Lancaster
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city in Dallas County, Texas, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Texas
- County
- Dallas
- Type
- Council-Manager
- City council
- Mayor Clyde C. Hairston , Carol Strain-Burk , Stanley Jaglowski , Marco Mejia , Derrick D. Robinson , Mitchell Cheatham , Betty Gooden-Davis
- City manager
- Opal Mauldin Robertson
- Total
- 33.12 sq mi (85.77 km )
- Land
- 33.06 sq mi (85.63 km )
- Water
- 0.054 sq mi (0.14 km )
- Elevation
- 522 ft (159 m)
- Estimate 2023
- 40,215
- Density
- 1,186/sq mi (458.1/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( Central )
- Zip codes
- 75134, 75146
- Area codes
- 214, 469, 945, 972
- Fips code
- 48-41212
- Website
- Lancaster-TX.com
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Lancaster (/ˈlæŋkɪstər/ LANK-is-tər) is a city in Dallas County, Texas, United States. Its population was 41,275 according to the 2020 census. Founded in 1852 as a frontier post, Lancaster is one of Dallas County's earliest settlements. Today, it is a suburban community located in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, about 15 mi (24 km) south of downtown Dallas.
Lancaster is part of the Best Southwest area, which includes Lancaster, Cedar Hill, DeSoto, and Duncanville.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lancaster” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.