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Dallas County

county in Texas, United States
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Summary

Dallas County is a county of Texas[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of county of texas entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,854 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Member of: North Texas Tollway Authority[3]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Texas[4]
  • Country: United States[5]
  • Capital: Dallas[6]
  • Shares border with: Denton County[7], Collin County[8], Rockwall County[9], Kaufman County[10], Ellis County[11], Tarrant County[12]
  • Named after: George M. Dallas[13]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Dallas[14]
  • Headquarters location: Dallas[15]
  • Commons category: Dallas County, Texas[16]
  • Inception: March 30, 1846[17]
  • Coordinate location: 32.77, -96.78[18]
  • Official website: http://www.dallascounty.org/[19], https://www.dallascounty.org/[20]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Dallas County, Texas[21]
  • Population: 2,368,139[22], 2,373,299[23], 2,408,488[24], 2,453,907[25], 2,480,331[26], 2,553,385[27], 2,513,054[28], 2,613,539[29]
  • Topic has template: Template:Dallas County, Texas[30]
  • List of monuments: National Register of Historic Places listings in Dallas County, Texas[31]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Dallas County, Texas[32]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Dallas County, Texas[33]
  • Number of households: 1,038,656[34], 943,257[35], 945,996[36]
  • Native label: Dallas County[37]
  • NCI Thesaurus ID: C110267[38]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Dallas County, Texas[39]
  • Different from: Dallam County[40], Dallas County[41]
  • Area: 2353[42]
  • Water as percent of area: 4[43]

Why It Matters

Dallas County has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[44] It is known by 39 alternative names across languages and contexts.[45]

Related Entities

Colligis-Crandelain George M. Dallas Texas United States University of Texas at Dallas

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [44] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [45] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5w ago · Theklan · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    P14687 → Data:US presidential elections by county/Dallas County, Texa
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14687: Data:US presidential elections by county/Dallas County, Texas.tab, Link US presidential election dataset (P14687, subject: United States presidential "
  2. 22w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxonomicon id → 1807853
    Obo gazetteer id → 00006439
    Umls cui → C3814786
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/31546|batch #31546]]"
  3. 22w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Category for people who died here → Category:Deaths in Dallas County, Texas
    Member of → North Texas Tollway Authority
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Texas
    Category for maps or plans → Category:Maps of Dallas County, Texas
    + 37 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Nci thesaurus id: C110267, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1778695477825"
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