The Government District is an area in south-central

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Dallas Dallas () is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the most populous city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the List of Texas metropolitan areas, most populous metropolitan area in Texas and the Metropolitan statistical area, fourth-most ...

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(

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). It lies south of the Main Street District, southeast of the West End Historic District, north of the Convention Center District, west of the Farmers Market District, and east of the Reunion District.

Notable structures

The district is home to

Dallas City Hall Dallas City Hall is the seat of municipal government of the city of Dallas, Texas, United States. It is located at 1500 Marilla Street in the Government District, Dallas, Government District of downtown Dallas. The current building, the city's ...

, the

J. Erik Jonsson Central Library The J. Erik Jonsson Central Library is the main library of the Dallas Public Library system. It is located at 1515 Young Street in the Government District, Dallas, Texas, Government District of downtown Dallas, downtown Dallas, Texas, Dallas, Te ...

, and several other local, regional, state, and federal government buildings. The

United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas The United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas (in case citations, N.D. Tex.) is a United States district court. Its first judge, Andrew Phelps McCormick, was appointed to the court on April 10, 1879. The court convenes in ...

, which exercises original jurisdiction over 100 counties in North and West Texas, convenes in the

Earle Cabell Federal Building and Courthouse The Earle Cabell Federal Building and Courthouse, named for former Dallas mayor Earle Cabell, is located in the Government District, Dallas, Texas, Government District of downtown Dallas, downtown Dallas, Texas, Dallas, Texas, United States. It ...

in the district. The same building additionally houses United States Bankruptcy and Magistrate Courts and a

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office. The historic Santa Fe Freight Terminal also lies in this district, stretching from Young to Commerce Street.

Education

The district is zoned to schools in the

Dallas Independent School District The Dallas Independent School District (Dallas ISD or DISD) is a school district based in Dallas, Texas, United States. It operates schools in much of Dallas County, Texas, Dallas County and is the second-largest school district in Texas and t ...

. Residents of the district are zoned to City Park Elementary School, Billy Earl Dade Middle School, and James Madison High School.Dallas ISD

. (Maps: ES:''
City Park
; MS:''
Dade
; HS:''
Madison
.) Retrieved 31 December 2006.

References

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