Dallas is a neighbourhood of the City of
Kamloops
Kamloops ( ) is a city in south-central British Columbia, Canada, at the confluence of the North Thompson River, North and South Thompson Rivers, which join to become the Thompson River in Kamloops, and east of Kamloops Lake. The city is the ad ...
,
British Columbia
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,
Canada
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. It has an
urban area
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separated from the Kamloops population centre, with a population of 4,445 as of the
Canada 2011 Census
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.
Name origin
It was named for Dallas Johnston (1887–1964), who farmed land east of Kamloops until its purchase for the Veterans' Land Act settlement.
References
Neighbourhoods in Kamloops
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