numbering Plan, Area codes
- **pushpin label**: Dallas
- **timezone**: Central Time Zone, Central
- **utc offset**: −06:00
- **timezone dst**: Central Time Zone, Central
- **utc offset dst**: −05:00
- **blank name sec1**: Federal Information Processing Standards, FIPS code
- **blank info sec1**: 48-19000
- **blank1 name sec1**: Geographic Names Information System, GNIS feature ID
- **blank1 info sec1**: 1380944
- **blank1 name sec2**: International airport
- **blank1 info sec2**: Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport
- **blank2 name sec2**: Domestic airport
- **blank2 info sec2**: Dallas Love Field
- **blank3 name sec2**: Interstate Highway System, Interstates
- **blank3 info sec2**:

- **blank4 name sec2**: United States Numbered Highway System, U.S. routes
- **blank4 info sec2**:
- **blank5 name sec2**: Rapid transit
- **blank5 info sec2**: DART Light Rail
- **blank6 name sec2**: Commuter rail
- **blank6 info sec2**: Trinity Railway Express