Published On Dec 30, 2023
The City of Oak Cliff, Texas was created in 1887 by land developers John S. Armstrong and Thomas L. Marsalis on the site of a community called Hord’s Ridge, settled in 1845. Incorporated in 1891, Oak Cliff grew to a population of 3,640 and governed itself until 1903 when a depressed economy prompted a vote for annexation to the City of Dallas.
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