The official historical marker states it was named after Vice President George M. Two years later, in 1841, he returned to establish a permanent settlement named Dallas. In 1839, accompanied by his dog and a Cherokee he called Ned, he planted a stake in the ground on a bluff located near three forks of the Trinity River and left. Three years after Texas achieved independence, John Neely Bryan surveyed the area around present-day Dallas. In 1836, Texians, with a majority of Anglo-American settlers, gained independence from Mexico and formed the Republic of Texas. The area remained under Spanish rule until 1821, when Mexico declared independence from Spain, and the area was considered part of the Mexican state of Coahuila y Tejas. In 1819, the Adams–Onís Treaty between the United States and Spain defined the Red River as the northern boundary of New Spain, officially placing the future location of Dallas well within Spanish territory. In all, six flags have flown over the area preceding and during the city's history: those of France, Spain, and Mexico, the flag of the Republic of Texas, the Confederate flag, and the flag of the United States of America. Later, France also claimed the area but never established much settlement. Spanish colonists claimed the territory of Texas in the 18th century as a part of the Viceroyalty of New Spain. Indigenous tribes in North Texas included the Caddo, Tawakoni, Wichita, Kickapoo and Comanche. WalletHub named Dallas the fifth-most diverse city in the United States in 2018. The city has a population from a myriad of ethnic and religious backgrounds and one of the largest LGBT communities in the U.S. Over 41 colleges and universities are located within its metropolitan area, which is the most of any metropolitan area in Texas. The Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex hosts 23 Fortune 500 companies, the second-most in Texas and fourth-most in the United States, and 11 of those companies are located within Dallas city limits. ĭominant sectors of its diverse economy include defense, financial services, information technology, telecommunications, and transportation. In addition, Dallas has DART ( Dallas Area Rapid Transit) with different colored train lines that transport throughout the Metroplex. Dallas then developed as a strong industrial and financial center and a major inland port, due to the convergence of major railroad lines, interstate highways and the construction of Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, one of the largest and busiest airports in the world. The construction of the Interstate Highway System reinforced Dallas's prominence as a transportation hub, with four major interstate highways converging in the city and a fifth interstate loop around it.

ĭallas and nearby Fort Worth were initially developed as a product of the construction of major railroad lines through the area allowing access to cotton, cattle, and later oil in North and East Texas. that lacks any navigable link to the sea.

Located in the North Texas region, the city of Dallas is the main core of the largest metropolitan area in the Southern United States and the largest inland metropolitan area in the U.S. and the third-largest city in Texas after Houston and San Antonio. With a 2020 census population of 1,304,379, it is the ninth-most populous city in the U.S. It is the largest city in and seat of Dallas County with portions extending into Collin, Denton, Kaufman, and Rockwall counties.

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