History UsefulNotes / DFWMetroplex

There are also other cities of notable size, such as Arlington (50th most populous city in the country)[[note]]And home to the Metroplex's UsefulNotes/NationalFootballLeague, UsefulNotes/MajorLeagueBaseball, [[UsefulNotes/{{Basketball}} WNBA]], XFL, and [[VideoGame/{{Overwatch}} Overwatch League]] teams, respectively the Dallas Cowboys, Texas Rangers, Dallas Wings, Arlington Renegades, and Dallas Fuel; and also the first Six Flags theme park and its sister water park Hurricane Harbor.[[/note]], Plano (71st), Garland (87th) Irving (94th), and about a half-dozen more within the top 300.

* Ross Perot

As far as education goes, there are a number of colleges in the area. Fort Worth's most notable university is Texas Christian University, which has produced a couple of [[UsefulNotes/NationalFootballLeague NFL]] stars in Sammy Baugh and [=LaDainian=] Tomlinson. The University of Texas has campuses at both Dallas (a northeast suburb named Richardson, more specifically) and Arlington. Denton also has two major universities: The University of North Texas and Texas Woman's University. UNT is one of the state's top five in enrollment and its football team once fielded Mean Joe Greene (that guy whom the kid gave the Coke in that commercial), Kevin Adkisson (later to achieve wrestling fame as [[Wrestling/VonErichFamily Kevin Von Erich]]) and Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin (back when he was called Steve Williams). UNT is also well known for its music program, having been the oldest school to offer a degree in jazz studies, and for having one of the world's most famous and prestigious drumlines. The Dallas enclave of University Park[[note]]Said enclave actually includes two municipalities—University Park and Highland Park, collectively the Park Cities. Both are served by the Dallas post office.[[/note]] has Southern Methodist University, known for its fine arts programs and ridiculously wealthy alumni base, but was also a football powerhouse, producing pro stars such as Eric Dickerson and Craig James. SMU lost its glory in the 80s, however, after receiving the NCAA "Death Penalty" (cancellation of its football program for two years) for illegal recruiting practices.

As far as education goes, there are a number of colleges in the area. Fort Worth's most notable university is Texas Christian University, which has produced a couple of [[UsefulNotes/NationalFootballLeague NFL]] stars in Sammy Baugh and [=LaDainian=] Tomlinson. The University of Texas has campuses at both Dallas (a northeast suburb named Richardson, more specifically) and Arlington. Denton also has two major universities: The University of North Texas and Texas Woman's University. UNT is one of the state's top five in enrollment and its football team once fielded Mean Joe Greene (that guy whom the kid gave the Coke in that commercial) and Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin (back when he was called Steve Williams). UNT is also well known for its music program, having been the oldest school to offer a degree in jazz studies, and for having one of the world's most famous and prestigious drumlines. The Dallas enclave of University Park[[note]]Said enclave actually includes two municipalities—University Park and Highland Park, collectively the Park Cities. Both are served by the Dallas post office.[[/note]] has Southern Methodist University, known for its fine arts programs and ridiculously wealthy alumni base, but was also a football powerhouse, producing pro stars such as Eric Dickerson and Craig James. SMU lost its glory in the 80s, however, after receiving the NCAA "Death Penalty" (cancellation of its football program for two years) for illegal recruiting practices.

The Metroplex is also home to several sports teams and stadia, most of whom are based in Dallas despite their stadium being in another suburb. NASCAR's Texas Motor Speedway, for instance, lies at the intersection of TX-114 and I-35W, which is within the city limits of Fort Worth and just outside of the Roanoke/Westlake/Southlake/Trophy Club limits. As well, the Dallas Cowboys' [[strike:Cowboys]] AT&T Stadium is located in Arlington (Texas Stadium, their previous home, was located in Irving), as are Globe Life Field and its predecessor Choctaw Stadium (the Texas Rangers' home fields[[note]]The older stadium is now home to DFW's XFL team, the Arlington Renegades; the Dallas Jackals in Major League UsefulNotes/{{Rugby|Union}}; and North Texas SC, playing soccer in the third-level MLS Next Pro as the reserve side for FC Dallas.[[/note]]), and College Park Center, home to the WNBA's Dallas Wings. Going even further than that, FC Dallas play their home games in Toyota Park, up in Frisco. However, the Dallas Mavericks and Dallas Stars play their home games in the American Airlines Center, located right outside of downtown Dallas, well within city limits, and even located just over 500 feet from a major public transportation station close to city center. Unlike the other "big 4" teams based in the Metroplex, the Cowboys do not have any regional rivals (in-state or out-of-state) in their division; they are members of the NFC East division in spite of their location in Texas, due to having had intense rivalries with the UsefulNotes/{{New York|City}} Giants, UsefulNotes/{{Philadelphia}} Eagles, and UsefulNotes/{{Washington|DC}} Commanders (formerly Redskins and then the "Washington Football Team") since the franchise's early years, fueled partly by cultural differences between Texas and the Northeastern US. On the other hand, the other "big 4" teams in the Metroplex have at least one regional rival in their division: the Stars have the UsefulNotes/{{Nashville}} Predators, the Rangers have the UsefulNotes/{{Houston}} Astros (a rivalry that has largely been intensified since the Astros were found to have cheated in their 2017 World Series-winning campaign), and the Mavericks are in a division with only regional rivals: the Houston Rockets, Memphis Grizzlies, UsefulNotes/NewOrleans Pelicans, and San Antonio Spurs. In addition to professional teams, major college sports also commonly play here. There is a rivalry between Dallas-based SMU and Fort Worth-based TCU that is played out every so often, the University of Oklahoma and the University of Texas play at the Cotton Bowl each year in the Red River Rivalry, the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic (one of the New Year's Six bowl games) is played in AT&T Stadium, as is the [=AdvoCare=] Classic (a kickoff game featuring marquee college football teams as a seasonal curtain-raiser). Toyota Stadium has hosted the championship game of the second level of college football, NCAA Division I FCS, since the 2010 season.[[note]]Officially known as the "NCAA Division I Football Championship"; it's the only D-I football championship actually conducted by the NCAA. The College Football Playoff, the de facto championship tournament for FBS, has never been run by the NCAA.[[/note]]

As far as education goes, there are a number of colleges in the area. Fort Worth's most notable university is Texas Christian University, which has produced a couple of [[UsefulNotes/NationalFootballLeague NFL]] stars in Sammy Baugh and [=LaDainian=] Tomlinson. The University of Texas has campuses at both Dallas (a northeast suburb named Richardson, more specifically) and Arlington. Denton also has two major universities: The University of North Texas and Texas Women's University. UNT is one of the state's top five in enrollment and their football team once fielded Mean Joe Greene (that guy whom the kid gave the Coke in that commercial) and Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin (back when he was called Steve Williams). UNT is also well known for its music program, having been the oldest school to offer a degree in jazz studies, and for having one of the world's most famous and prestigious drumlines. Dallas has Southern Methodist University, known for its fine arts programs, but was also a football powerhouse, producing pro stars such as Eric Dickerson and Craig James. SMU lost its glory in the 80s, however, after receiving the NCAA "Death Penalty" (cancellation of its football program for two years) for illegal recruiting practices.

* Creator/ElizabethMitchell (born in Los Angeles, CA but raised mainly in Dallas)

* Creator/JessePlemmons (Dallas)

There are also other cities of notable size, such as Arlington (50th most populous city in the country)[[note]]And home to the Metroplex's UsefulNotes/NationalFootballLeague, UsefulNotes/MajorLeagueBaseball, [[UsefulNotes/{{Basketball}} WNBA]], XFL, and [[VideoGame/{{Overwatch}} Overwatch League]] teams, respectively the Dallas Cowboys, Texas Rangers, Dallas Wings, Dallas Renegades, and Dallas Fuel; and also the first Six Flags theme park and its sister water park Hurricane Harbor.[[/note]], Plano (71st), Garland (87th) Irving (94th), and about a half-dozen more within the top 300.

The Dallas/Fort Worth metropolitan area, most commonly known as "The Metroplex", "DFW", or the "Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex" (or, even more archaically, the Golden Triangle) is the [[UsefulNotes/{{Texas}} Lone Star State]]'s largest metropolitan area, the [[EverythingIsBigInTexas fourth largest in the USA]], and the second largest (behind #2 - UsefulNotes/LosAngeles) to be contained entirely within one state [[note]]As #1 UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity spills over into New Jersey and Connecticut and metro UsefulNotes/{{Chicago}} (#3) has outer suburbs in northwest Indiana and southeast Wisconsin.[[/note]]. Dallas itself is the ninth-largest city in the US, and until very recently was the largest to be totally landlocked;[[note]]Among landlocked cities, Phoenix and San Antonio now have more people than Dallas. While Philadelphia (between Phoenix and San Antonio) is not on a coastline, seagoing ships can reach Philly via the Delaware River.[[/note]] neighboring Fort Worth is the 15th-largest. Fort Worth's official city motto is "Where The West Begins", dating back to its origin as a frontier army fort; consequentially, the eastward Dallas is sometimes known as "Where The East Ends".[[note]]Or, in a fuller expression of (stereo)typical Texan diction, "Where the East peters out."[[/note]] As of 2023, Fort Worth is also the largest city in the US with a Republican mayor.

* ''Series/{{Wishbone}}''

* Creator/CaitlinGlass (Dallas)

* Creator/ToddHaberkorn (Dallas)

The Metroplex is also home to several sports teams and stadia, most of whom are based in Dallas despite their stadium being in another suburb. NASCAR's Texas Motor Speedway, for instance, lies at the intersection of TX-114 and I-35W, which is within the city limits of Fort Worth and just outside of the Roanoke/Westlake/Southlake/Trophy Club limits. As well, the Dallas Cowboys' [[strike:Cowboys]] AT&T Stadium is located in Arlington (Texas Stadium, their previous home, was located in Irving), as are Globe Life Field and its predecessor Choctaw Stadium (the Texas Rangers' home fields[[note]]The older stadium is now home to DFW's XFL team, the Dallas Renegades (currently on hiatus); the Dallas Jackals, an expansion team in Major League UsefulNotes/{{Rugby|Union}}; and North Texas SC, playing soccer in the third-level MLS Next Pro as the reserve side for FC Dallas.[[/note]]), and College Park Center, home to the WNBA's Dallas Wings. Going even further than that, FC Dallas play their home games in Toyota Park, up in Frisco. However, the Dallas Mavericks and Dallas Stars play their home games in the American Airlines Center, located right outside of downtown Dallas, well within city limits, and even located just over 500 feet from a major public transportation station close to city center. Unlike the other "big 4" teams based in the Metroplex, the Cowboys do not have any regional rivals (in-state or out-of-state) in their division; they are members of the NFC East division in spite of their location in Texas, due to having had intense rivalries with the UsefulNotes/{{New York|City}} Giants, UsefulNotes/{{Philadelphia}} Eagles, and UsefulNotes/{{Washington|DC}} Commanders (formerly Redskins and then the "Washington Football Team") since the franchise's early years, fueled partly by cultural differences between Texas and the Northeastern US. On the other hand, the other "big 4" teams in the Metroplex have at least one regional rival in their division: the Stars have the UsefulNotes/{{Nashville}} Predators, the Rangers have the UsefulNotes/{{Houston}} Astros (a rivalry that has largely been intensified since the Astros were found to have cheated in their 2017 World Series-winning campaign), and the Mavericks are in a division with only regional rivals: the Houston Rockets, Memphis Grizzlies, UsefulNotes/NewOrleans Pelicans, and San Antonio Spurs. In addition to professional teams, major college sports also commonly play here. There is a rivalry between Dallas-based SMU and Fort Worth-based TCU that is played out every so often, the University of Oklahoma and the University of Texas play at the Cotton Bowl each year in the Red River Rivalry, the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic (one of the New Year's Six bowl games) is played in AT&T Stadium, as is the [=AdvoCare=] Classic (a kickoff game featuring marquee college football teams as a seasonal curtain-raiser).

The Dallas/Fort Worth metropolitan area, most commonly known as "The Metroplex", "DFW", or the "Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex" (or, even more archaically, the Golden Triangle) is the [[UsefulNotes/{{Texas}} Lone Star State]]'s largest metropolitan area, the [[EverythingIsBigInTexas fourth largest in the USA]], and the second largest (behind #2 - UsefulNotes/LosAngeles) to be contained entirely within one state [[note]]As #1 UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity spills over into New Jersey and Connecticut and metro UsefulNotes/{{Chicago}} (#3) has outer suburbs in northwest Indiana and southeast Wisconsin.[[/note]]. Dallas itself is the fourth largest city in the US and the largest to be totally landlocked; neighboring Fort Worth is the thirteenth largest. Fort Worth's official city motto is "Where The West Begins", dating back to its origin as a frontier army fort; consequentially, the eastward Dallas is sometimes known as "Where The East Ends".[[note]]Or, in a fuller expression of (stereo)typical Texan diction, "Where the East peters out."[[/note]]

DFW as a whole covers more land than Connecticut and Rhode Island combined. It sprang up along the diamond-shaped swath of land where I-35 splits into Eastern and Western corridors 35 miles south of the Oklahoma border and continues a good 100 miles southward on each split (it's roughly 80 miles straight between the points) until the highway joins up again near Waco. Dallas and Ft. Worth have a population of 1.27 million and 815,000 people, respectively, and there are [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dallas–Fort_Worth_Metroplex#Cities_with_over_100.2C000_population 14 cities]] within the Metroplex with a population greater than 100,000 (D and FW included).

The Federal Government designates the Metroplex as spanning 13 counties. The main four counties and cities are:

The other counties, with their respective county seats, are:

* Delta County (Cooper): The least-known of the Metroplex counties, and not really part of the Metroplex except by government designation. Perhaps the most rural of the bunch. Very notable, however, in that it's one of 30 counties in Texas that is completely dry in terms of alcohol sales, the only county in the Metroplex to be so.
* Hood County (Granbury): Southwest of Fort Worth, and south of Parker County, Hood County is comprised mostly of farm land, with only the northeast corner of the county, the portion closest to the metroplex, being any kind of suburbia. Like Delta County, it's usually not considered part of the Metroplex except by government designation.

The Dallas/Fort Worth metropolitan area, most commonly known as "The Metroplex", "DFW", or the "Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex" (or, even more archaically, the Golden Triangle) is the [[UsefulNotes/{{Texas}} Lone Star State]]'s largest metropolitan area, the [[EverythingIsBigInTexas fourth largest in the USA]], and the second largest (behind #2 - UsefulNotes/LosAngeles) to be contained entirely within one state [[note]]As #1 NYC spills over into New Jersey and Connecticut and metro Chicago (#3) has outer suburbs in Indiana and Wisconsin.[[/note]]. Dallas itself is the fourth largest city in the US and the largest to be totally landlocked; neighboring Fort Worth is the thirteenth largest. Fort Worth's official city motto is "Where The West Begins", dating back to its origin as a frontier army fort; consequentially, the eastward Dallas is sometimes known as "Where The East Ends".[[note]]Or, in a fuller expression of (stereo)typical Texan diction, "Where the East peters out."[[/note]]