Hutchins is a city in Dallas County, Texas, United States.

[4] The area was first inhabited by families around 1860 as a trading place for immigrants who settled along the west bank of the Trinity River and new arrivals who crossed the Trinity at Dowd's Ferry from the east.

Despite the rapid growth of Dallas County and most of its suburban communities during the latter half of the 20th century, Hutchins has grown at a much slower pace and today is one of the smallest municipalities in the county.

[5] Hutchins is located at 32°38′38″N 96°42′27″W / 32.64389°N 96.70750°W / 32.64389; -96.70750 (32.643784, –96.707538),[8] about 9 miles (14 km) south of downtown Dallas.

It is bordered by Dallas on the north and northwest, Lancaster on the southwest, Wilmer to the south, and the Trinity River to the east.

[9] Thomas Korosec of the Dallas Observer wrote that the main street of Hutchins had "a faded, smalltown feel" due to the shops along it.

[10] As of the 2020 United States census, 5,607 people, 970 households, and 654 families were residing in the city.

[22] In 2004 the WHISD board voted to close Hutchins Academic, which had 82 students at the time of closure.

[45] The Wilmer Hutchins Elementary School will open in an area of the City of Dallas in 2011.