Western Park is a neighborhood in the south Oak Cliff

Oak Cliff

Oak Cliff is a community in Dallas, Texas, United States that was formerly a separate town located in Dallas County; Dallas annexed Oak Cliff in 1903...

 area of Dallas, Texas, south of Cockrell Hill, Texas

Cockrell Hill, Texas

Cockrell Hill is a city in Dallas County, Texas, United States. The population was 4,443 at the 2000 census. It is completely surrounded by the city of Dallas.-Geography:Cockrell Hill is located at ....

. It is predominantly Hispanic

Hispanic

Hispanic is a term that originally denoted a relationship to Hispania, which is to say the Iberian Peninsula: Andorra, Gibraltar, Portugal and Spain. During the Modern Era, Hispanic sometimes takes on a more limited meaning, particularly in the United States, where the term means a person of ...

. Western Park has different regions including Western Park, Kenwood to the south, the Highland Road Village Apartments and the Village Green to the east, and Mountain View Park to the north. It was founded in the early 1960s

1960s

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.

Geography

Even though the Dallas area is mostly flat, Western Park

Western Park

Western Park is a park and surrounding suburb located in West End of Leicester.The park itself was bought for £30,000 in 1897 and at is the biggest in Leicester...

 is built on a large hill, and has all kinds of trees (even small palm trees) growing in the area. Downtown Dallas

Downtown Dallas

Downtown Dallas is the Central Business District in Dallas, Texas USA, located in the geographic center of the city. The area termed "Downtown" has traditionally been defined as bounded by the downtown freeway loop: bounded on the east by I-345 Downtown Dallas is the Central Business District...

would be visible, but the trees go over the neighborhood, blocking its view.

Boundaries

Western Park's boundaries are unofficial, but the approximate boundaries are West Kiest Boulevard to the South, Duncanville Road to the West, South Walton Walker Boulevard on the Southwest, South Cockrell Hill Road on the East (including apartments to the east) and West Illinois Avenue to the north (including neighborhood north of Illinois)