Lochwood is a neighborhood in

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) adjacent to Lake Park Estates and Old Lake Highlands. It is located east of

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and sometimes referred to as 'Dixon Branch' because of the creek by that name running through the neighborhood.

Boundaries

The Lochwood neighborhood is roughly pentagonal in shape, and is bounded on the north by East Northwest Highway (Texas Spur 244 or

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), on the west by East Lake Highlands Drive, on the southwest by Easton Road, on the southeast by Garland Road (

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) and on the east by Jupiter Road.

About

The area surrounds the Dixon Branch of

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, east of

. The neighborhood was built starting after World War II and features many one- and two-story Ranch-style homes. Commercially, the area is anchored by White Rock Marketplace, formerly Lochwood Shopping Center (renamed "Treehouse" in 1976, then back to Lochwood Mall by the early 1980s). The mall, opened in 1957,Lochwood Village Opening To Introduce 35 Stores. ''The Dallas Morning News'', 15 August 1957. Retrieved 2013-06-28. Some individual stores opened as early as 1955. once housed Titche's Department Store. The mall shut down around 1989. The neighborhood is approximately one square mile and has about 2,000 households. The neighborhood is revered for its abundance of mature trees, walking and hiking trails, proximity to White Rock Lake, and mid-century style homes. The median price for a single family home in Lochwood was approximately $330,000 as of mid-2017.

Education

The neighborhood is served by the

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. Children in the neighborhood attend Martha Turner Reilly Elementary School (located within the neighborhood), Robert T. Hill Middle School, and

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