Region: Prairies and Lakes
First settled in the 1850s, the town was platted in 1876 under the name of
Dechman. It took on its current name in 1877 and was incorporated in 1909. This
metroplex city is now home to the Lone Star Park thoroughbred racetrack, Verizon
Theatre, Louis Tussaud's Palace of Wax, Ripley's Believe It Or Not! &
Ripley's Enchanted Mirror Maze, Traders Village, Grand Prairie Airhogs baseball,
The Winery in Grand Prairie and top-ranked golf courses.