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GENERAL INFORMATION
Area: 45.64 sq. mi.
Altitude: 512 feet in the city, ranging to 750 feet in parts of the county.
Population: U.S. 1930 Census:
Dallas proper 260,475
Highland Park 8,422
University Park 4,200
273,097
As of January 1, 1940, estimated metropolitan population 380,927.
Railroad Stations: Union Railway Passenger Terminal, Houston St. bet. Jackson
and Young Sts., for Chicago, Rock Island & Gulf Ry. (Rock Island Lines); Fort
Worth & Denver City Ry. (Burlington Lines); St. Louis & San Francisco Ry.
(Frisco); Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Ry. (Santa Fe); Missouri-Kansas-Texas R.R.
(Katy); St. Louis-Southwestern Ry. (Cotton Belt); Texas & New Orleans R.R.
(Southern Pacific Lines); Texas & Pacific Ry. (Missouri Pacific System). Highland
Park Station, Abbott Ave. at Knox St., Missouri-Kansas-Texas (Katy).
Airports: Love Field Airport, 3630 Love Field Dr., Lemmon Ave. to Denton Dr., 278
acres, owned and operated by the City of Dallas. By auto, 6 mi. NW. from downtown
on Lemmon Ave., or Denton Dr. (US 77-SH 40). Love Field Coach, 7; taxi from
downtown, 90. Operating airlines transport passengers to and from field for
50, for American Airlines, Inc.; Delta Air Lines; Braniff Airways, Inc. Complete
facilities for servicing aircraft day and night; charter and ambulance service.
Hensley Field (US Army Airport), 13-1/2 mi. SW. of Dallas, about 1/4 mi. to left of
US 80. Owned by City of Dallas, but used exclusively by army under lease to war
department.
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Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the City of Dallas. The WPA Dallas Guide and History, book, 1992; Dallas, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc28336/m1/36/: accessed April 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Press.