Grand Prairie, Texas

Grand Prairie is a city in Dallas County, Tarrant County, Ellis County in the state of Texas. It is a rather big city with a population of 175,336 people in 2010. Grand Prairie is part of a bigger region known as the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex made up of Dallas and Fort Worth and their suburbs or cities outside of them.

Grand Prairie
City
Nickname(s): GP
Motto(s): "Dream Big, Play Hard"[1]
Location of Grand Prairie in Dallas County, Texas
Coordinates: 32°42′55″N 97°1′1″W
Country	United States
State	Texas
Counties	Dallas, Tarrant, Ellis
Area
• Total	81.091 sq mi (210.02 km²)
• Land	72.105 sq mi (186.75 km²)
• Water	8.986 sq mi (23.27 km²)
Elevation	515 ft (157 m)
Population (2010)
• Total	175,396
• Density	2,200/sq mi (840/km²)
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP codes	75050-75054
Area code(s)	972, 214, 469, 817, 682
FIPS code	48-30464[2]
GNIS feature ID	1336802[3]
Website	City of Grand Prairie

References

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Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex
Counties	Collin Dallas Denton Ellis Hood Hunt Johnson Kaufman Parker Rockwall Somervell Tarrant Wise
Major cities	Dallas Fort Worth Arlington
Cities and towns 100k–300k	Carrollton Denton Frisco Garland Grand Prairie Irving Lewisville McKinney Mesquite Plano Richardson
Cities and towns 25k–99k	Allen Bedford Cedar Hill Cleburne The Colony Coppell DeSoto Duncanville Euless Farmers Branch Flower Mound Grapevine Haltom City Highland Village Hurst Keller Lancaster Mansfield Midlothian North Richland Hills Rockwall Rowlett Southlake Wylie
Cities and towns 10k–25k	Addison Balch Springs Benbrook Burleson Colleyville Corinth Ennis Forest Hill Forney Greenville Sachse Saginaw Seagoville Terrell University Park Watauga Waxahachie Weatherford White Settlement

Municipalities and communities of Dallas County, Texas, United States
County seat: Dallas‡
Cities	Balch Springs Carrollton‡ Cedar Hill‡ Cockrell Hill Combine‡ Coppell‡ Dallas‡ DeSoto Duncanville Farmers Branch Ferris‡ Garland‡ Glenn Heights‡ Grand Prairie‡ Grapevine‡ Hutchins Irving Lancaster Lewisville‡ Mesquite‡ Ovilla‡ Richardson‡ Rowlett‡ Sachse‡ Seagoville‡ University Park Wilmer Wylie‡	Dallas County map
Towns	Addison Highland Park Sunnyvale
CDP	Bear Creek Ranch
Unincorporated community	Sand Branch
Historical communities	Alpha Buckingham Duck Creek East Dallas Embree Fruitdale Hatterville Hord's Ridge Kleberg La Reunion Liberty Grove Long Creek New Hope Oak Cliff Pleasant Grove Preston Hollow Renner Rylie Scyene Trinity Mills Tripp
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Municipalities and communities of Ellis County, Texas, United States
County seat: Waxahachie
Cities	Bardwell Cedar Hill‡ Ennis Ferris‡ Glenn Heights‡ Grand Prairie‡ Mansfield‡ Maypearl Midlothian Oak Leaf Ovilla‡ Pecan Hill Red Oak Waxahachie	Ellis County map
Towns	Alma Garrett Italy Milford Palmer Venus‡
CDP	Bristol
Other communities	Auburn Avalon Boz Crisp Five Points Forreston Ike India Ozro Rankin Rockett Telico Trumbull
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Municipalities and communities of Tarrant County, Texas, United States
County seat: Fort Worth
Cities	Arlington Azle‡ Bedford Benbrook Blue Mound Burleson‡ Colleyville Crowley‡ Dalworthington Gardens Euless Everman Forest Hill Fort Worth‡ Grand Prairie‡ Grapevine‡ Haltom City Haslet‡ Hurst Keller Kennedale Lake Worth Mansfield‡ Newark‡ North Richland Hills Pelican Bay Reno‡ Richland Hills River Oaks Saginaw Sansom Park Southlake‡ Watauga Westworth Village White Settlement	Tarrant County map
Towns	Edgecliff Village Flower Mound‡ Lakeside Pantego Trophy Club‡ Westlake‡ Westover Hills
CDPs	Briar‡ Pecan Acres‡ Rendon
Unincorporated communities	Alliance‡ Boss
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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