Dallas is a borough in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States.

[4] The local government describes the borough as the "Pride" of the Back Mountain (a 118 square mile region in northern Luzerne County).

The area includes the townships of Dallas, Franklin, Jackson, Kingston, Lake, and Lehman.

It was later incorporated as a borough on April 21, 1879, from land entirely within Dallas Township.

[5] The township had been formed in 1817[5] and was named for Alexander J. Dallas, who was the 6th United States Secretary of the Treasury and the father of George M. Dallas, the vice president of James Polk.

Dallas Township borders the borough from the north, east, and south.

[12] The majority of the university grounds, and all of the associated census-designated place,[13] are in Dallas Township.