<Li> Named after a friend of founder John Neely Bryan . His son later stated that Bryan claimed to have named the town "after my friend Dallas" (a person whose identity is not certain). John Neely Bryan later died in a psychiatric ward, so his "friend" may not have been a real person . </Li> <Li> Named after Joseph Dallas, who settled near Dallas in 1843 </Li> <Li> Named after "Dallas", the modern version of the Scottish Gaelic word "Dalais" which means' valley of water' </Li> <Li> Named after the Scottish village of Dallas, in Moray, after which a number of places worldwide are named and the most likely theory . </Li>

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