Editing Balch Springs, Texas (section)

==Geography==

Balch Springs is situated approximately {{convert|16|mi}} east of [[downtown Dallas]] and {{convert|34|mi}} southeast of the [[Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport]]. The city is bordered by [[Mesquite, Texas|Mesquite]] to the north and east, and Dallas to the south and west.

Major highways running through Balch Springs include [[Interstate 635 (Texas)|Interstate 635]], which bisects the city into two nearly equal halves. [[Interstate 20 in Texas|Interstate 20]] and [[U.S. Route 175 in Texas|U.S. Highway 175]] run along Balch Springs' southern border.<ref name="Texas Handbook">{{cite web | url = https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/heb01 | title = Balch Springs, Texas | publisher = [[The Handbook of Texas]] online | access-date = 2009-09-22}}</ref>

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|23.3|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|0.06|km2|order=flip|2}}, or 0.27%, is covered by water.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov |title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Balch Springs city, Texas |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=January 11, 2012 }}</ref>