The City of Lancaster is located in Dallas County, Texas, 14 miles south of downtown Dallas. Lancaster is one of the oldest communities in north central Texas. The city was named after its founder, Abram Bledsoe, birthplace - Lancaster, Kentucky. The population of Lancaster is approximately 30,000 people.

Industries in Lancaster include the manufacturing of building materials, furniture, and chemical products. Lancaster affords numerous advantages for business including access to a large and varied labor pool, strategic location within an excellent transportation network, competitive utility rate schedules, equitable tax structure and incentives, available land, and diverse business community.

The City of Lancaster provides residents a well-rounded community in which to live. Lancaster continues to grow at a steady pace, all along allowing the city to preserve its historical heritage, picturesque farmland, low rolling hills, creeks and woods. Regarded as a complete city offers residents the best of two worlds - a suburbia lifestyle with rich history and tree-lined streets as well as a progressive future. It has the amenities of a big city, but the feel of a small hometown.