| Feature Type: | Community - An unincorporated populated place, generally with a population of 50 or more, and having a recognized central area that might contain a post office, store and/or community hall, etc, intended for the use of the general public in the region. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Part of City of Kamloops, Kamloops Division Yale Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°39'59"N, 120°10'04"W at the approximate population centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92I/9 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Dallas (settlement) adopted 15 January 1971 on 92I/9, as identified in Department of Education school lists, and identified on road signs (1962 or earlier); unincorporated, located 7 miles east of Kamloops, since amalgamated within Kamloops municipal boundary. Form of name changed to Dallas (community) 24 August 1978 on 92I/NE. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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This Dallas is named after neither Dallas Texas, nor Alexander Grant Dallas, a notable HBC agent and director. It takes its name, instead from Dallas Johnson (1887-1694), who farmed six miles east of Kamloops from 1902 until after World War II, when much of his land was purchased for Veteran’s Land Act settlement. The name was chosen in 1955 by the settler veterans at a meeting called to decide upon a name for the community. Source: Akrigg, Helen B. and Akrigg, G.P.V; "British Columbia Place Names"; Sono Nis Press, Victoria 1986 /or University of British Columbia Press 1997 |