Editing George M. Dallas (section)

==Legacy==
[[Dallas County, Iowa]],<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=7266 |title= Profile for Dallas County, Iowa, IA|publisher= ePodunk|access-date= September 2, 2012}}</ref> and one of its cities, [[Dallas Center, Iowa]],<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.city-data.com/city/Dallas-Center-Iowa.html|title= Dallas Center, Iowa|publisher= City-Data.com|access-date= 2 September 2012}}</ref> were named for Dallas.

He was initiated into Freemasonry at Franklin Masonic Lodge #134 in Pennsylvania,<ref>{{cite web |title=Famous Freemasons in history |url=http://www.matawanlodge.org/famous.htm |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080510153526/http://www.matawanlodge.org/famous.htm |archive-date=10 May 2008 |website=Matawan Lodge No 192 F.A. & A.M., New Jersey |language=en}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U3JDAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA576 |title=Journal of the House Of Representatives |year=1837 |volume=47 (Part 2) |pages=576–577 |language=en |oclc=145380045 |quotation=Report upon the account of George M. Dallas, a witness attending before the committee appointed to inquire into the evils of Freemasonry, at the session of 1835-1836. |access-date=24 Oct 2018 }}</ref> and served as the Grand Master of Freemasons in Pennsylvania in 1835; his name is memorialized by the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania among its Past Grand Masters.<ref name="Ref_a">{{cite web |title=George Mifflin Dallas – 1835 |url=http://www.pagrandlodge.org/gmaster/history/1835dallas027.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120716211931/http://www.pagrandlodge.org/gmaster/history/1835dallas027.html |archive-date=2012-07-16 |access-date=2013-04-19 |publisher=Pagrandlodge.org}}</ref>

Dallas is also the namesake of [[Dallas County, Arkansas]], [[Dallas County, Missouri]],<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=20229 |title= Profile for Dallas County, Missouri MO|publisher= ePodunk|access-date= September 2, 2012}}</ref> and [[Dallas County, Texas]],<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=22632 |title= Profile for Dallas County, Texas, TX|publisher= ePodunk|access-date= 2 September 2012}}</ref>

Other U.S. cities and towns named in Dallas' honor include [[Dallas, Texas]],<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=22632 |title= Profile for Dallas County, Texas, TX|publisher= ePodunk|access-date= 2 September 2012}}</ref>
[[Dallas, Georgia]] (the county seat of [[Paulding County, Georgia]]),<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=7896 |title= Profile for Dallas, Georgia, GA|publisher= ePodunk|access-date= 2 September 2012}}</ref> [[Dallas, North Carolina]] (the former county seat of [[Gaston County, North Carolina]]),<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=19235|title= Profile for Dallas, North Carolina, NC|publisher= ePodunk|access-date= 2 September 2012|archive-date= 30 January 2013|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130130020741/http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=19235|url-status= dead}}</ref> [[Dallas, Oregon]] (the county seat of [[Polk County, Oregon]])<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=15237 |title= Profile for Dallas, Oregon, OR|publisher= ePodunk|access-date= 2 September 2012}}</ref> and [[Dallastown, Pennsylvania]].<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=13813|title= Profile for Dallastown, Pennsylvania, PA|publisher= ePodunk|access-date= 2 September 2012|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170701025525/http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=13813|archive-date= 1 July 2017|url-status= dead}}</ref>