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Dallas is the ninth-most populous city in the United States with 1.3 million residents at the 2020 census, located in northern Texas as the third-most populous city in the state and a core anchor of the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex, which has 8.5 million people and ranks as the fourth-most populous metropolitan area in the U.S. Founded in 1841 by John Neely Bryan on a bluff near the Trinity River, Dallas developed as a major transportation and industrial hub due to railroad construction, four converging interstate highways, and Dallas Fort Worth International Airport, one of the world's largest airports. The city's diverse economy is dominated by defense, financial services, information technology, telecommunications, and transportation sectors, with 11 of the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex's 23 Fortune 500 companies located within city limits. Dallas covers nearly 386 square miles and hosts over 41 colleges and universities across its metropolitan area, the most of any metropolitan area in Texas, while serving as a major inland port and financial center. Grand Prairie is a city in Dallas, Tarrant, Ellis, and Johnson counties within the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex's Mid-Cities region, with a 2020 census population of 196,100, making it Texas's 15th most populous city. Founded in 1863 by Alexander McRae Dechman as Dechman, the town was renamed Grand Prairie in 1877 after the U.S. Postal Service confused the railroad depot name with the regional designation "grand prairie of Texas," and was incorporated as a city in 1909. The city became a major aviation and defense hub, hosting North American Aviation Plant B during World War II, which produced the B-24 Liberator and P-51 Mustang aircraft, followed by Vought Aircraft and later LTV, which manufactured the F-8 Crusader and A-7 Corsair II jets from 1950-1989. Lockheed Martin and Airbus Helicopters, formerly the North American headquarters of Aérospatiale Helicopter, continue operations in Grand Prairie, cementing its role in the aerospace industry. The city's development accelerated after a 1953 annexation effort brought nearly 70 square miles of undeveloped land in southern Dallas and Tarrant counties under its jurisdiction. Frisco, Texas is a city located in Collin and Dentin counties within the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex, approximately 25 miles from both Dallas Love Field and Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, with a population of 200,509 according to the 2020 U.S. census. The city was the fastest-growing in the United States in 2017 and from 2000 to 2009, experiencing rapid suburban development beginning in the late 1990s as northern DFW expansion reached Plano and spilled into Frisco. Originally settled as Lebanon in 1860 along the Preston Trail, the community was renamed Frisco in 1904 in honor of the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway, which established a watering station there in 1902 for steam locomotives. Frisco has maintained Tree City USA designation from the National Arbor Day Foundation since 2003 and serves primarily as a bedroom community for DFW professionals. The McKinney-Frisco urban area had a population of 504,803 in 2020, ranking 83rd among U.S. urban areas.