Cedar Hill is a city in Dallas and Ellis counties in the U.S. state of Texas. It is located approximately 16 miles (26 km) southwest of downtown Dallas and is situated along the eastern shore of Joe Pool Lake and Cedar Hill State Park. Per the 2020 United States census, the population was 49,148. Cedar Hill is a suburb of the city of Dallas and is part of the Best Southwest area, which includes the nearby cities of DeSoto, Duncanville, and Lancaster.
Historic downtown Cedar Hill, Texas
Historic old home in Cedar Hill
Antenna grouping in Cedar Hill
The Cedar Hill Government Center, which houses the Cedar Hill ISD offices
Dallas County is the second-most populous county in the U.S. state of Texas with a 2020 U.S. census of 2,613,539, making it the ninth-most populous county in the country. Dallas County is included in the Dallas-Arlington-Fort Worth metropolitan statistical area—colloquially referred to as the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. Municipal expansion within Dallas County has blurred the geographic lines between cities and between neighboring counties.
Image: Dallas County Courthouse with Texas Flag
Image: Irving Convention Center View of Las Colinas
Image: Dallas Hall on the campus of Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas LCCN2015630915
Former Dallas County Courthouse