These images show the Dallas–Fort Worth metropolis in northeastern Texas. This city has grown significantly in recent decades, from 2,378,000 in 1970 to 7,943,685 by 2022.

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Mar. 12, 1974, Landsat 1 (path/row 29/37) — Dallas/Fort Worth, TX, USA
Mar. 22, 1989, Landsat 5 (path/row 27/37) — Dallas/Fort Worth, TX, USA
Mar. 12, 2000, Landsat 7 (path/row 27/37) — Dallas/Fort Worth, TX, USA
Mar. 11, 2014, Landsat 8 (path/row 27/37) — Dallas/Fort Worth, TX, USA
Mar. 16, 2016, Landsat 8 (path/row 27/37) — Dallas/Fort Worth, TX, USA
Mar. 22, 2018, Landsat 8 (path/row 27/37) — Dallas/Fort Worth, TX, USA
Mar. 4, 2023, Landsat 8 (path/row 27/37) — Dallas/Fort Worth, TX, USA

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Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, 2012, DFW Fast Facts: Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, available at https://www.dfwairport.com/fastfacts. (Accessed April 17, 2012.)

Handbook of Texas Online, [n.d.], Joe Pool Lake: Texas State Historical Association, available at http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/roj06. (Accessed April 17, 2012.)

Paslay Management Group, [n.d.], DFW Seventh Runway: Paslay Management Group, available at http://pmglp.com/PDF/Seventh_Runway_080406_4.pdf. (Accessed April 17, 2012.)

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, [n.d.], Development of Joe Pool Lake: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, available at http://www.swf-wc.usace.army.mil/joepool/Information/History.asp. (Accessed April 17, 2012.)

U.S. Census Bureau, 2020, 2020 Population and Housing State Data: U.S. Census Bureau, accessed March 18, 2022, at https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/interactive/2020-population-and-housing-state-data.html.

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