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Fort Worth is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the seat of Tarrant County, covering nearly 350 square miles (910 km 2) into Denton, Johnson, Parker, and Wise counties. According to the 2023 United States census estimate, Fort Worth's population was 978,468, making it the 5th-most populous city in the state and the 12th-most populous in the ...
Tarrant County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas with a 2020 U.S. census population of 2,110,640, making it the third-most populous county in Texas and the 15th-most populous in the United States. Its county seat is Fort Worth. [ 1] Tarrant County, one of 26 counties created out of the Peters Colony, was established in 1849 and ...
Overton Park. Overton Park is a neighborhood represented by the Overton Park Neighborhood Association (OPNA) www.overtonpark-na.org in Fort Worth, Texas located southwest of city's downtown. The neighborhood is located slightly south of the Clear Fork Branch of the Trinity River. The Overton Park NA currently consists of approximately 1,000 ...
Dallas County is the second-most populous county in the U.S. state of Texas with a 2020 U.S. census count of 2,613,539, [ 1] making it the ninth-most populous county in the country. Dallas County is included in the Dallas - Arlington - Fort Worth metropolitan statistical area —colloquially referred to as the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex.
The Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, officially designated Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, [ a] is the most populous metropolitan statistical area in the U.S. state of Texas and the Southern United States, encompassing 11 counties. Its historically dominant core cities are Dallas and Fort Worth. [ 5]
The U.S. state of Texas is divided into 254 counties, more than any other U.S. state. [ 1] While only about 20% of Texas counties are generally located within the Houston—Dallas—San Antonio—Austin areas, they serve a majority of the state's population with approximately 22,000,000 inhabitants. Texas was originally divided into ...
Lake Worth, a 2.5-square-mile city incorporated in 1949 and originally called Lake Worth Village, lies to the east of the lake that it’s named after. The Tarrant County suburb houses a small ...
Fort Worth settlers held slaves in its antebellum period. In 1860, Tarrant County had 5,170 whites and 850 slaves. When the question came to secede from the Union, most citizens were for secession, and Tarrant County voted for it. The effects of the Civil War and Reconstruction nearly wiped Fort Worth off the map during the 1860s. The city's ...