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Welcome to Grand Prairie ...The city of Grand Prairie is located Grand Prairie is primarily located in Dallas County<1>. A portion of Grand Prairie extends into Ellis County and Tarrant County. While we don't have a date for the founding of Grand Prairie, you might consider that their post office opened in 1877. A typical abbreviation for Grand Prairie: Grand Pr. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Grand Prairie has a population of 194,419 people<2> (see below for details). The community of Grand Prairie is 530 feet [162 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Grand Prairie lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Codes for Grand Prairie: (214), (469)<4> and (972) The ZIP codes for Grand Prairie: 75050-75054<5> Official Website: www.ci.grand-prairie.tx.us/ Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Grand Prairie had an population of 194,419 people. This is an increase of 10.85% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 52.57% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Grand Prairie had a population of 175,396 people (which is 7.41% of the total population of Dallas County). This makes Grand Prairie the county's 4th most populous community. The population of Grand Prairie represents 0.7% of the total population of Texas (which has 25,145,561 people), making it the state's 15th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 175,396 people, the population of Grand Prairie increased 37.64% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 127,427 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Grand Prairie. Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Grand Prairie - they are located in Illinois, Kansas and Louisiana (2). For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Grand Prairie. We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Grand Prairie. We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Grand Prairie. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Grand Prairie. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Grand Prairie. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Grand Prairie. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Grand Prairie. Our list includes 10 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Grand Prairie. Looking for more information about Grand Prairie? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. In addition to the Tourism page for Grand Prairie, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Grand Prairie. We originally found mention of Grand Prairie in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Grand Prairie was on a map titled Map of Texas (from Rand McNally, 1911). We also found Grand Prairie in the book titled .<8> From that list, the Grand Prairie post office opened in 1877.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Grand Prairie.
The official website for Grand Prairie: www.ci.grand-prairie.tx.us/ The official website for Dallas County: www.dallascounty.org/ The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/ |
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