Irving, city (2020 pop. 256,684),
Dallas co., N Tex., a suburb of Dallas; inc. as a city 1952. Building
supplies, chemicals, electronic equipment, and airplane parts are
manufactured in Irving. The city has grown rapidly along with the expanding
business community of the Dallas–Fort Worth metropolitan area,
profiting from the nearby oil, aerospace, electronic, engineering, and
automobile industries. The prosperous business center, Las Colinas, which is
headquarters to ExxonMobil, is also in the vicinity. The Univ. of Dallas is
in Irving, and Dallas–Fort Worth Airport borders the city on the
west.
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