Grand Prairie, Texas

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Dallas. It is located about 16 miles [25 km] to the northeast of Grand Prairie and has a population of 1,188,580 people.^<1>

The next largest community is Fort Worth. It is located about 19 miles [30 km] to the west of Grand Prairie and has a population of 534,694 people.

Other large communities in the area:

	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Arlington	W	6 mi [9.66 km]	374,417	12.45% increase
	Bedford	NW	12 mi [19.31 km]	49,155	4.25% increase
	Carrollton	N	21 mi [33.8 km]	125,595	14.62% increase
	Denton	N	36 mi [57.9 km]	119,454	48.32% increase
	Euless	N	11 mi [17.7 km]	52,579	14.29% increase
	Flower Mound	N	24 mi [38.62 km]	69,307	36.69% increase
	Garland	NE	27 mi [43.45 km]	218,577	1.3% increase
	Irving	N	12 mi [19.31 km]	201,358	5.08% increase
	Lewisville	N	24 mi [38.62 km]	101,624	30.73% increase
	McKinney	NE	40 mi [64.4 km]	121,211	122.94% increase
	Mesquite	E	25 mi [40.23 km]	132,123	6.1% increase
	North Richland Hills	NW	16 mi [25.75 km]	65,078	16.97% increase
	Plano	NE	29 mi [46.67 km]	267,480	20.47% increase
	Richardson	NE	26 mi [41.84 km]	101,589	10.66% increase
	Rowlett	NE	30 mi [48.28 km]	55,780	25.34% increase

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Cedar Hill	SE	8 mi [12.87 km]	44,786	39.55% increase
	Cockrell Hill	NE	8 mi [12.87 km]	4,272	3.85% decrease
	Dalworthington Gardens	W	7 mi [11.27 km]	2,412	10.34% increase
	DeSoto	SE	10 mi [16.09 km]	47,568	26.36% increase
	Duncanville	SE	6 mi [9.66 km]	36,109	---
	Forest Hill	W	14 mi [22.53 km]	13,858	7.02% increase
	Glenn Heights	SE	13 mi [20.92 km]	11,078	53.35% increase
	Hurst	NW	13 mi [20.92 km]	38,550	6.28% increase
	Kennedale	W	11 mi [17.7 km]	7,115	21.62% increase
	Mansfield	SW	9 mi [14.48 km]	46,142	64.61% increase
	Midlothian	S	14 mi [22.53 km]	16,478	120.29% increase
	Ovilla	SE	12 mi [19.31 km]	3,961	16.33% increase
	Pantego	W	7 mi [11.27 km]	2,381	2.72% increase
	Shamrock	SE	9 mi [14.48 km]	---
	University Park Village	NW	6 mi [9.66 km]	---

Dallas County

Grand Prairie is primarily located in Dallas County. A portion of Grand Prairie extends into Ellis County and Tarrant County.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Dallas: Collin, Denton, Ellis, Kaufman, Rockwall and Tarrant. Although it doesn't share a border with Dallas, Johnson it is close to Grand Prairie.

Below are counties that are near Grand Prairie (within 40 mi [64.4 km]). For each of these counties, we also show the community that is closest to Grand Prairie:

	County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From Grand Prairie
	Collin County	NE	Dallas	16 miles [25 km]
	Comanche County	N	Cross Roads	37 miles [59 km]
	Denton County	N	Grapevine	17 miles [27 km]
	Ellis County	S	Britton	9 miles [14 km]
	Hill County	S	Files Valley	32 miles [51 km]
	Hood County	W	Cresson	37 miles [59 km]
	Johnson County	SW	Lillian	15 miles [24 km]
	Kaufman County	E	Combine	29 miles [46 km]
	Parker County	W	Iona	30 miles [48 km]
	Rockwall County	NE	Glen Hill	34 miles [54 km]

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