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Dallas was founded in 1841 by John Neely Bryan as a trading post near the Trinity River, and it was incorporated as a city on February 2, 1856.

Dallas is the county seat of Dallas County - the county was formed in 1846 and Dallas became its permanent county seat in 1850.

Dallas had a population of 1,304,379 in the 2020 Census, and the Census Bureau estimated it had grown to 1,329,491 by July 1, 2025.

Dallas has about 533,915 households, averaging 2.42 persons per household, and only about 42.4% of its homes are owner-occupied.

Dallas has a humid subtropical climate, with July and August average highs around 96 degrees Fahrenheit, an all-time record high of 113 degrees set in 1980, and a location at the lower end of Tornado Alley.

The Dallas park system includes 406 parks spread across some 21,000 acres, including 17 lakes such as White Rock Lake and Bachman Lake.

Fair Park, the flagship of the Dallas park system, was built in 1936 for the Texas Centennial Exposition.

Klyde Warren Park is a deck park built over the Woodall Rodgers Freeway that opened in 2012, reconnecting downtown Dallas with Uptown.

The Dallas Arts District is the largest urban arts district in the United States.

President John F. Kennedy was assassinated on November 22, 1963, in Dealey Plaza in Dallas, just yards from the site where John Neely Bryan first settled the city.