Far North Dallas is the section of the city of

Dallas Dallas () is the List of municipalities in Texas, third largest city in Texas and the largest city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the List of metropolitan statistical areas, fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States at 7.5 ...

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which extends north of the Lyndon B. Johnson Freeway. Far North Dallas is part of North Dallas but is viewed as a distinct area. The area has strong social, economic, and political ties to two

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s of Dallas, Richardson and

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Neighborhoods

The following neighborhoods are generally considered part of or closely connected with Far North Dallas; however, some of them may not be located entirely within Far North Dallas or may be considered parts of Far North Dallas by some and not others. * Bent Tree * Briar Ridge * Chalfont Place * Chimney Hill * Cobblestone Square * Country Brook * Estates West * Frankford Creek Estates * Frankford Meadows * Haymeadow * Highland Creek * Highlands North * Hillcrest Manor * Jackson Highlands * Le Louvre * Moss Creek * Northwood Hills * Oak Tree * Oakdale * Park Central * Parkway Lake Estates * Pepperwood Estates * Preston Creek * Preston Fairways * Preston Green * Preston Highlands * Preston North * Preston Port Estates * Preston Trail * Prestonwood * Regency Park * Renner * Spring Creek * Timberglen * University Place * Valley View * Whispering Springs * Williamsburg on Preston * Willow Falls * Willow Greene

Shopping

* Galleria Dallas

Education

Secondary

The Collin County portion of Far North Dallas is served by the

Plano Independent School District Plano Independent School District (PISD or Plano ISD) is an independent school district in southwestern Collin County, Texas, based in Plano. Plano ISD serves about of land, with of it within the City of Plano. The district also takes student ...

, zoned to Plano West Senior High School. Portions of Far North Dallas in Dallas County are served by the

Richardson Independent School District Richardson Independent School District (RISD) is a school district based in Richardson, Texas ( USA). RISD covers and serves the city of Richardson and portions of the cities of Dallas and Garland (60 percent of RISD is in North Dallas, wi ...

, zoned to

J.J. Pearce High School J. J. Pearce High School is a high school located in Richardson, Texas, United States. It is named after Joseph Jones “J.J.” Pearce, the superintendent for the Richardson Independent School District (RISD) from 1946 to 1977. In 2018, it had an ...

(Richardson) or

Richardson High School Richardson High School (RHS) is a magnet high school in Richardson, Texas, United States with approximately 2,770 students and a student/teacher ratio of approximately 15:1 in the 20182019 school year. It is the oldest high school in the Richardso ...

(Richardson). The

Denton County Denton County is located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 906,422, making it the 7th-most populous county in Texas. The county seat is Denton. The county, which was named for John B. Denton, was establis ...

portion of Far North Dallas is served by the Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District, and students are zoned to R.L. Turner High School or

Newman Smith High School Newman Smith High School is a public high school in Carrollton, Texas, United States in the Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District. The school opened in 1975, and is named after the former CFBISD superintendent Newman Smith. Smith H ...

Colleges and universities

The University of Texas at Dallas The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD or UT Dallas) is a public research university in Richardson, Texas. It is one of the largest public universities in the Dallas area and the northernmost institution of the University of Texas system. It wa ...

(UTD), part of the state public

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, is located in the city of Richardson, is adjacent to Far North Dallas, and is in the heart of the ''

Telecom Corridor The Telecom Corridor is a technology business center in Richardson, Texas, a northern suburb of Dallas, which contains over 25 million square feet (2.3 million square meters) of office space and accounts for over 130,000 jobs. Located in the Dall ...

''. UT Dallas, or UTD, is renowned for its work in combining the arts and technology, as well as for its programs in engineering, computer science, economics, international political economy, neuroscience, speech and hearing, pre-health, pre-law and management. The university has many collaborative research relationships with

UT Southwestern Medical Center The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (UT Southwestern or UTSW) is a public academic health science center in Dallas, Texas. With approximately 18,800 employees, more than 2,900 full-time faculty, and nearly 4 million outpatient ...

. UT Dallas is home to approximately 21,145 students. *

Richland College Dallas College Richland Campus (often stylized as Richland or RLC) is a public community college in Dallas, Texas. The school was founded in 1972 and is part of Dallas College. It is the largest campus in the college, featuring about 20,000 st ...

, part of the

Dallas County Community College District Dallas College is a public community college with seven campuses in Dallas County, Texas. It serves more than 70,000 students annually in degree-granting, continuing education, and adult education programs. Dallas College offers associate degr ...

, is located in nearby Lake Highlands. The school was founded in 1972 and is the largest school in the DCCCD, featuring nearly 22,000 students. Richland is the only community college to receive the

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. *

Brookhaven College Dallas College Brookhaven Campus (Brookhaven or BHC) is a public community college in Farmers Branch, Texas. It is one of seven campuses of Dallas College, and it opened in 1978, making it the newest campus in Dallas College (excluding satellit ...

, part of the Dallas County Community College District, is located near Far North Dallas. Brookhaven opened in 1978, making it the newest college in DCCCD, featuring nearly 11,000 students * Texas A&M's TAMU-Dallas campus (the Texas AgriLife Research and Extension Center at Dallas)TAMU-Dallas
is also located in the Far North Dallas. TAMU-Dallas is the home of the Urban Living Laboratory, which is a research and urban lifestyle community built with state-of-the-art green technologies.Urban Living Laboratory - Dallas
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Dallas Jewish Community

Dallas hosts the state's largest Jews, Jewish community with population estimates ranging from 50,000 to 75,000 people of the state's estimated Jews, Jewish population of around 110,000 to 130,000 people, some large Orthodox Shuls are Ohev Shalom, Shaare Tefila, Ohr HaTorah, and Toras Chaim.

Far North Community

The Far North Community of the Dallas Jewish Community has by far the largest population of Orthodox

Jews Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""The ...

, the Far North

live within an

Eruv An eruv (; he, עירוב, , also transliterated as eiruv or erub, plural: eruvin or eruvim) is a ritual halakhic enclosure made for the purpose of allowing activities which are normally prohibited on Shabbat (due to the prohibition of ''ho ...

containing the entire area of Far North Dallas.

Libraries

The area is served by three branches of the

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system: * Fretz Park Branch Library * Renner Frankford Branch Library * Timberglen Branch Library

Government

Far North Dallas is split between

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Districts 11 and 12, represented by Jaynie Schultz and Cara Mendelsohn respectively.

Politics

Far North Dallas is very politically aligned with adjacent Richardson and

, all three of which voted for the Republican Party throughout the early 2000s. The section has shifted dramatically towards the Democratic Party in recent years, however, voting for

Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton ( Rodham; born October 26, 1947) is an American politician, diplomat, and former lawyer who served as the 67th United States Secretary of State for President Barack Obama from 2009 to 2013, as a United States sen ...

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and Joe Biden in

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Transportation

As the majority of North Dallas was developed in the late 20th century, the primary mode of local transportation is the

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and the area has a low density compared with neighborhoods built in the early 20th century. Efforts made by the City of Dallas and

Dallas Area Rapid Transit Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) is a transit agency serving the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex of Texas. It operates buses, light rail, commuter rail, and high-occupancy vehicle lanes in Dallas and twelve of its suburbs. In , the system had ...

to increase the availability of alternative modes of transportation received varying degrees of support from Far North Dallas residents. Plans to build a commuter or light rail line ''through'' the Far North Dallas area along the "Cotton Belt" (the St. Louis Southwestern Railway) met opposition from residents and local organizations in the early 2000s. In 2019, construction began on the railway plan, now called the Silver Line. Due to delays from the

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, the railway is expected to be completed some time in 2024.

Highways

Dallas North Tollway The Dallas North Tollway (DNT, or simply the Tollway) is a controlled-access toll road operated by the North Texas Tollway Authority (NTTA), which runs from Interstate 35E near downtown Dallas, Texas (USA), to U.S. Highway 380, in Frisco, T ...

runs north/south. * US 75

U.S. Highway 75 ( Central Expressway) runs northeast/southwest. * I-635 (TX)

Interstate 635 * Belt Line Road * Toll_Texas_PGBT_new

President George Bush Turnpike The President George Bush Turnpike (PGBT) is a toll road running through the northern, northeastern and western suburbs, forming a partial loop around Dallas, Texas, United States. It is named for the late George H. W. Bush, the 41st president ...

Thoroughfares

*Arapaho Road *Coit Road *Frankford Road *Hillcrest Road *Midway Road *Preston Road *Spring Valley Road

Air

Addison Airport Addison Airport is a public airport in Addison, in Dallas County, Texas, United States, north of downtown Dallas., effective 2007-12-20 It opened in 1954 and was purchased by the town of Addison in 1976. It is home to the Cavanaugh Fligh ...

, a

general aviation General aviation (GA) is defined by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) as all civil aviation aircraft operations with the exception of commercial air transport or aerial work, which is defined as specialized aviation services ...

airport, is located adjacent to North Dallas in

References

External links

North Dallas Neighborhood Alliance

TAMU-Dallas

University of Texas at Dallas
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