Grand Prairie, Texas
city in Dallas, Tarrant, and Ellis counties in Texas, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Grand Prairie is a city in Dallas County, Tarrant County, Ellis County in the state of Texas. It is a rather big city with a population of 196,100 people in 2020.[2] Grand Prairie is part of a bigger region known as the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex made up of Dallas and Fort Worth and their suburbs or cities outside of them.
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Grand Prairie, Texas | |
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Nickname: "G.P." | |
Coordinates: 32°42′55″N 97°1′1″W | |
Country | United States |
State | Texas |
Counties | Dallas, Tarrant, Ellis |
Incorporated as Dechman | 1863; 161 years ago (1863) |
Incorporated as Grand Prairie | 1909; 115 years ago (1909) |
Government | |
• Type | Council-Manager |
Area | |
• City | 81.47 sq mi (210.99 km2) |
• Land | 72.57 sq mi (187.95 km2) |
• Water | 8.90 sq mi (23.05 km2) |
Elevation | 515 ft (157 m) |
Population | |
• City | 196,100 |
• Rank | US: 122nd |
• Density | 2,680.91/sq mi (1,035.10/km2) |
• Urban | 5,121,892 (6th) |
• Metro | 6,810,913 (4th) |
• Demonym | Grand Prairian |
Time zone | UTC−6 (CST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
ZIP codes | 75050-75054 |
Area code(s) | 682,817, 214, 469, 945, 972 |
FIPS code | 48-30464[3] |
GNIS feature ID | 1336802[4] |
Website | www |
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