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HISTORY OF DALLAS COUNTY.
Precinct No. 1.
Commencing at the
mouth of Five-Mile creek, thence up said
creek to the source of North prong; thence
north to west fork of Trinity; thence down
said stream to mouth; thence up the Elm
fork to mouth of Thompson's creek; thence
up said creek to the source of South fork;
thence east to the divide road east of White
Rock; thence with said road to the mouth of
White Rock; thence down Trinity river to
beginning.
Precinct No. 2.
Colmmencing on the
West fork at the western boundary of Precinct
No. 1; thence south with said boundary
to the Mountain road; thence with said road
to the southern boundary of the county;
thence west with said boundary to corner;
thence north with western boundary of the
county to the West fork; thence down said
stream to the beginning.
Precinct No. 3.-Commencing at the
mouth of the West fork; thence up said
stream to the western boundary of the county;
thence north with said boundary to corner;
thence east with the northern boundary of
the county to the Elm fork; thence down
said stream to beginning.
Precinct No. 4.
Commencing at the
mouth of Thompson's creek; thence up said
creek to the source of South fork; thence east
to the divide road east of White Rock; thence
up said road to the northern boundary of the
county; thence west with said northern
boundary to the Elm fork; thence down the
Elm fork to the beginning.
Precinct No. 5.
Commencing at the
northeast corner of the county; thence west
with the northern boundary of the county to
the divide road east of White Rock; thence
south with said road to where it crosses the
national road; thence east with said national
road to the eastern boundary of the county;thence north with said eastern boundary to
beginning.
Precinct No. 6.-Commencingat the southeast
corner of the county; thence north with
the eastern boundary of the county to the
national road; thence west with said road to
where it crosses the Divide road; thence with
said road to the mouth of White Rock;
thence down the Trinity to the southern
boundary of the county; thence east with
said southern boundary to beginning.
Precinct No. 7. -Commencingat the mouth
of Five-Mile creek; thence up said creek to
the source of the North fork; thence west to
the Mountain road; thence south with said
road to the southern boundary of the county;
thence east with said southern boundary to
the Trinity river; thence up said river to
beginning.
The above precincts were laid off in the
early part of July, 1846, the description of
which, as above given, being recorded on the
20th day of July, 1846. The above boundary
lines of these precincts have many times been
changed since they were thus located, and
the county is now divided into eight precincts
(justices'), the boundaries of which
will not here be given, as they can be discerned
by reference to a map of Dallas county.
The towns included in the different precincts,
however, are as follows: Precinct No. 1, the
city of Dallas and suburbs and Calhoun; Precinct
No. 2, Farmers' Branch, Carrollon,
Trinity Mills and Richardson; Precinct iNo.
3, Rose Hill, Pleasant Valley, Garland, New
Hope and Reinhardt; Precinct No. 4, Scyene,
Mesquite, caught's Store, Seagovillo and
Kleburg; Precinct No. 5, De Soto, Hutchins,
Wilmer, and Lancaster; Precinct No. 6,
Duncanville and Cedar Hill; Precinct No. 7,
Lisbon, Eagle Ford, Grand Prairie and Oak
Cliff; Precinct No. 8, Sowers.
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Lewis Publishing Company. Memorial and Biographical History of Dallas County, Texas., book, 1892; Chicago, Illinois. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth20932/m1/194/?rotate=270: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Dallas Public Library.