Lancaster 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's Historic Town Square
Lancaster's Historic MKT Depot and Rose Garden
1994 Tornado damage and repair are evident in the brick color on the former White Bank Building on Lancaster's Historic Town Square.
Lancaster High School
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: lossy page 1 Dallas Hall on the campus of Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas LCCN2015630915.tif
Former Dallas County Courthouse
