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Dallas is a city in Paulding County, Georgia — not Texas — and serves as the Paulding County seat, about 30 miles northwest of downtown Atlanta in the city's northwestern exurbs.

Dallas was officially created on May 14, 1852, from 40 acres purchased from Garrett H. Spinks for $1,000, after the creation of Polk County took away Paulding County's original seat of Van Wert and a new county seat town was needed.

The town was named for George Mifflin Dallas of Pennsylvania, vice president of the United States under President James K. Polk — the same president for whom the newly created neighboring Polk County was named.

Dallas was incorporated as a town on February 8, 1854, and its name was formally changed from the Town of Dallas to the City of Dallas in 1951.

Dallas had a population of 14,042 at the 2020 census, up from 11,544 in 2010, with about 5,213 households counted in Census Bureau survey figures, as Paulding County has ranked among the fastest-growing counties in metro Atlanta.

Dallas and its surroundings were the scene of three Atlanta Campaign battles in late May and early June 1864 — the Battle of Dallas on May 28, 1864, the Battle of New Hope Church, and the Battle of Pickett's Mill.

The nearby Pickett's Mill Battlefield State Historic Site preserves one of the best-preserved Civil War battlefields in the nation, with earthworks and artillery positions from the May 27, 1864 fight.

The historic Paulding County Courthouse, built in 1892 with a prominent clock tower on the public square, is Dallas's third courthouse and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

The Silver Comet Trail, a 61.5-mile paved rail-trail running from Smyrna to the Alabama state line, passes through Dallas, where the Civil War Trailhead Park on Main Street marks the ground where the Battle of Dallas began.

The City of Dallas has purchased more than 175 acres of the 1864 battlefield land to create the Dallas Battlefield Park at Scott Smith Preserve, protecting both its historical and natural features.