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Fort Worth, TX 

North-central Texas, United States, city of Fort Worth serves as the county seat. It is part of the Dallas-Fort Worth urban region, sometimes known locally as the Metroplex, and is located where the Clear and West forks of the Trinity River meet. The other cities in the metropolitan area are Arlington, Carrollton, Denton, Garland, Grand Prairie, Irving, Lewisville, Mesquite, North Richland Hills, Plano, and Richardson. Dallas is about 30 miles (48 km) to the east. Along with its cutting-edge businesses and futuristic towers, Fort Worth nevertheless has a strong sense of its Old West roots. 

It was established in 1849 as a military outpost to defend against Comanche attacks and was given the name Major General William Jenkins Worth in honor of the then-commander of American troops in Texas. Settlements around the fort moved into its structures after the troops disbanded in 1853. When it was chosen as the county seat in 1856, replacing neighboring Birdville (now a part of the suburb of Haltom City), the neighborhood started to grow. In 1860, the real county offices were moved to Fort Worth. 

After the Texas and Pacific Railway arrived in 1876, Fort Worth—a layover location for longhorn cattle herds on the Chisholm Trail in the early 1870s—became a cattle-shipping boomtown (commonly termed Cowtown). Later, Fort Worth developed into the Southwest's major meat-packing hub. 

The city's economy, which is interwoven with Dallas', has a broad foundation. Its diverse businesses include the production of autos, electronics, vision care items, and aircraft and aerospace equipment. Fort Worth is still the center of the cattle industry, but it also relies on the food sector, telemarketing, business services, finance, and software development. Significant rail and airline businesses have their corporate offices in the city, which also serves as a major transportation hub. One of the busiest airports in the world is Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport (1974). Alliance Airport was built particularly for commercial usage in 1988. In 1994, Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth was built on the site of the former Carswell Air Force Base. 

There are several colleges and universities in Fort Worth, including Tarrant County College (1967), Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (1908), Texas Christian University (1873), Texas Wesleyan University (1890), and Texas Wesleyan University (1890). To the east is the University of Texas at Arlington (1895). The city is also home to the University of North Texas Health Science Center. 

The Will Rogers Memorial Center in Fort Worth has an auditorium and a coliseum. The Kimbell Art Museum, designed by Louis I. Kahn, the Amon Carter Museum (1961), created by American architect Philip Johnson and housing a fine collection of paintings, particularly works depicting the American West by artists like Frederic Remington and Charles W. Russell, and the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, the state's oldest art museum, which is now housed in a structure created by Japanese architect Shigeru Ban. The 14-block-long Fort Worth Convention Center, built in 1968, is a well-known landmark. The former stockyards have been transformed into a national historic district that hosts rodeos, events with a western theme, boutiques, and eateries.  

Every January, the Southwestern Exposition Livestock Show and Rodeo takes place. One of the biggest sporting complexes in the country is the Texas Motor Speedway (1997), located to the north of the city. A symphony orchestra, ballet and opera companies, as well as a number of theaters, make up the city's cultural institutions. The Fort Worth Zoo, botanical gardens, and various lakes are examples of recreational facilities. Around Lake Worth in the northwest of the city, the Fort Worth Nature Center and Refuge covers 3,500 acres (1,400 hectares). Population (2010): 741,206; Fort Worth-Arlington Metro Division: 2,136,022; Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington Metro Area: 6,371,773; (2020): 918,915; Fort Worth-Arlington-Grapevine Metro Division: 2,507,421; Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington Metro Area: 7,637,387. Inc. 1873. 

 

Geography 

The city of Fort Worth, which lies in North Texas, experiences a typically humid subtropical climate. It is a component of the Cross Timbers region, which divides the central half's rolling hills and plains from its more densely forested eastern portions. The city specifically is a part of the Cross Timbers' Grand Prairie ecoregion. The city has a total area of 349.2 square miles (904 km2), of which 342.2 square miles (886 km2) are land and 7.0 square miles (18 km2) are water, according to the United States Census Bureau. It is the second-largest city in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex and a major city. 

For example, Westworth Village, River Oaks, Saginaw, Blue Mound, Benbrook, Everman, Forest Hill, Edgecliff Village, Westover Hills, White Settlement, Sansom Park, Lake Worth, Lakeside, and Haslet are all totally or almost encircled by the city of Fort Worth but are not entirely contiguous to it. 

The Barnett Shale is the source of more than 1,000 natural gas wells in Fort Worth (as of December 2009). 

The size of each well site varies from 2 to 5 acres (8,100 to 20,200 m2). Well sites can be found everywhere because city rules allow them in all zoning categories, including residential ones. Some wells are encircled by stone fences, however chain link is the most common type of fencing used. 

On the West Fork of the Trinity River, 7 miles (11 km) from the city, a sizable storage dam with a 33,495 acre feet of water storage capacity was finished in 1914. 

Lake Worth is the name of the lake created by this dam. 

 

Climate 

According to the Köppen climatic classification system, Fort Worth has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) and is located in USDA hardiness zone 8a. Summers in this area are extremely hot and muggy, and winters here are warm to cool. The hottest month of the year is August, when highs are often 96 °F (35.6 °C) and lows are typically 75 °F (23.9 °C), resulting in an average temperature of 85 °F (29.4 °C). January is the coldest month of the year, with average high temperatures of 56 °F (13.3 °C) and lows of 35 °F (1.7 °C). January typically has temperatures of 46 °F (8 °C). The Great 1980 Heat Wave brought Fort Worth's maximum recorded temperature to 113 °F (45.0 °C), which occurred on June 26 and 27, 1980. On February 12, 1899, Fort Worth experienced its lowest temperature ever, which was 8 °F (22.2 °C). Fort Worth is prone to supercell thunderstorms, which can produce tornadoes and massive hail, because of its location in North Texas. 

34.01 inches of precipitation fall on average each year in Fort Worth (863.9 mm). May is the wettest month of the year, with an average rainfall of 4.58 inches (116.3 mm). January is the driest month of the year, with a total amount of precipitation of just 1.70 inches (43.2 mm). Since records have been kept, 1921 has been the driest calendar year with 17.91 inches (454.9 mm), and 2015 has been the wettest with 62.61 inches (1,590.3 mm). April 1922 was the wettest month on record, with 17.64 inches (448.1 mm) of rain, including 8.56 inches (217.4 mm) on April 25. 

2.6 inches of snow fall on average per year in Fort Worth (66.0 mm). The greatest snowfall ever recorded was 13.5 inches (342.9 mm) in February 1978, and 17.6 inches (447.0 mm) in the winter of 1977–1978. 

Northeastern Fort Worth is home to the National Weather Service office that covers the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. 

 

Economy 

Fort Worth's early days were dominated by livestock drives along the Chisholm Trail. Along this route, millions of cattle were brought north to markets, making Fort Worth the hub of cattle drives and later ranching up to the Civil War. Fort Worth experienced shortages during the Civil War, which led to a reduction in its population. General stores, banks, and "Hell's Half-Acre," a sizable concentration of saloons and dance halls that boosted economic and criminal activity in the city, helped it recover during the Reconstruction Era. By the turn of the 20th century, the military had established martial law to control the prostitution and drinking in Hell's Half-Acre. 

Several large corporations have had their corporate headquarters in Fort Worth since the late 20th century. These companies include Bell Textron, the John Peter Smith Hospital, Pier 1 Imports, Chip 1 Exchange, RadioShack, Pioneer Corporation, Cash America International, GM Financial, Budget Host, the BNSF Railway, and American Airlines Group (including affiliates American Airlines and Envoy Air). Bank of America, Wells Fargo, Lockheed Martin, GE Transportation, and Dallas-based AT&T are among the businesses with a large presence in the city. In the city, Metro by T-Mobile is equally well-known. 

According to Forbes' list of the "Best Places for Business and Careers," Fort Worth-Arlington was rated 15th in 2013. Fort Worth was ranked as the 18th best location for Hispanic entrepreneurs by Fortune in 2018. On the list of the "125 Best Places to Live in the USA" published by U.S. News & World Report in 2018, the Dallas-Fort Worth metro area came in at number 18. 

 

Culture 

Fort Worth promotes itself as the "City of Cowboys and Culture" and bases its claim on its Frontier Western past and a tradition of fervent local support for the arts. Fort Worth is home to the first and biggest indoor rodeo in the world, as well as top-notch museums, a festival schedule, and a thriving local arts scene. The Official State Music of Texas, Western Swing, was also born in Fort Worth in 1931, when Bob Wills, Milton Brown, and the Light Crust Doughboys band played in a run-down dance hall called the Crystal Springs Dance Pavilion, 4 miles west of the city center. 

 

Sports 

Despite Dallas' professional sports teams receiving the most of the attention in Fort Worth, the city has its own unique athletic identity. The TCU Horned Frogs compete in NCAA Division I athletics. Their teams include the football team, which is regularly ranked in the top 25, and the baseball team, which has participated in the last six NCAA tournaments and three consecutive College World Series. In 2009 and 2016, they were one victory away from reaching the College World Series finals. The women's basketball team has participated in seven NCAA tournaments in the past. Texas Wesleyan University participates in the NAIA and has won the National Collegiate Table Tennis Association (NCTTA) team championship three times and the NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Championship in 2006. (2004–2006). In addition, Fort Worth is home to four amateur sports teams and the NCAA football Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl. 

 

Population 

A city called Fort Worth is situated in Tarrant County, Texas. It serves as Tarrant County's county seat as well. It is the 13th largest city in the United States and the fifth largest city in Texas, with a 2020 population of 954,457. Fort Worth's population has grown by 3.87% from the most recent census, which showed a population of 918,915 in 2020, and is now rising at a pace of 1.90% yearly. Fort Worth, which stretches over 354 miles, has a population density of 2,762 persons per square mile. 

With a poverty rate of 17.32% and an average household income of $82,977, Fort Worth is a wealthy city. The median monthly cost of rent in recent years has been, and the median value of a home is. In Fort Worth, the median age is 33 years, 32.4 years for men and 33.5 years for women. 

2,166 people live in Fort Worth proper per square mile (835 per square kilometer). With 6.81 million inhabitants, the metro region is considerably larger and ranks as the fourth-largest in the country. With 1.23 million residents, Fort Worth is the second-largest city in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington MSA behind Dallas. Arlington (pop. 375,000), Plano (270,000), Garland (233,000), Irving (225,000), Grand Prairie (182,000), McKinney (143,000), and Mesquite are some of the other significant cities in the MSA (143,000). 

 

Top 2 News Websites 

 

Star – Telegram 

The Fort Worth Star-Telegram has quite the history of innovation and public service as it has grown through the years. The Star-Telegram developed Star-Text; the nation's oldest continuously running internet news service. The production of the most current news items for the needs of Fort Worth and the surrounding area carries on that tradition of innovation and service today. 

NBC DFW 

In September 1948, WBAP-TV, the first television station in Texas, was established. We commemorated 70 years of regional broadcasting in 2018. We at NBC 5 are dedicated to presenting the most important stories to our community. You may find here the most recent breaking news, local Dallas-Fort Worth headlines, weather updates, and more. 

 

Current City Mayor 

In June 2021, Mattie Parker was chosen to serve as Fort Worth's 45th mayor. As the mayor of one of the nation's largest cities with the fastest rate of population growth, Parker has focused on a number of critical issues that will advance Fort Worth, including increased economic development, creative transportation and mobility solutions, high-quality educational opportunities for all students, and the creation of safer, more prosperous neighborhoods. 

As the chief of staff for the mayor and the Fort Worth City Council, Parker, a certified attorney with more than seventeen years of experience in national, state, and local public affairs, assisted in forming important policy judgments on a range of complicated topics. She served as the first chief executive officer of Tarrant To & Through (T3) Partnership and Fort Worth Cradle to Career. 

Parker, who is originally from Hico, Texas, received a Bachelor of Arts in government from the University of Texas at Austin and a law degree from Texas A&M University School of Law, where she was given the renowned MacLean & Boulware Endowed Law Scholarship. 

She and her husband, David, are raising their three children in Fort Worth: a girl and two small sons.