Oak Lawn, Dallas

Oak Lawn
Nickname: 
Gayborhood
Location in Dallas
  Official
  Unofficial
CountryUnited States
StateTexas
CountiesDallas
CityDallas
Area
 • Total12 sq mi (31 km2)
Elevation
479 ft (146 m)
Population
 (2014)
 • Total50,805 [1]
 Population total includes combined population of Oak Lawn and Uptown
ZIP codes
75201, 75204, 75205, 75219, 75235 (small area)
Area code(s)214, 469, 972, 945
Websitehttp://www.oaklawncommittee.org/

Oak Lawn is a neighborhood in Dallas, Texas (United States), defined in Dallas City Ordinance 21859 as Planned Development District No. 193, the Oak Lawn Special Purpose District Archived 2011-07-08 at the Wayback Machine. The unofficial boundaries are Turtle Creek Boulevard, Central Expressway, the City of Highland Park, Inwood Road, and Harry Hines Boulevard. It is over 12 square miles (31 km2) in area.[2][citation needed] Officially it is bounded by the City of Highland Park, the North Central Expressway, Stemmons Freeway, Woodall Rodgers Freeway, and other roads. The district is within the boundary defined by the City of Dallas law, excluding any existing planned development districts within.[3]

  1. ^ "Dallas".
  2. ^ "About|The Oak Lawn Committee".
  3. ^ "Oak Lawn Special Purpose District Archived 2011-07-08 at the Wayback Machine." City of Dallas. p. 1. Retrieved on November 19, 2011. "PD 193 is established on property generally bounded by Woodall Rodgers Freeway, North Central Expressway, the Missouri, Kansas, and Texas Railroad, the city limits of the City of Highland Park, Bordeaux Avenue, Inwood Road, Denton Drive Cut-off, Maple Avenue, Cedar Springs Branch Creek, Harry Hines Boulevard, Oak Lawn Avenue, and Stemmons Freeway but excluding existing PD's within those boundaries. The size of PD 193 is approximately 2619.92 acres."