Lancaster

Lancaster is a city in Dallas County, Texas, United States. The population was 36,361 at the 2010 census. Lancaster is a suburb of Dallas and is part of the Best Southwest area, which includes Lancaster, Cedar Hill, DeSoto, and Duncanville. Most of the city is in Dallas County, but a small southern section spills over into Ellis County. All of the Ellis County section of Lancaster is plain land with only a few houses and roads in the southern section of the city. On April 3rd 2012, an EF-2 tornado struck the city as part of the April 3, 2012 tornado outbreak. 300 structures were reported... damaged. A tornado emergency was not called for Lancaster, but a tornado emergency was called for the nearby cities of Dallas, Greenville, and Arlington. No deaths were reported from either the Lancaster tornado or any other tornado that day. Lancaster is located at 32°36′8″N 96°46′30″W / 32.60222°N 96.775°W / 32.60222; -96.775 . According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 30.3 square miles , of which 30.3 square miles is land and 0.08 square miles , or 0.22%, is water.
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