Mid-Cities
The Mid-Cities is a suburban region filling the 30-mile span between Dallas and Fort Worth. These communities include the cities of Arlington, Bedford, Colleyville, Coppell, Euless, Flower Mound, Grand Prairie, Grapevine, Haltom City, Hurst, Irving, Keller, Lewisville, Mansfield, North Richland Hills, Richland Hills, Southlake, and Watauga.
Cities
The list features cities that are considered part of the Mid-Cities. Most of these communities are predominantly in Tarrant County, with minor exceptions lying in Dallas and Denton counties. Some of these communities with a population over 100,000 are considered principal or major cities, despite being between Dallas and Fort Worth. Mid Cities are the fastest growing cities are outside of the city of Dallas and Fort Worth- Arlington
- Irving
- North Richland Hills
- Haltom City
- Watauga
- Keller
- Colleyville
- Southlake
- Hurst
- Bedford
- Euless
- Grapevine
- Lewisville
- Flower Mound
- Coppell
- Richland Hills
- Dalworthington Gardens
- Pantego
- Grand Prairie
- Mansfield
Transportation in the Mid-Cities
Airports
Rail
Major shopping centers in the Mid-Cities
Entertainment in the Mid-Cities
Major sports
Arlington hosts two major teams. The Texas Rangers baseball team have played at Arlington Stadium from 1972 to 1993, at Globe Life Park in Arlington from 1994 to 2019, and at Globe Life Field since 2020. Meanwhile, the Dallas Cowboys football team has played at the Texas Stadium in Irving from 1971 to 2008 and at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington since 2009.The International Bowling Campus, which houses the United States Bowling Congress, International Bowling Museum and the International Bowling Hall of Fame, is also located in Arlington.
The Four Seasons Resort and Club Dallas at Las Colinas hosts the Byron Nelson Championship, an annual PGA Tour golf tournament. The Las Colinas Country Club hosts the LPGA Tour's Volunteers of America Texas Shootout each spring as well.
Other sports teams in the Mid-Cities are:
Amusement parks
Notable museums
Gambling
Venues
- Texas Trust CU Theatre at Grand Prairie
- Irving Convention Center at Las Colinas
- Toyota Music Factory
Education in the Mid-Cities
Higher education
- Arlington Baptist College
- Dallas Christian College
- Dallas College
- * Brookhaven Campus
- * North Lake Campus
- Tarrant County College
- * Northeast campus
- * Southeast campus
- Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
- University of Dallas
- University of Texas at Arlington
High schools
This list features high schools that serve the Mid-Cities communities. Some of the campuses' city limits are within either Dallas or Fort Worth, examples such as Keller ISD have a significant amount of their high school campuses predominantly in Fort Worth city limits, despite being based in Keller.- Arlington ISD
- * Arlington High School
- * Bowie High School
- * Lamar High School (Arlington, Texas)
- * Martin High School
- * Sam Houston High School (Arlington, Texas)
- * Seguin High School (Arlington, Texas)
- Birdville ISD
- * Birdville High School
- * Haltom High School
- * Richland High School
- Carroll ISD
- * Carroll High School
- Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD
- * Ranchview High School
- Coppell ISD
- * Coppell High School
- Grand Prairie ISD
- * Grand Prairie High School
- * South Grand Prairie High School
- Grapevine-Colleyville ISD
- * Colleyville Heritage High School
- * Grapevine High School
- Hurst-Euless-Bedford ISD
- * L. D. Bell High School
- * Trinity High School
- Irving ISD
- * Irving High School
- * Jack E. Singley Academy
- * MacArthur High School
- * Nimitz High School
- Keller ISD
- * Central High School
- * Fossil Ridge High School
- * Keller High School
- * Timber Creek High School
- Mansfield ISD
- * Mansfield High School
- * Mansfield Summit High School
- * Mansfield Timberview High School
- * Mansfield Legacy High School
- * Mansfield Lake Ridge High School
- Northwest ISD
- * Byron Nelson High School