It is part of the Back Mountain, a 118 square mile (306 km2) region in northern Luzerne County.

[2] In 1797, Ephraim McCoy, a Revolutionary War soldier, was one of the first known white settlers to construct a log cabin near modern-day Dallas.

[3] The township was formed in 1817 from territory taken from Kingston Township,[4] and it was named for Alexander J. Dallas, who was the 6th United States Secretary of the Treasury and also the father of George M. Dallas, the vice president of James K.

Kunkle is a small village in the northern half of Dallas Township.

PA 309 is the main highway in the township; it runs north to south through the community.

3.1% of the population spoke a language other than English at home, and 1.4% were foreign born.

26.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

[8] The majority of the Misericordia University property, and all of the census-designated place,[9] are located within the township.