The Mid-Cities is a

suburban A suburb (more broadly suburban area) is an area within a metropolitan area, which may include commercial and mixed-use, that is primarily a residential area. A suburb can exist either as part of a larger city/urban area or as a separa ...

region filling the 30-mile (48 km) span between

Dallas Dallas () is the third largest city in Texas and the largest city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States at 7.5 million people. It is the largest city in and seat of Dallas County wi ...

and

Fort Worth Fort Worth is the List of cities in Texas by population, fifth-largest city in the U.S. state of Texas and the List of United States cities by population, 13th-largest city in the United States. It is the county seat of Tarrant County, Texas, T ...

. These communities include the cities of Arlington,

Bedford Bedford is a market town in Bedfordshire, England. At the 2011 Census, the population of the Bedford built-up area (including Biddenham and Kempston) was 106,940, making it the second-largest settlement in Bedfordshire, behind Luton, whilst t ...

Colleyville Colleyville is a city in northeastern Tarrant County, Texas, United States, centrally located in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. A wealthy suburb of the Dallas/Fort Worth area, Colleyville was originally a small farm town in the 19th century. Th ...

, Coppell, Euless, Flower Mound,

Grand Prairie Grand Prairie is a city in Dallas, Tarrant, and Ellis counties of Texas, in the United States. It is part of the Mid-Cities region in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. It had a population of 175,396 according to the 2010 census, making it th ...

Grapevine ''Vitis'' (grapevine) is a genus of 79 accepted species of vining plants in the flowering plant family Vitaceae. The genus is made up of species predominantly from the Northern Hemisphere. It is economically important as the source of grapes, ...

Haltom City Haltom City is a city, part of the Dallas–Fort Worth region, in Tarrant County, Texas, United States. Its population was 46,073 at the 2020 census. Haltom City is an inner suburb of Fort Worth, a principal city of the DFW Metroplex. The city i ...

Hurst Hurst may refer to: Places England * Hurst, Berkshire, a village * Hurst, North Yorkshire, a hamlet * Hurst, a settlement within the village of Martock, Somerset * Hurst, West Sussex, a hamlet * Hurst Spit, a shingle spit in Hampshire ** Hu ...

, Irving, Keller, Lewisville,

Mansfield Mansfield is a market town and the administrative centre of Mansfield District in Nottinghamshire, England. It is the largest town in the wider Mansfield Urban Area (followed by Sutton-in-Ashfield). It gained the Royal Charter of a market town ...

North Richland Hills North Richland Hills, commonly known as NRH, is a city inside Tarrant County, Texas, United States, and a mid-to-high end suburb of Fort Worth. The population was 69,917 at the 2020 census, making it the third largest city in Tarrant County. In ...

Richland Hills Richland Hills is a city in Tarrant County, Texas, United States. The population was 7,801 at the 2010 census. Government Richland Hills operates under a charter adopted in 1986, which provides for a "Council-Manager" form of government. The Cou ...

, Southlake, and Watauga.

Cities

The list features cities that are considered part of the Mid-Cities. Most of these communities are predominantly in

Tarrant County Tarrant County is located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of 2020, it had a population of 2,110,640. It is Texas' third-most populous county and the 15th-most populous in the United States. Its county seat is Fort Worth. Tarrant County, one ...

, with minor exceptions lying in

and Denton counties. Some of these communities with a population over 100,000 are considered principal or major cities, despite being between Dallas and Fort Worth. * Arlington (

) * Irving ( Dallas County) *

* Watauga * Keller *

* Southlake *

* Euless *

* Lewisville (

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 ...

) * Flower Mound (Denton County) * Coppell (Dallas County) *

* Dalworthington Gardens * Pantego *

(Dallas County) *

Transportation in the Mid-Cities

Airports

* DFW International Airport * Grand Prairie Municipal Airport * Arlington Municipal Airport

Highways

Rail

Trinity Railway Express The Trinity Railway Express (TRE) is a commuter rail line in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. It was established by an interlocal agreement between Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) and Trinity Metro. Each transit authority owns a 50% stake i ...

* TEXRail * DART Orange Line

Major shopping centers in the Mid-Cities

* Grapevine Mills * Irving Mall * North East Mall * Parks Mall * Southlake Town Center

Entertainment in the Mid-Cities

Major sports

Arlington hosts two major teams. The Texas Rangers baseball team have played at

Arlington Stadium Arlington Stadium was a baseball stadium located in Arlington, Texas, United States, located between Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas. It served as the home for the Texas Rangers ( MLB) from 1972 until 1993, after which the team moved into The Ball ...

from 1972 to 1993, at

Globe Life Park in Arlington Choctaw Stadium, formerly Globe Life Park, is an American multi-purpose stadium in Arlington, Texas, between Dallas and Fort Worth. Originally built as a baseball stadium, it was home to the Texas Rangers of Major League Baseball and the Texa ...

from 1994 to 2019, and at

Globe Life Field Globe Life Field is a retractable roof stadium in Arlington, Texas. It is the home ballpark of Major League Baseball's Texas Rangers. It is located just south of Choctaw Stadium, the Rangers' former home ballpark. History Background On May ...

since 2020. Meanwhile, the

Dallas Cowboys The Dallas Cowboys are a professional American football team based in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. The Cowboys compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) East divis ...

football team has played at the

Texas Stadium Texas Stadium was an American football stadium located in Irving, Texas, a suburb west of Dallas. Opened on October 24, 1971, it was known for its distinctive hole in the roof, the result of abandoned plans to construct a retractable roof (Cowboy ...

in Irving from 1971 to 2008 and at the

AT&T Stadium AT&T Stadium, formerly Cowboys Stadium, is a retractable-roof stadium in Arlington, Texas, United States. It serves as the home of the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL), and was completed on May 27, 2009. It is also the hom ...

in Arlington since 2009. The International Bowling Campus, which houses the

United States Bowling Congress The United States Bowling Congress (USBC) is a sports membership organization dedicated to ten-pin bowling in the United States. It was formed in 2005 by a merger of the American Bowling Congress—the original codifier of all tenpin bowling stand ...

International Bowling Museum The International Bowling Museum is located inside the International Bowling Campus in Arlington, Texas. It reopened there on January 26, 2010, after having been located in St. Louis, Missouri, until November 2008. The design and fabrication of th ...

and the

International Bowling Hall of Fame The World Bowling Writers (WBW) International Bowling Hall of Fame was established in 1993 and is located in the International Bowling Museum and Hall of Fame, on the International Bowling Campus in Arlington, Texas. History The International Bo ...

, is also located in Arlington. The

Four Seasons Resort and Club Dallas at Las Colinas The Las Colinas Resort, Dallas is a golf resort in Irving, Texas, United States. The resort contains a 431-room hotel, two restaurants, lounge bars, a spa, swimming pool, gym, tennis courts and two golf courses, featuring a Tournament Players Cl ...

hosts the Byron Nelson Championship, an annual

PGA Tour The PGA Tour (stylized in all capital letters as PGA TOUR by its officials) is the organizer of professional golf tours in the United States and North America. It organizes most of the events on the flagship annual series of tournaments also k ...

golf tournament. The Las Colinas Country Club hosts the

LPGA Tour The Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) is an American organization for female golfers. The organization is headquartered at the LPGA International in Daytona Beach, Florida, and is best known for running the LPGA Tour, a series of week ...

's Volunteers of America Texas Shootout each spring as well. Other sports teams in the Mid-Cities are: *

Grand Prairie AirHogs The Texas AirHogs were a professional baseball team based in Grand Prairie, Texas from 2008 to 2020. The AirHogs were members of the American Association of Independent Professional Baseball, which is not affiliated with Major League Baseball. Be ...

Lone Star Brahmas The Lone Star Brahmas are a Tier II junior ice hockey team in the North American Hockey League (NAHL) based in North Richland Hills, Texas (a suburb of Fort Worth). The Brahmas play their home games at the NYTEX Sports Centre. The Brahmas nickn ...

* Texas Jr. Brahmas * Dallas Derby Devils *

Vitesse Dallas Vitesse Dallas is an indoor soccer team in the USA, founded in 2007. The team is a member of the Premier Arena Soccer League. Vitesse has won two PASL-Premier Championships (2008/09 and 2011/12). The team plays its home games at Arlington Indoo ...

Amusement parks

Six Flags Six Flags Entertainment Corporation is an American amusement park corporation, headquartered in Arlington, Texas. It has properties in Canada, Mexico, and the United States. Six Flags owns the most theme parks and waterparks combined of any a ...

* Hurricane Harbor * NRH2O *

Great Wolf Lodge Great may refer to: Descriptions or measurements * Great, a relative measurement in physical space, see Size * Greatness, being divine, majestic, superior, majestic, or transcendent People * List of people known as "the Great" *Artel Great (born ...

* Epic Waters Indoor Water Park *

Notable museums

Ripley's Believe It or Not! ''Ripley's Believe It or Not!'' is an American franchise founded by Robert Ripley, which deals in bizarre events and items so strange and unusual that readers might question the claims. Originally a newspaper panel, the ''Believe It or Not'' feat ...

Gambling

Lone Star Park Lone Star Park is a horse racing track and entertainment destination located mile north of Interstate 30 on Belt Line Road in Grand Prairie, Texas. Lone Star Park has two live racing seasons every year; the spring Thoroughbred season generally ...

Venues

* Texas Trust CU Theatre at Grand Prairie * Irving Convention Center at Las Colinas * Toyota Music Factory

Education in the Mid-Cities

Colleges/universities

North Lake College Dallas College North Lake Campus (often referred to as North Lake or NLC) is a public community college in Irving, Texas. It is part of Dallas College. It opened in 1977 and enrolls about 5,000 credit students and an additional 3,000 continuin ...

(Irving) *

Dallas Baptist University Dallas Baptist University (DBU) is a Christian liberal arts university in Dallas, Texas. Founded in 1898 as Decatur Baptist College, Dallas Baptist University currently operates campuses in Dallas, Plano, and Hurst. History Dallas Baptist Univ ...

(Grand Prairie) *

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 ...

Tarrant County College Tarrant County College (TCC) or Tarrant County College District (TCCD) is a public community college in Tarrant County, Texas. It offers Associate of Arts, an Associate of Science, an Associate of Applied Science, and Associate of Arts in Teachi ...

(Arlington and Hurst) *

Dallas Christian College Dallas Christian College (DCC) is a private Christian college in Farmers Branch, Texas. It is affiliated with the Christian Church In ecclesiology, the Christian Church is what different Christian denominations conceive of as being the true ...

University of Dallas The University of Dallas is a private Catholic university in Irving, Texas. Established in 1956, it is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. The university comprises four academic units: the Braniff Graduate School ...

(Irving) *

University of Texas at Arlington The University of Texas at Arlington (UTA or UT Arlington) is a public research university in Arlington, Texas. The university was founded in 1895 and was in the Texas A&M University System for several decades until joining the University of Te ...

* Arlington Baptist College *

Brown Mackie College Brown Mackie College was a private for-profit college system in the United States. The colleges offered bachelor's degrees, associate degrees, and certificates in programs including early childhood education, information technology, health sc ...

High schools

This list features high schools that serve the Mid-Cities communities. Some of the campuses' city limits are within either Dallas or Fort Worth, examples such as Keller ISD have a significant amount of their high school campuses predominantly in Fort Worth city limits, despite being based in Keller. * Arlington ISD ** Arlington High School ** Bowie High School (Arlington, TX) **

Lamar High School (Arlington, Texas) Mirabeau B. Lamar High School is a secondary school in Arlington, Texas. It is named for Mirabeau B. Lamar, the second president of the Republic of Texas, and serves grades 9 through 12 in the Arlington Independent School District. History Lamar ...

** Martin High School (Arlington, TX) **

Sam Houston High School (Arlington, Texas) Sam Houston High School, located in east Arlington, Texas, is a public high school serving grades 9-12. It is one of the six high schools comprising the Arlington Independent School District in Arlington, Texas. The current principal is Juan Vi ...

Seguin High School (Arlington, Texas) Juan Seguin High School is a secondary school serving grades 9–12 located in Arlington, Texas and is part of the Arlington Independent School District. The school serves approximately 1,600 students. History Juan Seguin High School first opened ...

* Birdville ISD **

Birdville High School Birdville High School (BHS) is a public high school located in the city of North Richland Hills, Texas and is the second newest school in the Birdville Independent School District (second to Walker Creek Elementary). Established in 1999, it was th ...

(North Richland Hills, TX) **

Haltom High School Haltom High School is a grade 9-12 high school located in Haltom City, Texas. Athletics The Haltom mascot is the Buffalo, and school colors are black, orange, and white. For the biennium 2020-2022, the Texas UIL classified the school as 6A, and ...

** Richland High School * Carroll ISD **

Carroll High School Carroll High School can refer to: In the United States * Carroll High School (Alabama), Ozark, Alabama * Carroll High School (Flora, Indiana), Flora, Indiana * Carroll High School (Fort Wayne, Indiana), Fort Wayne, Indiana * Carroll High School (I ...

(Southlake, TX) * Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD ** Ranchview High School(Irving Texas) * Coppell ISD **

Coppell High School Coppell High School is a public high school located in Coppell, Texas. It is part of the Coppell Independent School District located in extreme northwest Dallas County. In 2015, the school was rated " Met Standard" by the Texas Education Agenc ...

* Grand Prairie ISD ** Grand Prairie High School **

South Grand Prairie High School South Grand Prairie High School (SGPHS) is a public high school in the city of Grand Prairie, Texas, United States. It is part of the 36-campus Grand Prairie Independent School District. History South Grand Prairie High School originally opened ...

* Grapevine-Colleyville ISD **

Colleyville Heritage High School Colleyville Heritage High School (CHHS) is a public secondary school in Colleyville, Texas in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. The school is a part of the Grapevine-Colleyville Independent School District and serves freshmen through senior students ...

** Grapevine High School * Hurst-Euless-Bedford ISD ** L. D. Bell High School (Hurst, TX) ** Trinity High School * Irving ISD **

Irving High School Irving High School is a public high school in Irving, Texas. It was the first high school established in the Irving Independent School District. Irving High School includes, like all the other Irving ISD high schools, wireless internet in the c ...

** Jack E. Singley Academy (Irving, Texas) ** MacArthur High School (Irving, Texas) ** Nimitz High School (Irving, Texas) * Keller ISD ** Central High School (Fort Worth, TX) ** Fossil Ridge High School (Fort Worth, TX) **

Keller High School Keller High School is a public high school located in the city of Keller, Texas and is served by the Keller Independent School District. The school educates students in the majority of the city of Keller, western Southlake, northwestern Colle ...

(Keller, Texas) ** Timber Creek High School (Fort Worth, TX) * Mansfield ISD ** Mansfield High School (Mansfield, Texas) **

Mansfield Summit High School Mansfield Summit High School is a size 5A secondary school located in Arlington, Texas, and is part of the Mansfield Independent School District. The school serves a portion of Arlington. The school first opened in Fall of 2002. , the school pr ...

(Arlington, Texas) **

Mansfield Timberview High School Mansfield Timberview High School (THS) is a secondary school located in Arlington, Texas, United States. It is a Mansfield Independent School District campus. Its mascot is the wolf. Timberview High School was named an AVID National Demonstration ...

(Arlington, Texas) **

Mansfield Legacy High School Mansfield Legacy High School is a public secondary school located in Mansfield, Texas, United States. The school is a part of the Mansfield Independent School District and serves sections of the city of Mansfield, Arlington, as well as unincorpo ...

(Mansfield, Texas) ** Mansfield Lake Ridge High School (Mansfield, Texas) * Northwest ISD ** Byron Nelson High School (Trophy Club, TX)

References

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