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A Little History of Duncanville, Texas

Settlement of the area began in 1845, when Illinois resident Crawford Trees purchased several thousand acres south of Camp Dallas. In 1880 the Chicago, Texas and Mexican Central Railway reached the area and built Duncan Switch, named for a line foreman.  During World War II, the Army Air Corp established a landing field for flight training on property near the present day intersection of Main and Wheatland roads.

During the post war years, the military developed the Army’s old landing field into the Duncanville Air Force Station, which was the headquarters for the four Nike-Hercules missile launch sites guarding Dallas/Fort Worth from Soviet bomber attack. It also housed the Air Force tracking radars for the region. When the Duncanville Air Force Station was closed about 1970, the entire facility was turned over to the city. The WWII-era barracks and some other structures were initially repurposed for civic and community use. Over time the buildings were systematically demolished, obliterating all signs of the historic base.
But the history of the facility lives on in a monument, which stands outside the Library and Community Center.

A-Action Home Inspection Group has been serving the Dallas - Fort Worth Metroplex since 1995. Our multi-inspector firm has performed hundreds of inspections in the City of Duncanville, Texas.