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Named after the Scottish village of Dallas, in Moray, after which a number of places worldwide are named. Dallas County was established in 1846 and the city of Dallas was set as the temporary county seat. In 1850, Dallas became the permanent seat over Cedar Springs and Hord's Ridge , both of which now lie within the city's limits.
Map of central Dallas c. 1871. In 1871, railroads were beginning to approach the area and Dallas city leaders did not intend to stand idly and be left out. They paid the Houston and Central Texas Railroad US$5,000 to shift its route 20 miles (32 km) to the west and build its north–south tracks through Dallas, rather than through Corsicana as
This program diverted nonviolent drug offenders to treatment and counseling programs, resulting in a 60% reduction in recidivism and substantial cost savings [8] Following his retirement from the judiciary, Dallas County, Texas renamed its drug treatment facility the Judge John C. Creuzot Judicial Treatment Center in May 2013. [9] [10]
Dallas County is the second-most populous county in the U.S. state of Texas with a 2020 U.S. census count of 2,613,539, [1] making it the ninth-most populous county in the country. Dallas County is included in the Dallas - Arlington - Fort Worth metropolitan statistical area —colloquially referred to as the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex .
As Old as Dallas Itself: A History of Lawyers in Dallas, the Dallas Bar Associations, and the City They Helped Build. Three Forks Press. ISBN 978-1893451018. Portz, Kevin G. (2015). "Political Turmoil in Dallas: The Electoral Whipping of the Dallas County Citizens League by the Ku Klux Klan, 1922". Southwestern Historical Quarterly. 119 (2 ...
Dallas County: 113: Dallas: 1846: Nacogdoches County and Robertson County: George Mifflin Dallas, the eleventh vice president of the United States (1845–1849) (Disputed) 2,606,358: 880 sq mi (2,279 km 2) Dawson County: 115: Lamesa: 1876: Bexar County: Nicholas Mosby Dawson, a soldier of the Texan Revolution and victim of the Dawson Massacre ...
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Location of Dallas County in Texas. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Dallas County, Texas. This is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Dallas County, Texas. There are 35 districts, 113 individual properties, and three former ...