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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. McKinney is a city in Collin County, Texas, located approximately 32 miles north of Dallas and serving as the county seat, making it the region's third-largest city after Plano and Frisco. With a 2020 population of 195,308 and an estimated 207,507 residents as of July 2022, McKinney ranks as Texas's 15th-most populous city and was ranked as the nation's fourth fastest-growing large city between 2010 and 2019. Named after Collin McKinney, a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence, the city was officially established as the county seat in 1848 and experienced transformative growth following the arrival of the Houston and Texas Central Railroad in 1872, which catalyzed its development into Collin County's primary commercial center and agricultural powerhouse producing corn, wheat, oats, and cotton. The city evolved from 15,193 residents in 1970 to 131,117 by 2010, with infrastructure milestones including the Old Collin County Courthouse construction in 1874, the Collin County National Bank establishment in 1883, and electric lights installed in 1889. As a suburb of the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex situated in the humid subtropical region with an area of 62.9 square miles, McKinney represents a major demographic center within the McKinney-Frisco urban area, which had a 2020 population of 504,803.