Dallas is a borough in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. The ZIP code is 18612.
Based on information from the Luzerne County Association of REALTORS® MLS as of October 30, 2026.
Dallas at a Glance
Source - U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, 2020-2024.
About Dallas
Dallas was first settled in 1797 and incorporated as a borough on April 21, 1879. It is named for Alexander J. Dallas, the sixth United States Secretary of the Treasury.
The borough sits at the commercial center of the Back Mountain, the ring of communities northwest of Wilkes-Barre behind the ridge that walls off the Wyoming Valley. It is small, with 2,694 residents at the 2020 census.
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Dallas is home to the Dallas School District. Misericordia University sits just outside the borough in adjacent Dallas Township. Dallas School District alumni include Olympic field hockey player Paige Selenski of nearby Shavertown, and U.S. Representative Dan Meuser lives in the Dallas area.
Dallas Borough is surrounded by Dallas Township and Lehman Township. Housing runs to established suburban neighborhoods and older borough homes. It remains a premium address in the Back Mountain.
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