Editing Dartmouth, Nova Scotia (section)

===20th century===
In 1955, the town was permanently linked to Halifax by the [[Angus L. Macdonald Bridge]], which led to rapid urban growth.

Dartmouth's city hall was built in the early 1960s on the waterfront adjacent to the Alderney Ferry Terminal. The building was declared surplus and sold to Starfish Properties, and was to be redeveloped.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://thechronicleherald.ca/business/1465950-former-dartmouth-city-hall-gets-a-new-lease-on-life|title = SaltWire &#124; Halifax}}</ref>

On 1 January 1961, the Town of Dartmouth officially amalgamated with several neighbouring villages into the ''City of Dartmouth''.

The [[A. Murray MacKay Bridge]] opened in 1970, furthering commercial and residential growth.

The [[Dartmouth General Hospital]] officially opened on 14 January 1977, at 325 Pleasant Street. The hospital provides care to a [[catchment area]] of approximately 120,000 people.<ref>{{cite web |title=Dartmouth General Hospital |url=https://www.nshealth.ca/locations-details/Dartmouth%20General%20Hospital |website=Nova Scotia Health |publisher=Nova Scotia Health Authority |access-date=20 May 2023}}</ref>

On April 1, 1996, the provincial government amalgamated all the municipalities within the boundaries of [[Halifax County, Nova Scotia|Halifax County]] into a single-tier regional government named the Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM). Dartmouth and its neighbouring city of Halifax, the town of [[Bedford, Nova Scotia|Bedford]] and the Municipality of the County of Halifax were dissolved. The city of Dartmouth forms part of the urban core of the larger regional municipality and is officially designated as part of the "capital district" by the Halifax Regional Municipality. At the time that the City of Dartmouth was dissolved, the provincial government altered its status to a separate community to Halifax; however, its status as part of the metropolitan "Halifax" urban core existed prior to municipal reorganization in 1996.

Dartmouth is still an official geographic name that is used by all levels of government for legal purposes, postal service, mapping, [[9-1-1]] emergency response, municipal planning, and is recognized by the Halifax Regional Municipality as a civic addressing community. The official place name did not change, due to the confusion with similar street names, land use planning set out by the former "City of Dartmouth", and significant public pressure. Today the same development planning for Downtown Dartmouth and the rest of the region is still in force, as well as specific bylaws created prior to April 1, 1996.