Lochwood is a neighborhood in east

East Dallas

East Dallas comprises many communities and neighborhoods in Dallas, Texas, .- Neighborhoods :*Baylor/Meadows*Belmont*Hilltop*Bryan Place*Buckner Terrace*East Grand*Casa Linda Estates*Cochran Heights*Casa View*Claremont*Deep Ellum*Eastwood...

 Dallas

Dallas, Texas

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, Texas

Texas

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 (USA

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) adjacent to Lake Park Estates

Eastwood, Dallas, Texas

Eastwood is a neighborhood in east Dallas, Texas adjacent to Lake Park Estates, Old Lake Highlands, and Lochwood. It is located near White Rock Lake.- Boundaries :...

 and Old Lake Highlands

Old Lake Highlands, Dallas, Texas

Old Lake Highlands is a neighborhood in east Dallas, Texas . It is adjacent to White Rock Lake. It is in Dallas Council District 9.- About :...

. It is located east of White Rock Lake

White Rock Lake

White Rock Lake is a reservoir located in east Dallas, Texas . The lake was formed by damming White Rock Creek, which today widens into the lake before continuing south out of the spillway and emptying into the Trinity River...

 and sometimes referred to as 'Dixon Branch' because of the creek by that name running through the neighborhood.

Boundaries

The Lochwood neighborhood is roughly pentagonal in shape, and is bounded on the north by East Northwest Highway (Texas Spur 244 or Texas State Highway Loop 12), on the west by East Lake Highlands Drive, on the southwest by Easton Road, on the southeast by Garland Road (Texas State Highway 78) and on the east by Jupiter Road.

About

The area surrounds the Dixon Branch of White Rock Creek

White Rock Creek

White Rock Creek is a 30 mile creek in the Elm Fork Trinity River watershed. From its headwaters near Frisco, Texas, it runs south-by-south-east through suburban Dallas for 23.5 miles where it widens into White Rock Lake, then continues south for another 8 miles to its mouth on the Trinity...

, east of White Rock Lake

White Rock Lake

White Rock Lake is a reservoir located in east Dallas, Texas . The lake was formed by damming White Rock Creek, which today widens into the lake before continuing south out of the spillway and emptying into the Trinity River...

.The neighborhood was built starting after World War II and features many 1 and 2 story Ranch-style homes. Commercially, the area is anchored by White Rock Marketplace, formerly Lochwood Shopping Center (renamed "Treehouse" in 1976, then back to Lochwood Mall by the early 1980s.) The mall, opened in 1963, once housed Titche's Department Store. The mall shut down around 1989.

Education

The neighborhood is served by the Dallas Independent School District

Dallas Independent School District

The Dallas Independent School District is a school district based in Dallas, Texas . Dallas ISD, which operates schools in much of Dallas County, is the second largest school district in Texas and the twelfth largest in the United States.In 2009, the school district was rated "academically...

. Children in the neighborhood attend Martha Turner Reilly Elementary School (located within the neighborhood), Robert T. Hill Middle School, and Bryan Adams High School

Bryan Adams High School

For schools with similar names, see Adams High School.Bryan Adams High School is a public secondary school located at 2101 Millmar Drive in the Casa View neighborhood of East Dallas, Texas ....

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