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Fort Worth, Texas

November 28, 2023

"Fort Worth" redirects here. For other uses, see Fort Worth (disambiguation).

Fort Worth is the 5th-most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and the 13th-most populous city in the United States.[8] It is the county seat of Tarrant County, covering nearly 350 square miles (910 km2) into four other counties: Denton, Johnson, Parker, and Wise. According to a 2022 United States census estimate, Fort Worth's population was 956,709.[9] Fort Worth is the second-largest city in the Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington metropolitan area, which is the fourth-most populous metropolitan area in the United States, and the most populous in Texas.[10]

Fort Worth
City
Downtown Fort Worth
Fort Worth Stockyards
Fort Worth Botanic Gardens
Fort Worth Water Gardens
Kimbell Art Museum
Paddock Viaduct
Texas Christian University
St. Patrick Cathedral
Flag
Seal
Nicknames: 
Cowtown,[2] Panther City, Funkytown, Queen City of the Prairie[3]
Motto(s): 
"Where the West begins";[2] "Crossroads of Cowboys & Culture"
Interactive map of Fort Worth
Fort Worth
Location in Texas
Fort Worth
Location in the United States
Coordinates: 32°45′23″N 97°19′57″W / 32.75639°N 97.33250°W / 32.75639; -97.33250
CountryUnited States
StateTexas
CountiesTarrant, Denton, Johnson, Parker, Wise [1]
Incorporated1874[4]
Named forWilliam J. Worth
Government
 • TypeMayor–council–manager
 • MayorMattie Parker (R)
 • City managerDavid Cooke (R)
 • City council
List
Area
[5]
 • Total355.56 sq mi (920.89 km2)
 • Land347.27 sq mi (899.44 km2)
 • Water8.28 sq mi (21.45 km2)
Elevation
[6]
541 ft (165 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total918,915
 • Estimate 
(2022)[7]
958,692
 • Rank33rd in North America
13th in the United States
5th in Texas
 • Density2,600/sq mi (1,000/km2)
DemonymFort Worthian
Time zoneUTC−6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−5 (CDT)
ZIP Codes
760XX, 761XX, 76244
Area codes682 and 817
FIPS code48-27000
GNIS feature ID2410531[6]
Websitewww.fortworthtexas.gov

The city of Fort Worth was established in 1849 as an army outpost on a bluff overlooking the Trinity River.[11] Fort Worth has historically been a center of the Texas Longhorn cattle trade.[11] It still embraces its Western heritage and traditional architecture and design.[12][13] USS Fort Worth (LCS-3) is the first ship of the United States Navy named after the city.[14] Nearby Dallas has held a population majority as long as records have been kept, yet Fort Worth has become one of the fastest-growing cities in the United States at the beginning of the 21st century, nearly doubling its population since 2000.

Fort Worth is the location of the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition and several museums designed by contemporary architects. The Kimbell Art Museum was designed by Louis Kahn, with an addition designed by Renzo Piano.[15] The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth was designed by Tadao Ando. The Amon Carter Museum of American Art, designed by Philip Johnson, houses American art. The Sid Richardson Museum, redesigned by David M. Schwarz, has a collection of Western art in the U.S., emphasizing Frederic Remington and Charles Russell. The Fort Worth Museum of Science and History was designed by Ricardo Legorreta of Mexico.

Fort Worth is the location of several university communities: Texas Christian University, Texas Wesleyan, University of North Texas Health Science Center, and Texas A&M University School of Law. Several multinational corporations, including Bell Textron, American Airlines, BNSF Railway, and Chip 1 Exchange are headquartered in Fort Worth.

History edit

Main article: History of Fort Worth, Texas
For a chronological guide, see Timeline of Fort Worth, Texas.

The Treaty of Bird's Fort between the Republic of Texas and several Native American tribes was signed in 1843 at Bird's Fort in present-day Arlington, Texas.[16][17] Article XI of the treaty provided that no one may "pass the line of trading houses" (at the border of the Indians' territory) without permission of the President of Texas, and may not reside or remain in the Indians' territory. These "trading houses" were later established at the junction of the Clear Fork and West Fork of the Trinity River in present-day Fort Worth.[18]

A line of seven army posts was established in 1848–1849 after the Mexican War to protect the settlers of Texas along the western American Frontier and included Fort Worth, Fort Graham, Fort Gates, Fort Croghan, Fort Martin Scott, Fort Lincoln, and Fort Duncan.[19] Originally, 10 forts had been proposed by Major General William Jenkins Worth (1794–1849), who commanded the Department of Texas in 1849. In January 1849, Worth proposed a line of 10 forts to mark the western Texas frontier from Eagle Pass to the confluence of the West Fork and Clear Fork of the Trinity River. One month later, Worth died from cholera in South Texas.[19]

General William S. Harney assumed command of the Department of Texas and ordered Major Ripley A. Arnold (Company F, Second United States Dragoons)[19] to find a new fort site near the West Fork and Clear Fork. On June 6, 1849, Arnold, advised by Middleton Tate Johnson, established a camp on the bank of the Trinity River and named the post Camp Worth in honor of the late General Worth. In August 1849, Arnold moved the camp to the north-facing bluff, which overlooked the mouth of the Clear Fork of the Trinity River. The United States War Department officially named the post Fort Worth on November 14, 1849.[20] Since its establishment, the city of Fort Worth continues to be known as "where the West begins".[11]

E. S. Terrell (1812–1905) from Tennessee claimed to be the first resident of Fort Worth.[21] The fort was flooded the first year and moved to the top of the bluff; the current courthouse was built on this site. The fort was abandoned September 17, 1853.[19] No trace of it remains.

As a stop on the legendary Chisholm Trail, Fort Worth was stimulated by the business of the cattle drives and became a brawling, bustling town. Millions of head of cattle were driven north to market along this trail. Fort Worth became the center of the cattle drives, and later, the ranching industry. It was given the nickname of Cowtown.[22]

During the American Civil War, Fort Worth suffered from shortages of money, food, and supplies. The population dropped as low as 175, but began to recover during Reconstruction. By 1872, Jacob Samuels, William Jesse Boaz, and William Henry Davis had opened general stores. The next year, Khleber M. Van Zandt established Tidball, Van Zandt, and Company, which became Fort Worth National Bank in 1884.

In 1875, the Dallas Herald published an article by a former Fort Worth lawyer, Robert E. Cowart, who wrote that the decimation of Fort Worth's population, caused by the economic disaster and hard winter of 1873, had dealt a severe blow to the cattle industry. Added to the slowdown due to the railroad's stopping the laying of track 30 miles (48 km) outside of Fort Worth, Cowart said that Fort Worth was so slow that he saw a panther asleep in the street by the courthouse. Although an intended insult, the name Panther City was enthusiastically embraced when in 1876 Fort Worth recovered economically.[23] Many businesses and organizations continue to use Panther in their name. A panther is set at the top of the police department badges.[24]

 
Lithograph of Fort Worth, 1876

The "Panther City" tradition is also preserved in the names and design of some of the city's geographical/architectural features, such as Panther Island (in the Trinity River), the Flat Iron Building, Fort Worth Central Station, and in two or three "Sleeping Panther" statues.

 
Map – showing – the Geographical location of Fort-Worth, Tex., and Rail-Roads, 1888

In 1876, the Texas and Pacific Railway finally was completed to Fort Worth, stimulating a boom and transforming the Fort Worth Stockyards into a premier center for the cattle wholesale trade.[25] Migrants from the devastated war-torn South continued to swell the population, and small, community factories and mills yielded to larger businesses. Newly dubbed the "Queen City of the Prairies",[26] Fort Worth supplied a regional market via the growing transportation network.

Fort Worth became the westernmost railhead and a transit point for cattle shipment. Louville Niles, a Boston, Massachusetts-based businessman and main shareholder of the Fort Worth Stockyards Company, is credited with bringing the two biggest meatpacking firms at the time, Armour and Swift, to the stockyards.[27]

With the boom times came a variety of entertainments and related problems. Fort Worth had a knack for separating cattlemen from their money. Cowboys took full advantage of their last brush with civilization before the long drive on the Chisholm Trail from Fort Worth north to Kansas. They stocked up on provisions from local merchants, visited saloons for a bit of gambling and carousing, then rode northward with their cattle, only to whoop it up again on their way back. The town soon became home to "Hell's Half-Acre", the biggest collection of saloons, dance halls, and bawdy houses south of Dodge City (the northern terminus of the Chisholm Trail), giving Fort Worth the nickname of the "Paris of the Plains".[28][29]

Certain sections of town were off-limits for proper citizens. Shootings, knifings, muggings, and brawls became a nightly occurrence. Cowboys were joined by a motley assortment of buffalo hunters, gunmen, adventurers, and crooks. Hell's Half Acre (also known as simply "The Acre") expanded as more people were drawn to the town. Occasionally, the Acre was referred to as "the bloody Third Ward" after it was designated one of the city's three political wards in 1876. By 1900, the Acre covered four of the city's main north-south thoroughfares.[30] Local citizens became alarmed about the activities, electing Timothy Isaiah "Longhair Jim" Courtright in 1876 as city marshal with a mandate to tame it.

Courtright sometimes collected and jailed 30 people on a Saturday night, but allowed the gamblers to operate, as they attracted money to the city. After learning that train and stagecoach robbers, such as the Sam Bass gang, were using the area as a hideout, he intensified law enforcement, but certain businessmen advertised against too many restrictions in the area as having bad effects on the legitimate businesses. Gradually, the cowboys began to avoid the area; as businesses suffered, the city moderated its opposition. Courtright lost his office in 1879.[30]

Despite crusading mayors such as H. S. Broiles and newspaper editors such as B. B. Paddock, the Acre survived because it generated income for the city (all of it illegal) and excitement for visitors. Longtime Fort Worth residents claimed the place was never as wild as its reputation, but during the 1880s, Fort Worth was a regular stop on the "gambler's circuit" by Bat Masterson, Doc Holliday, and the Earp brothers (Wyatt, Morgan, and Virgil).[30] James Earp, the eldest of his brothers, lived with his wife in Fort Worth during this period; their house was at the edge of Hell's Half Acre, at 9th and Calhoun. He often tended bar at the Cattlemen's Exchange saloon in the "uptown" part of the city.[31]

Reforming citizens objected to the dance halls, where men and women mingled; by contrast, the saloons or gambling parlors had primarily male customers.

In the late 1880s, Mayor Broiles and County Attorney R. L. Carlock initiated a reform campaign. In a public shootout on February 8, 1887, Jim Courtright was killed on Main Street by Luke Short, who claimed he was "King of Fort Worth Gamblers".[30] As Courtright had been popular, when Short was jailed for his murder, rumors floated of lynching him. Short's good friend Bat Masterson came armed and spent the night in his cell to protect him.

The first prohibition campaign in Texas was mounted in Fort Worth in 1889, allowing other business and residential development in the area. Another change was the influx of Black and African American residents. Excluded by state segregation from the business end of town and the more costly residential areas, the city's black citizens settled into the southern portion of the city. The popularity and profitability of the Acre declined and more derelicts and the homeless were seen on the streets. By 1900, most of the dance halls and gamblers were gone. Cheap variety shows and prostitution became the chief forms of entertainment. Some progressive politicians launched an offensive to seek out and abolish these perceived "vices" as part of the broader Progressive Era package of reforms.[30]

 
Texas and Pacific Railway yard in Fort Worth, 1916
 
Postcard of the Fort Worth business district, 1921
 
Texas and Pacific Passenger Station, Fort Worth, Texas (postcard, circa 1909)

In 1911, the Reverend J. Frank Norris launched an offensive against racetrack gambling in the Baptist Standard and used the pulpit of the First Baptist Church of Fort Worth to attack vice and prostitution. When he began to link certain Fort Worth businessmen with property in the Acre and announced their names from his pulpit, the battle heated up. On February 4, 1912, Norris's church was burned to the ground; that evening, his enemies tossed a bundle of burning oiled rags onto his porch, but the fire was extinguished and caused minimal damage. A month later, the arsonists succeeded in burning down the parsonage. In a sensational trial lasting a month, Norris was charged with perjury and arson in connection with the two fires. He was acquitted, but his continued attacks on the Acre accomplished little until 1917. A new city administration and the federal government, which was eyeing Fort Worth as a potential site for a major military training camp, joined forces with the Baptist preacher to bring down the final curtain on the Acre.

 
President Kennedy in Fort Worth on Friday morning, November 22, 1963: He was assassinated in Dallas later in the day.

The police department compiled statistics showing that 50% of the violent crime in Fort Worth occurred in the Acre, which confirmed respectable citizens' opinion of the area. After Camp Bowie (a World War I U.S. Army training installation) was located on the outskirts of Fort Worth in 1917, the military used martial law to regulate prostitutes and barkeepers of the Acre. Fines and stiff jail sentences curtailed their activities. By the time Norris held a mock funeral parade to "bury John Barleycorn" in 1919, the Acre had become a part of Fort Worth history. The name continues to be associated with the southern end of Fort Worth.[32]

In 1921, the whites-only union workers in the Fort Worth, Swift & Co. meatpacking plant in the Niles City Stockyards went on strike. The owners attempted to replace them with black strikebreakers. During union protests, strikebreaker African-American Fred Rouse was lynched on a tree at the corner of NE 12th Street and Samuels Avenue. After he was hanged a white mob riddled his mutilated body with gunshots.[33]

On November 21, 1963, President John F. Kennedy arrived in Fort Worth, speaking the next morning before a breakfast meeting of the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce, then proceeding to Dallas where he was assassinated later that day.

When oil began to gush in West Texas in the early 20th century, and again in the late 1970s, Fort Worth was at the center of the boom. By July 2007, advances in horizontal drilling technology made vast natural gas reserves in the Barnett Shale available directly under the city,[34] helping many residents receive royalty checks for their mineral rights. Today, the City of Fort Worth and many residents are dealing with the benefits and issues associated with the natural-gas reserves underground.[35][36]

On March 28, 2000, at 6:15 pm, an F3 tornado struck downtown Fort Worth, severely damaging many buildings. One of the hardest-hit structures was the Bank One Tower, which was one of the dominant features of the Fort Worth skyline and which had "Reata," a popular restaurant, on its top floor. It has since been converted to upscale condominiums and officially renamed "The Tower." This was the first major tornado to strike Fort Worth proper since the early 1940s.[37]

From 2000 to 2006, Fort Worth was the fastest-growing large city in the United States;[38] it was voted one of "America's Most Livable Communities".[39] In addition to the reversal migration, many African Americans have been relocating to Fort Worth for its affordable cost of living and job opportunities.[40]

In 2020, Fort Worth's mayor announced the city's continued growth to 20.78%.[41] The U.S. Census Bureau also noted the city's beginning of greater diversification from 2014–2018.[42]

On February 11, 2021, a pileup involving 133 cars and trucks crashed on I-35W due to freezing rain leaving ice. The pileup left at least six people dead and multiple injured.[43][44][45]

Geography edit

 
W 7th Bridge bikeway, 2015

Fort Worth is located in North Texas, and has a generally humid subtropical climate.[46] It is part of the Cross Timbers region;[47] this region is a boundary between the more heavily forested eastern parts and the rolling hills and prairies of the central part. Specifically, the city is part of the Grand Prairie ecoregion within the Cross Timbers. According to the United States Census Bureau, 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 covered by water. It is a principal city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, and the second largest by population.

The city of Fort Worth is not entirely contiguous and has several enclaves, practical enclaves, semi-enclaves, and cities that are otherwise completely or nearly surrounded by it, including: Westworth Village, River Oaks, Saginaw, Blue Mound, Benbrook, Everman, Forest Hill, Edgecliff Village, Westover Hills, White Settlement, Sansom Park, Lake Worth, Lakeside, and Haslet.

Fort Worth contains over 1,000 natural-gas wells (December 2009 count) tapping the Barnett Shale.[48] Each well site is a bare patch of gravel 2–5 acres (8,100–20,200 m2) in size. As city ordinances permit them in all zoning categories, including residential, well sites can be found in a variety of locations. Some wells are surrounded by masonry fences, but most are secured by chain link.

A large storage dam was completed in 1914 on the West Fork of the Trinity River, 7 miles (11 km) from the city, with a storage capacity of 33,495 acre feet of water.[49] The lake formed by this dam is known as Lake Worth.

Neighborhoods edit

See also: List of neighborhoods in Fort Worth, Texas
 
Skyline of Fort Worth at sunset

Downtown edit

 
Sundance Square Plaza, 2016

Downtown Fort Worth consists of numerous districts comprising commercial and retail, residential, and entertainment. Among them, Sundance Square is a mixed-use district and popular for nightlife and entertainment. The Bass Performance Hall is located within Sundance Square. Nearby Upper West Side is also a notable district within downtown Fort Worth. It is bound roughly by Henderson Street to the east, the Trinity River to the west, Interstate 30 to the south, and White Settlement Road to the north. The neighborhood contains several small and mid-sized office buildings and urban residences, but very little retail.

Stockyards edit

The Fort Worth Stockyards are a National Historic District.[50] The Stockyards was once among the largest livestock markets in the United States and played a vital role in the city's early growth.[51] Today the neighborhood is characterized by its many bars, restaurants, and notable country music venues such as Billy Bob's. Fort Worth celebrity chef Tim Love of Iron Chef America and Top Chef Masters has operated multiple restaurants in the neighborhood.[52][53] There is a mall at the Stockyards Station and a train via Grapevine Vintage Railroad, that connects to downtown Grapevine.[54] Cowtown Coliseum hosts a weekly rodeo and also has the Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame.[55][56] The world's largest honky tonk is also in the Stockyards at Billy Bob's.[57] At the Fort Worth Stockyards, Fort Worth is the only major city that hosts a daily cattle drive.[58]

Tanglewood edit

Tanglewood consists of land in the low areas along the branch of the Trinity River and is approximately five miles southwest from the Fort Worth central business district.[59][60] The Tanglewood area lies within two surveys. The western part of the addition is part of the 1854 Felix G. Beasley survey, and the eastern part, along the branch of the river, is the 1876 James Howard survey. The original approach to the Tanglewood area consisted of a two-rut dirt road, which is now Bellaire Drive South. Up to the time of development, children enjoyed swimming in the river in a deep hole that was located where the bridge is now on Bellaire Drive South near Trinity Commons Shopping Center. The portions of Tanglewood that are now Bellaire Park Court, Marquette Court, and Autumn Court were originally a dairy farm.

Architecture edit

See also: List of tallest buildings in Fort Worth
 
Tarrant County Courthouse

Downtown Fort Worth, with its unique rustic architecture, is mainly known for its Art Deco-style buildings. The Tarrant County Courthouse was created in the American Beaux Arts design, which was modeled after the Texas State Capitol building. Most of the structures around downtown's Sundance Square have preserved their early 20th-century façades. Multiple blocks surrounding Sundance Square are illuminated at night in Christmas lights year-round.

Climate edit

Fort Worth has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) according to the Köppen climate classification system, and is within USDA hardiness zone 8a.[61] This region features very hot, humid summers and mild to cool winters. The hottest month of the year is August, when the average high temperature is 96 °F (35.6 °C), and overnight low temperatures average 75 °F (23.9 °C), giving an average temperature of 85 °F (29.4 °C).[62] The coldest month of the year is January, when the average high temperature is 56 °F (13.3 °C) and low temperatures average 35 °F (1.7 °C).[62] The average temperature in January is 46 °F (8 °C).[62] The highest temperature ever recorded in Fort Worth is 113 °F (45.0 °C), on June 26, 1980, during the Great 1980 Heat Wave, and June 27, 1980.[63] The coldest temperature ever recorded in Fort Worth was −8 °F (−22.2 °C) on February 12, 1899. Because of its position in North Texas, Fort Worth is very susceptible to supercell thunderstorms, which produce large hail and can produce tornadoes.

The average annual precipitation for Fort Worth is 34.01 inches (863.9 mm).[62] The wettest month of the year is May, when an average of 4.58 inches (116.3 mm) of precipitation falls.[62] The driest month of the year is January, when only 1.70 inches (43.2 mm) of precipitation falls.[62] The driest calendar year since records began has been 1921 with 17.91 inches (454.9 mm) and the wettest 2015 with 62.61 inches (1,590.3 mm). The wettest calendar month has been April 1922 with 17.64 inches (448.1 mm), including 8.56 inches (217.4 mm) on April 25.

The average annual snowfall in Fort Worth is 2.6 inches (66.0 mm).[64] The most snowfall in one month has been 13.5 inches (342.9 mm) in February 1978, and the most in a season 17.6 inches (447.0 mm) in 1977/1978.

The National Weather Service office, which serves the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, is based in northeastern Fort Worth.[65]

Climate data for Fort Worth Meacham International Airport, Texas (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1940–present)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °F (°C) 88
(31) 		97
(36) 		96
(36) 		102
(39) 		101
(38) 		107
(42) 		112
(44) 		110
(43) 		112
(44) 		106
(41) 		95
(35) 		90
(32) 		112
(44)
Mean maximum °F (°C) 78.1
(25.6) 		81.1
(27.3) 		86.0
(30.0) 		89.5
(31.9) 		95.5
(35.3) 		99.6
(37.6) 		103.6
(39.8) 		104.3
(40.2) 		99.3
(37.4) 		92.7
(33.7) 		83.2
(28.4) 		78.1
(25.6) 		105.7
(40.9)
Average high °F (°C) 56.4
(13.6) 		60.5
(15.8) 		68.0
(20.0) 		75.6
(24.2) 		83.5
(28.6) 		91.5
(33.1) 		95.7
(35.4) 		95.9
(35.5) 		88.3
(31.3) 		77.9
(25.5) 		66.2
(19.0) 		57.8
(14.3) 		76.4
(24.7)
Daily mean °F (°C) 45.8
(7.7) 		49.8
(9.9) 		57.3
(14.1) 		64.7
(18.2) 		73.3
(22.9) 		81.4
(27.4) 		85.1
(29.5) 		85.2
(29.6) 		77.7
(25.4) 		66.9
(19.4) 		55.7
(13.2) 		47.5
(8.6) 		65.9
(18.8)
Average low °F (°C) 35.3
(1.8) 		39.1
(3.9) 		46.5
(8.1) 		53.8
(12.1) 		63.1
(17.3) 		71.2
(21.8) 		74.6
(23.7) 		74.5
(23.6) 		67.1
(19.5) 		55.9
(13.3) 		45.3
(7.4) 		37.3
(2.9) 		55.3
(12.9)
Mean minimum °F (°C) 19.9
(−6.7) 		23.2
(−4.9) 		28.5
(−1.9) 		37.6
(3.1) 		49.1
(9.5) 		62.0
(16.7) 		68.8
(20.4) 		66.8
(19.3) 		53.9
(12.2) 		39.7
(4.3) 		29.3
(−1.5) 		22.1
(−5.5) 		16.5
(−8.6)
Record low °F (°C) −2
(−19) 		−2
(−19) 		10
(−12) 		28
(−2) 		38
(3) 		52
(11) 		60
(16) 		58
(14) 		40
(4) 		24
(−4) 		19
(−7) 		10
(−12) 		−2
(−19)
Average precipitation inches (mm) 2.05
(52) 		2.41
(61) 		3.16
(80) 		3.06
(78) 		4.02
(102) 		4.02
(102) 		2.18
(55) 		2.23
(57) 		2.59
(66) 		4.46
(113) 		2.52
(64) 		2.64
(67) 		35.34
(898)
Average precipitation days 7.2 6.1 7.5 7.2 9.3 7.2 4.7 4.5 5.8 7.1 6.7 6.5 79.8
Mean monthly sunshine hours 186.0 169.5 217.0 240.0 248.0 300.0 341.0 310.0 240.0 217.0 180.0 186.0 2,834.5
Percent possible sunshine 60 55 58 62 57 71 79 77 67 64 60 60 64
Average ultraviolet index 3 5 7 9 10 11 10 10 8 6 4 3 7
Source 1: National Climatic Data Center[66]
Source 2: Weather Atlas [67] (sunshine data, UV index)

Demographics edit

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
18806,663—
189023,076246.3%
190026,66815.6%
191073,312174.9%
1920106,48245.2%
1930163,44753.5%
1940177,6628.7%
1950278,77856.9%
1960356,26827.8%
1970393,47610.4%
1980385,164−2.1%
1990447,61916.2%
2000534,69719.5%
2010741,20638.6%
2020918,91524.0%
2022 (est.)956,7094.1%
U.S. Decennial Census[68]
2010–2020[7]

Fort Worth is the most populous city in Tarrant County, and second-most populous community within the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. Its metropolitan statistical area encompasses one-quarter of the population of Texas, and is the largest in the Southern U.S. and Texas followed by the Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan area. At the American Community Survey's 2018 census estimates, the city of Fort Worth had a population near 900,000 residents.[42] In 2019, it grew to an estimated 909,585. At the 2020 United States census, Fort Worth had a population of 918,915 and 2022 census estimates numbered approximately 956,709 residents.[9]

There were 337,072 housing units, 308,188 households, and 208,389 families at the 2018 census estimates.[69] The average household size was 2.87 persons per household, and the average family size was 3.50. Fort Worth had an owner-occupied housing rate of 56.4% and renter-occupied housing rate of 43.6%. The median income in 2018 was $58,448 and the mean income was $81,165.[70] The city had a per capita income of $29,010.[71] Roughly 15.6% of Fort Worthers lived at or below the poverty line.[72]

In 2010's American Community Survey census estimates there were 291,676 housing units,[73] 261,042 households, and 174,909 families.[74] Fort Worth had an average household size of 2.78 and the average family size was 3.47. A total of 92,952 households had children under 18 years living with them. There were 5.9% opposite sex unmarried-partner households and 0.5% same sex unmarried-partner households in 2010. The owner-occupied housing rate of Fort Worth was 59.0% and the renter-occupied housing rate was 41.0%. Fort Worth's median household income was $48,224 and the mean was $63,065.[75] An estimated 21.4% of the population lived at or below the poverty line.[76]

Race and ethnicity edit

Racial and ethnic composition 2020[77] 2010[78] 1990[79] 1970[79] 1940[79]
White (non-Hispanic) 36.6% 41.7% 56.5% 72.0%[a] n/a
Hispanic or Latino 34.8% 34.1% 19.5% 7.9%[a] n/a
Black or African American 19.2% 18.9% 22.0% 19.9% 14.2%
Asian 5.1% 3.7% 2.0% 0.1% -
 
Map of racial distribution in Fort Worth, 2010 U.S. census. Each dot is 25 people: ⬤ White ⬤ Black ⬤ Asian ⬤ Hispanic ⬤ Other

At the 2010 U.S. census, the racial composition of Fort Worth's population was 61.1% White (non-Hispanic whites: 41.7%), 18.9% Black or African American, 0.6% Native American, 3.7% Asian American, 0.1% Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander, 34.1% Hispanic or Latino (of any race), and 3.1% of two or more races. In 2018, 38.2% of Fort Worth was non-Hispanic white, 18.6% Black or African American, 0.4% American Indian or Alaska Native, 4.8% Asian American, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 2.1% from two or more races, and 35.5% Hispanic or Latino (of any race), marking an era of diversification in the city limits.[42][80]

A study determined Fort Worth as one of the most diverse cities in the United States in 2019.[81] For contrast, in 1970, the U.S. Census Bureau reported Fort Worth's population as 72% non-Hispanic white, 19.9% African American, and 7.9% Hispanic or Latino.[79] By the 2020 census,[77] continued population growth spurred further diversification with 36.6% of the population being non-Hispanic white, 34.8% Hispanic or Latino American of any race, and 19.2% Black or African American; Asian Americans increased to forming 5.1% of the population, reflecting nationwide demographic trends at the time.[82][83][84] In 2020, a total of 31,485 residents were of two or more races.[77]

Religion edit

 
St. Patrick Cathedral, see of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fort Worth

Located within the Bible Belt, Christianity is the largest collective religious group in Fort Worth proper, and the Metroplex. Both Dallas and Dallas County, and Fort Worth and Tarrant County have a plurality of Roman Catholic residents.[85][86] Overall, the Dallas metropolitan division of the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex is more religiously diverse than Fort Worth and its surrounding suburbs, particularly in the principal cities' counties.

 
Saint James Second Street Baptist Church, a historic predominantly African American Baptist church

The oldest continuously operating church in Fort Worth is First Christian Church, founded in 1855.[87] Other historical churches continuing operation in the city include St. Patrick Cathedral (founded 1888), Saint James Second Street Baptist Church (founded 1895), Tabernacle Baptist Church (built 1923), St. Mary of the Assumption Church (built 1924), Our Mother of Mercy Catholic Church and Parsonage (built 1929 and 1911), and Morning Chapel C.M.E. Church (built 1934).

According to the Association of Religion Data Archives in 2020, Tarrant County's Catholic community numbered 359,705,[85] and was the Fort Worth metropolitan division's single largest Christian denomination or tradition with 378,490 adherents.[88] According to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fort Worth, there are approximately 1,200,000 Catholics altogether as of 2023.[89] Among other Christian bodies embodying catholicity, the Association of Religion Data Archives reported the Coptic Orthodox Church was the largest Eastern Christian group, followed by the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America and Orthodox Church in America, the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, and Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church numbering 6,216 altogether.

Home to a large Protestant Christian community, Southern Baptists were the second-largest single Christian denomination for Fort Worth's metropolitan division in 2020, with 347,771 adherents.[88] Southern Baptists have been divided between the more traditionalist and conservative Southern Baptists of Texas Convention, and the theologically moderate Baptist General Convention of Texas; according to the Baptist General Convention of Texas, there are 167 churches within the vicinity of Fort Worth proper as of 2023.[90] The Southern Baptists of Texas Convention listed 117 churches in 2023.[91] Other prominent Baptist denominations such as the National Missionary Baptist Convention, National Baptist Convention, National Baptist Convention of America, Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship, American Baptist Association, and the National Association of Free Will Baptists collectively numbered 51,261 at the 2020 study.

Non- and inter-denominational churches dominated Fort Worth's religious landscape as the third-largest group of Christians. Having more than 289,554 adherents,[88] non/inter-denominational Christians represented the growing trend of ecumenism within the United States.[92][93] Methodists were the fourth-largest Christian group with more than 100,000 adherents of the United Methodist Church spread throughout Fort Worth's metropolitan division. The African Methodist Episcopal Church, Christian Methodist Episcopal Church, African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, and Free Methodist Church also formed a substantial portion of the area's Methodist population. Pentecostals, descended from the Wesleyan-Holiness movement of Methodists, formed the fifth-largest Christian constituency and primarily divided between the Assemblies of God USA and Church of God in Christ.

Among Fort Worther's non-Christian community, Islam and Judaism were the second- and third-largest religious communities.[88] According to the Association of Religion Data Archives, there were an estimated 37,488 Muslims and 2,413 Jews living in Fort Worth's vicinity, although the Goldring/Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life estimated 5,000 Jews in 2010.[94] Religions including Hinduism and Baha'i had a minuscule presence in the Fort Worth area according to the 2020 study, and Christendom remained more prevalent than in the Dallas metropolitan division.[88]

Economy edit

See also: List of companies in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex

At its inception, Fort Worth relied on cattle drives that traveled the Chisholm Trail. Millions of cattle were driven north to market along this trail, and Fort Worth became the center of cattle drives, and later, ranching until the American Civil War. During the American Civil War, Fort Worth suffered shortages causing its population to decline. It recovered during the Reconstruction with general stores, banks, and "Hell's Half-Acre", a large collection of saloons and dance halls which increased business and criminal activity in the city. By the early 20th century the military used martial law to regulate Hell's Half-Acre's bartenders and prostitutes.

Since the late 20th century several major companies have been headquartered in Fort Worth. These include American Airlines Group (and subsidiaries American Airlines and Envoy Air), the John Peter Smith Hospital, Pier 1 Imports, Chip 1 Exchange,[95] RadioShack, Pioneer Corporation, Cash America International, GM Financial,[96] Budget Host, the BNSF Railway, and Bell Textron. Companies with a significant presence in the city are Bank of America, Wells Fargo, Lockheed Martin, GE Transportation, and Dallas-based telecommunications company AT&T. Metro by T-Mobile is also prominent in the city.

Culture edit

 
American Airlines DC-3 NC21798 "Flagship Knoxville" on permanent display at the CR Smith Museum

Building on its Frontier Western heritage and a history of strong local arts patronage, Fort Worth promotes itself as the "City of Cowboys and Culture".[97] Fort Worth has the world's first and largest indoor rodeo,[98] world-class museums, a calendar of festivals and a robust local arts scene. The Academy of Western Artists, based in Gene Autry, Oklahoma, presents its annual awards in Fort Worth in fields related to the American cowboy, including music, literature, and even chuck wagon cooking.[99] Fort Worth is also the 1931 birthplace of the Official State Music of Texas—Western Swing, which was created by Bob Wills and Milton Brown and their Light Crust Doughboys band in a ramshackle dancehall 4 miles west of downtown at the Crystal Springs Dance Pavilion.[100]

Arts and sciences edit

Theatre
Music
Museums

Nature edit

 
The Japanese Gardens at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden, 2011

The Fort Worth Zoo is home to over 5,000 animals.

The Fort Worth Botanic Garden and the Botanical Research Institute of Texas are also in the city. For those interested in hiking, birding, or canoeing, the Fort Worth Nature Center and Refuge in northwest Fort Worth is a 3,621-acre preserved natural area designated by the Department of the Interior as a National Natural Landmark Site in 1980. Established in 1964 as the Greer Island Nature Center and Refuge, it celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2014.[102] The Nature Center has a small, genetically pure bison herd, and native prairies, forests, and wetlands. It is one of the largest urban parks of its type in the United States.[103]

Parks edit

 
The Fort Worth Water Gardens

Fort Worth has a total of 263 parks with 179 of those being neighborhood parks. The total acres of parkland is 11,700.72 acres with the average being about 12.13 acres per park.[104]

The 4.3 acre (1.7 hectare) Fort Worth Water Gardens, designed by noted New York architects Philip Johnson and John Burgee, is an urban park containing three pools of water and terraced knolls; the Water Gardens are billed as a "cooling oasis in the concrete jungle" of downtown. Heritage Park Plaza is a Modernist-style park that was designed by Lawrence Halprin.[105] The plaza design incorporates a set of interconnecting rooms constructed of concrete and activated throughout by flowing water walls, channels, and pools and was added to the US National Register of Historic Places on May 10, 2010.[106]

There are two off-leash dog parks located in the city, ZBonz Dog Park and Fort Woof. The park includes an agility course, water fountains, shaded shelters, and waste stations.[107]

Sports edit

 
Amon G. Carter Stadium of the TCU Horned Frogs

While much of Fort Worth's sports attention is focused on Dallas's professional sports teams,[108] the city has its own athletic identity.

There is one professional sports team in Fort Worth proper, Panther City Lacrosse Club of the National Lacrosse League. It was founded in 2020 and plays at Dickies Arena.[109] In 2021, it was announced that Austin Bold FC would relocate to Fort Worth, providing Fort Worth with a USL Championship club.[110] Semi-professionally, the Fort Worth Jaguars play in the North American Floorball League and the North Texas Bulls of the National Arena League play at Cowtown Coliseum.[111]

There are three amateur soccer clubs in Fort Worth: Fort Worth Vaqueros FC, Inocentes FC, and Azul City Premier FC; Inocentes and Azul City Premier both play in the United Premier Soccer League.[112] The Vaqueros play in the National Premier Soccer League.[113]

 
The 2010 Fiesta Bowl with Boise State against TCU

Collegiately, Texas Christian University's athletic teams are the premier college sports teams for Fort Worth. The TCU Horned Frogs compete in NCAA Division I athletics. The Horned Frog football team produced two national championships in the 1930s and remained a strong competitor in the Southwest Conference into the 1960s before beginning a long period of underperformance.[114]

The revival of the TCU football program began under Dennis Franchione with the success of running back LaDainian Tomlinson. Under Gary Patterson, the Horned Frogs have developed into a perennial top-10 contender, and a Rose Bowl winner in 2011.[115] Notable players include Sammy Baugh, Davey O'Brien, Bob Lilly, LaDainian Tomlinson, Jerry Hughes, and Andy Dalton. The Horned Frogs, along with their rivals and fellow non-AQ leaders the Boise State Broncos and University of Utah Utes, were deemed the quintessential "BCS Busters", having appeared in both the Fiesta and Rose bowls. Their "BCS Buster" role ended in 2012 when they joined the Big 12 athletic conference in all sports.

Nearby Texas Wesleyan University competes in the NAIA, and won the 2006 NAIA Div. I Men's Basketball Championship and three-time National Collegiate Table Tennis Association (NCTTA) team championships (2004–2006). Fort Worth is also home to the NCAA football Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl.

Recreation edit

Colonial National Invitational Golf Tournament edit

Fort Worth hosts an important professional men's golf tournament every May at the Colonial Country Club. The Colonial Invitational Golf Tournament, now officially known as the Fort Worth Invitational, is one of the more prestigious and historical events of the tour calendar. The Colonial Country Club was the home course of golfing legend Ben Hogan, who was from Fort Worth.[116]

Motor racing edit

 
Kaz Grala pitting at Texas Motor Speedway, 2018
 
Team calf-roping at a rodeo located in Fort Worth at the Stockyards

Fort Worth is home to Texas Motor Speedway, also known as "The Great American Speedway". Texas Motor Speedway is a 1.5-mile quad-oval track located in the far northern part of the city in Denton County. The speedway opened in 1997, and currently hosts an IndyCar event and six NASCAR events among three major race weekends a year.[117][118]

Amateur sports-car racing in the greater Fort Worth area occurs mostly at two purpose-built tracks: MotorSport Ranch and Eagles Canyon Raceway. Sanctioning bodies include the Porsche Club of America, the National Auto Sports Association, and the Sports Car Club of America.

Cowtown Marathon edit

The annual Cowtown Marathon has been held every last weekend in February since 1978. The two-day activities include two 5Ks, a 10K, the half marathon, marathon, and ultra marathon.[119]

Rodeo edit

In addition to the weekly rodeos held at Cowtown Coliseum in the Stockyards, the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo is held within the Will Rogers Memorial Center at the Dickies Arena.[120][121] Dickies Arena also hosts a few TCU basketball games and in the future planned to host college basketball tournaments at the conference and national levels.

Government edit

 
City Hall in Fort Worth
 
Downtown U.S. Post Office in Fort Worth

City government edit

Fort Worth has a council-manager government, with elections held every two years for a mayor, elected at large, and eight council members, elected by district. The mayor is a voting member of the council and represents the city on ceremonial occasions. The council has the power to adopt municipal ordinances and resolutions, make proclamations, set the city tax rate, approve the city budget, and appoint the city secretary, city attorney, city auditor, municipal court judges, and members of city boards and commissions. The day-to-day operations of city government are overseen by the city manager, who is also appointed by the council.[122] The current mayor is Republican Mattie Parker, making Fort Worth the second-largest city in the United States with a Republican mayor.[123]

City Council edit

Office[124] Name[124]
Mayor Mattie Parker
City Council, District 2 Carlos Flores
City Council, District 3 Michael Crain
City Council, District 4 Cary Moon
City Council, District 5 Gyna Bivens
City Council, District 6 Jared Williams
City Council, District 7 Leonard Firestone
City Council, District 8 Chris Nettles
City Council, District 9 Elizabeth Beck

City departments edit

State government edit

State Board of Education members[125] edit

District Name Party
  District 11 Patricia Hardy Republican
  District 13 Erika Beltran Democratic

Texas State Representatives[125] edit

District Name Party Residence
  District 61 Phil King Republican Weatherford
  District 63 Ben Bumgarner Republican Flower Mound
  District 90 Ramon Romero Jr. Democratic Fort Worth
  District 91 Stephanie Klick Republican Fort Worth
  District 92 Salman Bhojani Democratic Bedford
  District 93 Nate Schatzline Republican Fort Worth
  District 95 Nicole Collier Democratic Fort Worth
  District 96 David Cook Republican Mansfield
  District 97 Craig Goldman Republican Fort Worth
  District 98 Giovanni Capriglione Republican Southlake
  District 99 Charlie Geren Republican River Oaks

Texas State Senators[125] edit

District Name Party Residence
  District 9 Kelly Hancock Republican Fort Worth
  District 10 Phil King Republican Weatherford
  District 12 Tan Parker Republican Flower Mound
  District 30 Drew Springer Republican Muenster

State facilities edit

The Texas Department of Transportation operates the Fort Worth District Office in Fort Worth.[126]

The North Texas Intermediate Sanction Facility, a privately operated prison facility housing short-term parole violators, was in Fort Worth. It was operated on behalf of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. In 2011, the state of Texas decided not to renew its contract with the facility.[127]

Federal government edit

United States House of Representatives[125] edit

District Name Party Residence
  Texas's 6th congressional district Jake Ellzey Republican Waxahachie
  Texas's 12th congressional district Kay Granger Republican Fort Worth
  Texas's 24th congressional district Beth Van Duyne Republican Irving
  Texas's 26th congressional district Michael Burgess Republican Lewisville
  Texas's 33rd congressional district Marc Veasey Democratic Fort Worth

Federal facilities edit

 
Federal Medical Center, Carswell

Fort Worth is home to one of the two locations of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. In 1987, construction on this second facility began. In addition to meeting increased production requirements, a western location was seen to serve as a contingency operation in case of emergencies in the Washington, DC, metropolitan area; as well, costs for transporting currency to Federal Reserve banks in San Francisco, Dallas, and Kansas City would be reduced. Currency production began in December 1990 at the Fort Worth facility;[128] the official dedication took place April 26, 1991. Bills produced here have a small "FW" in one corner.

The Eldon B. Mahon United States Courthouse building contains three oil-on-canvas panels on the fourth floor by artist Frank Mechau (commissioned under the Public Works Administration's art program).[129] Mechau's paintings, The Taking of Sam Bass, Two Texas Rangers, and Flags Over Texas were installed in 1940, becoming the only New Deal art commission sponsored in Fort Worth. The courthouse, built in 1933, serves the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas and was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.[50]

Federal Medical Center, Carswell, a federal prison and health facility for women, is located in the Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth.[130] Carswell houses the federal death row for female inmates.[131] Federal Medical Center, Ft. Worth, a federal prison and health facility for men, is located across from TCC-South Campus. The Federal Aviation Administration, National Archives and Records Administration, and Federal Bureau of Investigation have offices in Fort Worth.

Education edit

Public libraries edit

Fort Worth Public Library is the public library system.

Public schools edit

Most of Fort Worth is served by the Fort Worth Independent School District.

Other school districts that serve portions of Fort Worth include:[132]

The portion of Fort Worth within the Arlington Independent School District contains a wastewater plant. No residential areas are in this portion.[citation needed]

Pinnacle Academy of the Arts (K–12) is a state charter school, as are Crosstimbers Academy and High Point Academy.

Private schools edit

Private schools in Fort Worth include both secular and parochial institutions.

Institutes of higher education edit

Further information: List of colleges and universities in Fort Worth, Texas

Other institutions:

Media edit

See also: List of newspapers in Texas, List of radio stations in Texas, and List of television stations in Texas
 
Location of studios and offices for KXAS (as well as KXTX), in Fort Worth, just south of DFW Airport

Fort Worth and Dallas share the same media market. The city's magazine is Fort Worth, Texas Magazine, which publishes information about Fort Worth events, social activity, fashion, dining, and culture.[134]

 
Headquarters of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Fort Worth has one major daily newspaper, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, founded in 1906 as Fort Worth Star. It dominates the western half of the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, and The Dallas Morning News dominates the east. The Star-Telegram is the 45th-most widely circulated newspaper in the United States, with a daily circulation of 210,990 and a Sunday circulation of 304,200.

 
KXAS studios and offices (as well as those of co-owned KXTX-TV, and for a time those of radio stations WBAP (AM) and KSCS-FM) were located in this building east of downtown Fort Worth on Barnett Street.

The Fort Worth Weekly is an alternative weekly newspaper for the Fort Worth metropolitan division. The newspaper had an approximate circulation of 47,000 in 2015.[135] The Fort Worth Weekly published and features, among many things, news reporting, cultural event guides, movie reviews, and editorials. Additionally, Fort Worth Business Press is a weekly publication that chronicles news in the Fort Worth business community.

The Fort Worth Report is a daily nonprofit news organization covering local government, business, education and arts in Tarrant County.[136] The nonprofit organization, founded by local business leaders and former Fort Worth Star-Telegram publisher Wes Turner,[137] announced its intentions in February 2021 and officially launched the newsroom in April 2021.[138][139]

The Fort Worth Press was a daily newspaper, published weekday afternoons and on Sundays from 1921 until 1975. It was owned by the E. W. Scripps Company and published under the then-prominent Scripps-Howard Lighthouse logo. The paper reportedly last made money in the early 1950s. Scripps Howard stayed with the paper until mid-1975. Circulation had dwindled to fewer than 30,000 daily, just more than 10% of that of the Fort Worth Star Telegram. The name Fort Worth Press was resurrected briefly in a new Fort Worth Press paper operated by then-former publisher Bill McAda and briefer still by William Dean Singleton, then-owner of the weekly Azle (Texas) News, now owner of the Media Central news group. The Fort Worth Press operated from offices and presses at 500 Jones Street in Downtown Fort Worth.[140]

Television stations shared with Dallas include (owned-and-operated stations of their affiliated networks are highlighted in bold) KDFW 4 (Fox), KXAS 5 (NBC), WFAA 8 (ABC), KTVT 11 (CBS), KERA 13 (PBS), KTXA 21 (Independent), KDFI 27 (MNTV), KDAF 33 (CW), and K07AAD-D (HC2 Holdings).

Radio stations edit

Over 33 radio stations operate in and around Fort Worth, with many different formats.

AM edit

On the AM dial, like in all other markets, political talk radio is prevalent, with WBAP 820, KLIF 570, KSKY 660, KFJZ 870, KRLD 1080 the conservative talk stations serving Fort Worth and KMNY 1360 the sole progressive talk station serving the city. KFXR 1190 is a news/talk/classic country station. Sports talk can be found on KTCK 1310 ("The Ticket"). WBAP, a 50,000-watt clear-channel station which can be heard over much of the country at night, was a long-successful country music station before converting to its current talk format.

Several religious stations are also on AM in the Dallas/Fort Worth area; KHVN 970 and KGGR 1040 are the local urban gospel stations, KEXB 1440 carries Catholic talk programming from Relevant Radio, and KKGM 1630 has a Southern gospel format.

Fort Worth's Spanish-speaking population is served by many stations on AM:

A few mixed Asian language stations serve Fort Worth:

FM edit

KLNO is a commercial radio station licensed to Fort Worth. Long-time Fort Worth resident Marcos A. Rodriguez operated Dallas Fort Worth radio stations KLTY and KESS on 94.1 FM. A wide variety of commercial formats, mostly music, are on the FM dial in Fort Worth.

Noncommercial stations serve the city fairly well. Three college stations can be heard - KTCU 88.7, KCBI 90.9, and KNTU 88.1, with a variety of programming. Also, the local NPR station is KERA 90.1, along with community radio station KNON 89.3. Downtown Fort Worth also hosts the Texas Country radio station KFWR 95.9 The Ranch.

Internet radio stations and shows edit

When local radio station KOAI 107.5 FM, now KMVK, dropped its smooth jazz format, fans set up smoothjazz1075.com, an internet radio station, to broadcast smooth jazz for disgruntled fans.

Transportation edit

 
The Trinity Railway Express

Like most cities that grew quickly after World War II, Fort Worth's main mode of transportation is the automobile, but bus transportation via Trinity Metro is available, as well as an interurban train service to Dallas via the Trinity Railway Express. As of January 10, 2019, train service from Downtown Fort Worth to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport's Terminal B is available via Trinity Metro's TEXRail service.

History edit

Electric streetcars edit

 
Map Showing Lines of the Northern Texas Electric Company (Fort Worth), c. 1907
 
Interurban line between Fort Worth and Dallas, Texas (postcard, circa 1902–1924)

The first streetcar company in Fort Worth was the Fort Worth Street Railway Company. Its first line began operating in December 1876, and traveled from the courthouse down Main Street to the T&P Depot.[141] By 1890, more than 20 private companies were operating streetcar lines in Fort Worth. The Fort Worth Street Railway Company bought out many of its competitors, and was eventually itself bought out by the Bishop & Sherwin Syndicate in 1901.[142] The new ownership changed the company's name to the Northern Texas Traction Company, which operated 84 miles of streetcar railways in 1925, and their lines connected downtown Fort Worth to TCU, the Near Southside, Arlington Heights, Lake Como, and the Stockyards.

Electric interurban railways edit

At its peak, the electric interurban industry in Texas consisted of almost 500 miles of track, making Texas the second in interurban mileage in all states west of the Mississippi River. Electric interurban railways were prominent in the early 1900s, peaking in the 1910s and fading until all electric interurban railways were abandoned by 1948. Close to three-fourths of the mileage was in the Dallas–Fort Worth area, running between Fort Worth and Dallas and to other area cities including Cleburne, Denison, Corsicana, and Waco. The line depicted in the associated image was the second to be constructed in Texas and ran 35 miles between Fort Worth and Dallas. Northern Texas Traction Company built the railway, which was operational from 1902 to 1934.[143]

Current transport edit

In 2009, 80.6% of Fort Worth (city) commuters drive to work alone. The 2009 mode share for Fort Worth (city) commuters are 11.7% for carpooling, 1.5% for transit, 1.2% for walking, and .1% for cycling.[144] In 2015, the American Community Survey estimated modal shares for Fort Worth (city) commuters of 82% for driving alone, 12% for carpooling, .8% for riding transit, 1.8% for walking, and .3% for cycling.[145] The city of Fort Worth has a lower than average percentage of households without a car. In 2015, 6.1 percent of Fort Worth households lacked a car, and decreased to 4.8 percent in 2016. The national average was 8.7 percent in 2016. Fort Worth averaged 1.83 cars per household in 2016, compared to a national average of 1.8.[146]

Roads edit

See also: List of Dallas–Fort Worth-area freeways

Fort Worth is served by four interstates and three U.S. highways. It also contains a number of arterial streets in a grid formation.

Interstate highways 30, 20, 35W, and 820 all pass through the city limits.

Interstate 820 is a loop of Interstate 20 and serves as a beltway for the city. Interstate 30 and Interstate 20 connect Fort Worth to Arlington, Grand Prairie, and Dallas. Interstate 35W connects Fort Worth with Hillsboro to the south and the cities of Denton and Gainesville to the north.

 
I-20 in southern Fort Worth

U.S. Route 287 runs southeast through the city connecting Wichita Falls to the north and Mansfield to the south. U.S. Route 377 runs south through the northern suburbs of Haltom City and Keller through the central business district. U.S. Route 81 shares a concurrency with highway 287 on the portion northwest of I-35W.

Notable state highways:

Public transportation edit

 
"The T" bus in Ft. Worth, 2016
 
Map of public rail transit in the Fort Worth metro area

Trinity Metro, formerly known as the Fort Worth Transportation Authority, serves Fort Worth with dozens of different bus routes throughout the city, including a downtown bus circulator known as Molly the Trolley. In addition to Fort Worth, Trinity Metro operates buses in the suburbs of Blue Mound, Forest Hill, River Oaks and Sansom Park.[147]

In 2010, Fort Worth won a $25 million Federal Urban Circulator grant to build a streetcar system.[148] In December 2010, though, the city council forfeited the grant by voting to end the streetcar study.[149]

In July 2019, Trinity Metro partnered with Via Transportation to launch an on-demand microtransit service called ZIPZONE. ZIPZONE offers shared rides across the Alliance, Mercantile, Southside, and South Tarrant neighborhoods and was designed as a first-and-last mile connection for TEXRail and bus commuters.[150][151][152] Trips are booked from a smartphone app and charge a flat $3 for service as of April 2021. ZIPZONE rides are also included with multi-ride Trinity Metro local tickets.[153]

Rail transportation edit

Airports edit

Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport is a major commercial airport located between the major cities of Fort Worth and Dallas. DFW Airport is the world's third-busiest airport based on operations and tenth-busiest airport based on passengers.[155]

Prior to the construction of the DFW Airport, the city was served by Greater Southwest International Airport, which was located just to the south of the new airport. Originally named Amon Carter Field after the publisher of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Greater Southwest opened in 1953 and operated as the primary airport for Fort Worth until 1974. It was then abandoned until the terminal was torn down in 1980. The site of the former airport is now a mixed-use development straddled by Texas State Highway 183 and 360. One small section of runway remains north of Highway 183, and serves as the only reminder that a major commercial airport once occupied the site.

Fort Worth is home to these four airports within city limits:

Walkability edit

A 2011 study by Walk Score ranked Fort Worth 47th-most walkable of 50 largest U.S. cities.[156]

Notable people edit

Main article: List of people from Fort Worth, Texas

Sister cities edit

Fort Worth is a part of the Sister Cities International program and maintains cultural and economic exchange programs with its sister cities:[157]

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ a b From 15% sample

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Further reading edit

  • Cervantez, Brian. "'For the Exclusive Benefit of Fort Worth': Amon G. Carter, the Great Depression, and the New Deal." Southwestern Historical Quarterly 119.2 (2015): 120-146.
  • Delia Ann Hendricks, The History of Cattle and Oil in Tarrant County (M.A. thesis, Texas Christian University, 1969).
  • Oliver Knight, Fort Worth, Outpost on the Trinity (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1953).
  • Richard G. Miller, "Fort Worth and the Progressive Era: The Movement for Charter Revision, 1899–1907", in Essays on Urban America, ed. Margaret Francine Morris and Elliot West (Austin: University of Texas Press, 1975).
  • Ruth Gregory Newman, The Industrialization of Fort Worth (M.A. thesis, North Texas State University, 1950).
  • Buckley B. Paddock, History of Texas: Fort Worth and the Texas Northwest Edition (4 vols., Chicago: Lewis, 1922).
  • J'Nell Pate, Livestock Legacy: The Fort Worth Stockyards, 1887–1987 (College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 1988).
  • Warren H. Plasters, A History of Amusements in Fort Worth from the Beginning to 1879 (M.A. thesis, Texas Christian University, 1947).
  • Robert H. Talbert, Cowtown-Metropolis: Case Study of a City's Growth and Structure (Fort Worth: Texas Christian University, 1956).
  • Joseph C. Terrell, Reminiscences of the Early Days of Fort Worth (Fort Worth, 1906).
  • Farber, James (1960). Fort Worth in the Civil War. Belton, Texas: Peter Hansborough Bell Press.
  • Garrett, Julia Kathryn (1972). Fort Worth: A Frontier Triumph. Austin: Encino.
  • Knight, Oliver (1953). Fort Worth, Outpost on the Trinity. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press.
  • Miller, Richard G. (1975). "Fort Worth and the Progressive Era: The Movement for Charter Revision, 1899–1907". In Morris, Margaret Francine; West, Elliot (eds.). Essays on Urban America. Austin: University of Texas Press.
  • Pate, J'Nell (1988). Livestock Legacy: The Fort Worth Stockyards, 1887–1987. College Station: Texas A&M University Press.
  • Pinkney, Kathryn Currie (2003). From stockyards to defense plants, the transformation of a city: Fort Worth, Texas, and World War II. Ph.D. thesis, University of North Texas.
  • Sanders, Leonard (1973). How Fort Worth Became the Texasmost City. Fort Worth: Amon Carter Museum.
  • Talbert, Robert H. (1956). Cowtown-Metropolis: Case Study of a City's Growth and Structure. Fort Worth: Texas Christian University.
  • Tarrant County Coalition for Peace and Justice (2021). "Remembering Mr. Fred Rouse". Tarrant County Coalition for Peace and Justice. Retrieved December 12, 2021.

External links edit

Official sites and resources edit

  • City of Fort Worth official website
  • Fort Worth Convention and Visitors Bureau
  • Fort Worth Business Directory
  • Fort Worth, Texas from the Handbook of Texas Online

Digital collections edit

  • Fort Worth... The Way We Were
  • Fort Worth Library Digital Archives
  • The Reeder Children's Theatre Presents... Memories of Fort Worth's Reeder School
  • Time Frames Online. University of Texas Arlington Library Special Collections

Geography edit

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Fort Worth redirects here For other uses see Fort Worth disambiguation Fort Worth is the 5th most populous city in the U S state of Texas and the 13th most populous city in the United States 8 It is the county seat of Tarrant County covering nearly 350 square miles 910 km2 into four other counties Denton Johnson Parker and Wise According to a 2022 United States census estimate Fort Worth s population was 956 709 9 Fort Worth is the second largest city in the Dallas Fort Worth Arlington metropolitan area which is the fourth most populous metropolitan area in the United States and the most populous in Texas 10 Fort WorthCityDowntown Fort WorthFort Worth StockyardsFort Worth Botanic GardensFort Worth Water GardensKimbell Art MuseumPaddock ViaductTexas Christian UniversitySt Patrick CathedralFlagSealNicknames Cowtown 2 Panther City Funkytown Queen City of the Prairie 3 Motto s Where the West begins 2 Crossroads of Cowboys amp Culture Interactive map of Fort WorthFort WorthLocation in TexasShow map of TexasFort WorthLocation in the United StatesShow map of the United StatesCoordinates 32 45 23 N 97 19 57 W 32 75639 N 97 33250 W 32 75639 97 33250CountryUnited StatesStateTexasCountiesTarrant Denton Johnson Parker Wise 1 Incorporated1874 4 Named forWilliam J WorthGovernment TypeMayor council manager MayorMattie Parker R City managerDavid Cooke R City councilList Carlos Flores District 2 Michael Crain District 3 Alan Blaylock District 4 Gyna Bivens District 5 Jared Williams District 6 Leonard Firestone District 7 Chris Nettles District 8 Elizabeth Beck District 9Area 5 Total355 56 sq mi 920 89 km2 Land347 27 sq mi 899 44 km2 Water8 28 sq mi 21 45 km2 Elevation 6 541 ft 165 m Population 2020 Total918 915 Estimate 2022 7 958 692 Rank33rd in North America13th in the United States5th in Texas Density2 600 sq mi 1 000 km2 DemonymFort WorthianTime zoneUTC 6 CST Summer DST UTC 5 CDT ZIP Codes760XX 761XX 76244 76008 76036 76101 76124 76126 76127 76129 76137 76140 76147 76148 76150 76155 76161 76164 76166 76177 76179 76182 76185 76190 76193 76195 76199 76244Area codes682 and 817FIPS code48 27000GNIS feature ID2410531 6 Websitewww fortworthtexas govThe city of Fort Worth was established in 1849 as an army outpost on a bluff overlooking the Trinity River 11 Fort Worth has historically been a center of the Texas Longhorn cattle trade 11 It still embraces its Western heritage and traditional architecture and design 12 13 USS Fort Worth LCS 3 is the first ship of the United States Navy named after the city 14 Nearby Dallas has held a population majority as long as records have been kept yet Fort Worth has become one of the fastest growing cities in the United States at the beginning of the 21st century nearly doubling its population since 2000 Fort Worth is the location of the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition and several museums designed by contemporary architects The Kimbell Art Museum was designed by Louis Kahn with an addition designed by Renzo Piano 15 The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth was designed by Tadao Ando The Amon Carter Museum of American Art designed by Philip Johnson houses American art The Sid Richardson Museum redesigned by David M Schwarz has a collection of Western art in the U S emphasizing Frederic Remington and Charles Russell The Fort Worth Museum of Science and History was designed by Ricardo Legorreta of Mexico Fort Worth is the location of several university communities Texas Christian University Texas Wesleyan University of North Texas Health Science Center and Texas A amp M University School of Law Several multinational corporations including Bell Textron American Airlines BNSF Railway and Chip 1 Exchange are headquartered in Fort Worth Contents 1 History 2 Geography 2 1 Neighborhoods 2 1 1 Downtown 2 1 2 Stockyards 2 1 3 Tanglewood 2 2 Architecture 2 3 Climate 3 Demographics 3 1 Race and ethnicity 3 2 Religion 4 Economy 5 Culture 5 1 Arts and sciences 5 2 Nature 5 3 Parks 6 Sports 6 1 Recreation 6 1 1 Colonial National Invitational Golf Tournament 6 1 2 Motor racing 6 1 3 Cowtown Marathon 6 1 4 Rodeo 7 Government 7 1 City government 7 1 1 City Council 7 1 2 City departments 7 2 State government 7 2 1 State Board of Education members 125 7 2 2 Texas State Representatives 125 7 2 3 Texas State Senators 125 7 2 4 State facilities 7 3 Federal government 7 3 1 United States House of Representatives 125 7 3 2 Federal facilities 8 Education 8 1 Public libraries 8 2 Public schools 8 3 Private schools 8 4 Institutes of higher education 9 Media 9 1 Radio stations 9 1 1 AM 9 1 2 FM 9 1 3 Internet radio stations and shows 10 Transportation 10 1 History 10 1 1 Electric streetcars 10 1 2 Electric interurban railways 10 2 Current transport 10 2 1 Roads 10 2 2 Public transportation 10 2 3 Rail transportation 10 2 4 Airports 10 2 5 Walkability 11 Notable people 12 Sister cities 13 See also 14 Notes 15 References 16 Further reading 17 External links 17 1 Official sites and resources 17 2 Digital collections 17 3 GeographyHistory editMain article History of Fort Worth Texas For a chronological guide see Timeline of Fort Worth Texas The Treaty of Bird s Fort between the Republic of Texas and several Native American tribes was signed in 1843 at Bird s Fort in present day Arlington Texas 16 17 Article XI of the treaty provided that no one may pass the line of trading houses at the border of the Indians territory without permission of the President of Texas and may not reside or remain in the Indians territory These trading houses were later established at the junction of the Clear Fork and West Fork of the Trinity River in present day Fort Worth 18 A line of seven army posts was established in 1848 1849 after the Mexican War to protect the settlers of Texas along the western American Frontier and included Fort Worth Fort Graham Fort Gates Fort Croghan Fort Martin Scott Fort Lincoln and Fort Duncan 19 Originally 10 forts had been proposed by Major General William Jenkins Worth 1794 1849 who commanded the Department of Texas in 1849 In January 1849 Worth proposed a line of 10 forts to mark the western Texas frontier from Eagle Pass to the confluence of the West Fork and Clear Fork of the Trinity River One month later Worth died from cholera in South Texas 19 General William S Harney assumed command of the Department of Texas and ordered Major Ripley A Arnold Company F Second United States Dragoons 19 to find a new fort site near the West Fork and Clear Fork On June 6 1849 Arnold advised by Middleton Tate Johnson established a camp on the bank of the Trinity River and named the post Camp Worth in honor of the late General Worth In August 1849 Arnold moved the camp to the north facing bluff which overlooked the mouth of the Clear Fork of the Trinity River The United States War Department officially named the post Fort Worth on November 14 1849 20 Since its establishment the city of Fort Worth continues to be known as where the West begins 11 E S Terrell 1812 1905 from Tennessee claimed to be the first resident of Fort Worth 21 The fort was flooded the first year and moved to the top of the bluff the current courthouse was built on this site The fort was abandoned September 17 1853 19 No trace of it remains As a stop on the legendary Chisholm Trail Fort Worth was stimulated by the business of the cattle drives and became a brawling bustling town Millions of head of cattle were driven north to market along this trail Fort Worth became the center of the cattle drives and later the ranching industry It was given the nickname of Cowtown 22 During the American Civil War Fort Worth suffered from shortages of money food and supplies The population dropped as low as 175 but began to recover during Reconstruction By 1872 Jacob Samuels William Jesse Boaz and William Henry Davis had opened general stores The next year Khleber M Van Zandt established Tidball Van Zandt and Company which became Fort Worth National Bank in 1884 In 1875 the Dallas Herald published an article by a former Fort Worth lawyer Robert E Cowart who wrote that the decimation of Fort Worth s population caused by the economic disaster and hard winter of 1873 had dealt a severe blow to the cattle industry Added to the slowdown due to the railroad s stopping the laying of track 30 miles 48 km outside of Fort Worth Cowart said that Fort Worth was so slow that he saw a panther asleep in the street by the courthouse Although an intended insult the name Panther City was enthusiastically embraced when in 1876 Fort Worth recovered economically 23 Many businesses and organizations continue to use Panther in their name A panther is set at the top of the police department badges 24 nbsp Lithograph of Fort Worth 1876The Panther City tradition is also preserved in the names and design of some of the city s geographical architectural features such as Panther Island in the Trinity River the Flat Iron Building Fort Worth Central Station and in two or three Sleeping Panther statues nbsp Map showing the Geographical location of Fort Worth Tex and Rail Roads 1888In 1876 the Texas and Pacific Railway finally was completed to Fort Worth stimulating a boom and transforming the Fort Worth Stockyards into a premier center for the cattle wholesale trade 25 Migrants from the devastated war torn South continued to swell the population and small community factories and mills yielded to larger businesses Newly dubbed the Queen City of the Prairies 26 Fort Worth supplied a regional market via the growing transportation network Fort Worth became the westernmost railhead and a transit point for cattle shipment Louville Niles a Boston Massachusetts based businessman and main shareholder of the Fort Worth Stockyards Company is credited with bringing the two biggest meatpacking firms at the time Armour and Swift to the stockyards 27 With the boom times came a variety of entertainments and related problems Fort Worth had a knack for separating cattlemen from their money Cowboys took full advantage of their last brush with civilization before the long drive on the Chisholm Trail from Fort Worth north to Kansas They stocked up on provisions from local merchants visited saloons for a bit of gambling and carousing then rode northward with their cattle only to whoop it up again on their way back The town soon became home to Hell s Half Acre the biggest collection of saloons dance halls and bawdy houses south of Dodge City the northern terminus of the Chisholm Trail giving Fort Worth the nickname of the Paris of the Plains 28 29 Certain sections of town were off limits for proper citizens Shootings knifings muggings and brawls became a nightly occurrence Cowboys were joined by a motley assortment of buffalo hunters gunmen adventurers and crooks Hell s Half Acre also known as simply The Acre expanded as more people were drawn to the town Occasionally the Acre was referred to as the bloody Third Ward after it was designated one of the city s three political wards in 1876 By 1900 the Acre covered four of the city s main north south thoroughfares 30 Local citizens became alarmed about the activities electing Timothy Isaiah Longhair Jim Courtright in 1876 as city marshal with a mandate to tame it Courtright sometimes collected and jailed 30 people on a Saturday night but allowed the gamblers to operate as they attracted money to the city After learning that train and stagecoach robbers such as the Sam Bass gang were using the area as a hideout he intensified law enforcement but certain businessmen advertised against too many restrictions in the area as having bad effects on the legitimate businesses Gradually the cowboys began to avoid the area as businesses suffered the city moderated its opposition Courtright lost his office in 1879 30 Despite crusading mayors such as H S Broiles and newspaper editors such as B B Paddock the Acre survived because it generated income for the city all of it illegal and excitement for visitors Longtime Fort Worth residents claimed the place was never as wild as its reputation but during the 1880s Fort Worth was a regular stop on the gambler s circuit by Bat Masterson Doc Holliday and the Earp brothers Wyatt Morgan and Virgil 30 James Earp the eldest of his brothers lived with his wife in Fort Worth during this period their house was at the edge of Hell s Half Acre at 9th and Calhoun He often tended bar at the Cattlemen s Exchange saloon in the uptown part of the city 31 Reforming citizens objected to the dance halls where men and women mingled by contrast the saloons or gambling parlors had primarily male customers In the late 1880s Mayor Broiles and County Attorney R L Carlock initiated a reform campaign In a public shootout on February 8 1887 Jim Courtright was killed on Main Street by Luke Short who claimed he was King of Fort Worth Gamblers 30 As Courtright had been popular when Short was jailed for his murder rumors floated of lynching him Short s good friend Bat Masterson came armed and spent the night in his cell to protect him The first prohibition campaign in Texas was mounted in Fort Worth in 1889 allowing other business and residential development in the area Another change was the influx of Black and African American residents Excluded by state segregation from the business end of town and the more costly residential areas the city s black citizens settled into the southern portion of the city The popularity and profitability of the Acre declined and more derelicts and the homeless were seen on the streets By 1900 most of the dance halls and gamblers were gone Cheap variety shows and prostitution became the chief forms of entertainment Some progressive politicians launched an offensive to seek out and abolish these perceived vices as part of the broader Progressive Era package of reforms 30 nbsp Texas and Pacific Railway yard in Fort Worth 1916 nbsp Postcard of the Fort Worth business district 1921 nbsp Texas and Pacific Passenger Station Fort Worth Texas postcard circa 1909 In 1911 the Reverend J Frank Norris launched an offensive against racetrack gambling in the Baptist Standard and used the pulpit of the First Baptist Church of Fort Worth to attack vice and prostitution When he began to link certain Fort Worth businessmen with property in the Acre and announced their names from his pulpit the battle heated up On February 4 1912 Norris s church was burned to the ground that evening his enemies tossed a bundle of burning oiled rags onto his porch but the fire was extinguished and caused minimal damage A month later the arsonists succeeded in burning down the parsonage In a sensational trial lasting a month Norris was charged with perjury and arson in connection with the two fires He was acquitted but his continued attacks on the Acre accomplished little until 1917 A new city administration and the federal government which was eyeing Fort Worth as a potential site for a major military training camp joined forces with the Baptist preacher to bring down the final curtain on the Acre nbsp President Kennedy in Fort Worth on Friday morning November 22 1963 He was assassinated in Dallas later in the day The police department compiled statistics showing that 50 of the violent crime in Fort Worth occurred in the Acre which confirmed respectable citizens opinion of the area After Camp Bowie a World War I U S Army training installation was located on the outskirts of Fort Worth in 1917 the military used martial law to regulate prostitutes and barkeepers of the Acre Fines and stiff jail sentences curtailed their activities By the time Norris held a mock funeral parade to bury John Barleycorn in 1919 the Acre had become a part of Fort Worth history The name continues to be associated with the southern end of Fort Worth 32 In 1921 the whites only union workers in the Fort Worth Swift amp Co meatpacking plant in the Niles City Stockyards went on strike The owners attempted to replace them with black strikebreakers During union protests strikebreaker African American Fred Rouse was lynched on a tree at the corner of NE 12th Street and Samuels Avenue After he was hanged a white mob riddled his mutilated body with gunshots 33 On November 21 1963 President John F Kennedy arrived in Fort Worth speaking the next morning before a breakfast meeting of the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce then proceeding to Dallas where he was assassinated later that day When oil began to gush in West Texas in the early 20th century and again in the late 1970s Fort Worth was at the center of the boom By July 2007 advances in horizontal drilling technology made vast natural gas reserves in the Barnett Shale available directly under the city 34 helping many residents receive royalty checks for their mineral rights Today the City of Fort Worth and many residents are dealing with the benefits and issues associated with the natural gas reserves underground 35 36 On March 28 2000 at 6 15 pm an F3 tornado struck downtown Fort Worth severely damaging many buildings One of the hardest hit structures was the Bank One Tower which was one of the dominant features of the Fort Worth skyline and which had Reata a popular restaurant on its top floor It has since been converted to upscale condominiums and officially renamed The Tower This was the first major tornado to strike Fort Worth proper since the early 1940s 37 From 2000 to 2006 Fort Worth was the fastest growing large city in the United States 38 it was voted one of America s Most Livable Communities 39 In addition to the reversal migration many African Americans have been relocating to Fort Worth for its affordable cost of living and job opportunities 40 In 2020 Fort Worth s mayor announced the city s continued growth to 20 78 41 The U S Census Bureau also noted the city s beginning of greater diversification from 2014 2018 42 On February 11 2021 a pileup involving 133 cars and trucks crashed on I 35W due to freezing rain leaving ice The pileup left at least six people dead and multiple injured 43 44 45 Geography edit nbsp W 7th Bridge bikeway 2015Fort Worth is located in North Texas and has a generally humid subtropical climate 46 It is part of the Cross Timbers region 47 this region is a boundary between the more heavily forested eastern parts and the rolling hills and prairies of the central part Specifically the city is part of the Grand Prairie ecoregion within the Cross Timbers According to the United States Census Bureau 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 covered by water It is a principal city in the Dallas Fort Worth metroplex and the second largest by population The city of Fort Worth is not entirely contiguous and has several enclaves practical enclaves semi enclaves and cities that are otherwise completely or nearly surrounded by it including Westworth Village River Oaks Saginaw Blue Mound Benbrook Everman Forest Hill Edgecliff Village Westover Hills White Settlement Sansom Park Lake Worth Lakeside and Haslet Fort Worth contains over 1 000 natural gas wells December 2009 count tapping the Barnett Shale 48 Each well site is a bare patch of gravel 2 5 acres 8 100 20 200 m2 in size As city ordinances permit them in all zoning categories including residential well sites can be found in a variety of locations Some wells are surrounded by masonry fences but most are secured by chain link A large storage dam was completed in 1914 on the West Fork of the Trinity River 7 miles 11 km from the city with a storage capacity of 33 495 acre feet of water 49 The lake formed by this dam is known as Lake Worth Neighborhoods edit See also List of neighborhoods in Fort Worth Texas nbsp Skyline of Fort Worth at sunset Downtown edit nbsp Sundance Square Plaza 2016Downtown Fort Worth consists of numerous districts comprising commercial and retail residential and entertainment Among them Sundance Square is a mixed use district and popular for nightlife and entertainment The Bass Performance Hall is located within Sundance Square Nearby Upper West Side is also a notable district within downtown Fort Worth It is bound roughly by Henderson Street to the east the Trinity River to the west Interstate 30 to the south and White Settlement Road to the north The neighborhood contains several small and mid sized office buildings and urban residences but very little retail Stockyards edit The Fort Worth Stockyards are a National Historic District 50 The Stockyards was once among the largest livestock markets in the United States and played a vital role in the city s early growth 51 Today the neighborhood is characterized by its many bars restaurants and notable country music venues such as Billy Bob s Fort Worth celebrity chef Tim Love of Iron Chef America and Top Chef Masters has operated multiple restaurants in the neighborhood 52 53 There is a mall at the Stockyards Station and a train via Grapevine Vintage Railroad that connects to downtown Grapevine 54 Cowtown Coliseum hosts a weekly rodeo and also has the Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame 55 56 The world s largest honky tonk is also in the Stockyards at Billy Bob s 57 At the Fort Worth Stockyards Fort Worth is the only major city that hosts a daily cattle drive 58 Tanglewood edit Tanglewood consists of land in the low areas along the branch of the Trinity River and is approximately five miles southwest from the Fort Worth central business district 59 60 The Tanglewood area lies within two surveys The western part of the addition is part of the 1854 Felix G Beasley survey and the eastern part along the branch of the river is the 1876 James Howard survey The original approach to the Tanglewood area consisted of a two rut dirt road which is now Bellaire Drive South Up to the time of development children enjoyed swimming in the river in a deep hole that was located where the bridge is now on Bellaire Drive South near Trinity Commons Shopping Center The portions of Tanglewood that are now Bellaire Park Court Marquette Court and Autumn Court were originally a dairy farm Architecture edit See also List of tallest buildings in Fort Worth nbsp Tarrant County CourthouseDowntown Fort Worth with its unique rustic architecture is mainly known for its Art Deco style buildings The Tarrant County Courthouse was created in the American Beaux Arts design which was modeled after the Texas State Capitol building Most of the structures around downtown s Sundance Square have preserved their early 20th century facades Multiple blocks surrounding Sundance Square are illuminated at night in Christmas lights year round Climate edit Fort Worth has a humid subtropical climate Cfa according to the Koppen climate classification system and is within USDA hardiness zone 8a 61 This region features very hot humid summers and mild to cool winters The hottest month of the year is August when the average high temperature is 96 F 35 6 C and overnight low temperatures average 75 F 23 9 C giving an average temperature of 85 F 29 4 C 62 The coldest month of the year is January when the average high temperature is 56 F 13 3 C and low temperatures average 35 F 1 7 C 62 The average temperature in January is 46 F 8 C 62 The highest temperature ever recorded in Fort Worth is 113 F 45 0 C on June 26 1980 during the Great 1980 Heat Wave and June 27 1980 63 The coldest temperature ever recorded in Fort Worth was 8 F 22 2 C on February 12 1899 Because of its position in North Texas Fort Worth is very susceptible to supercell thunderstorms which produce large hail and can produce tornadoes The average annual precipitation for Fort Worth is 34 01 inches 863 9 mm 62 The wettest month of the year is May when an average of 4 58 inches 116 3 mm of precipitation falls 62 The driest month of the year is January when only 1 70 inches 43 2 mm of precipitation falls 62 The driest calendar year since records began has been 1921 with 17 91 inches 454 9 mm and the wettest 2015 with 62 61 inches 1 590 3 mm The wettest calendar month has been April 1922 with 17 64 inches 448 1 mm including 8 56 inches 217 4 mm on April 25 The average annual snowfall in Fort Worth is 2 6 inches 66 0 mm 64 The most snowfall in one month has been 13 5 inches 342 9 mm in February 1978 and the most in a season 17 6 inches 447 0 mm in 1977 1978 The National Weather Service office which serves the Dallas Fort Worth metroplex is based in northeastern Fort Worth 65 Climate data for Fort Worth Meacham International Airport Texas 1991 2020 normals extremes 1940 present Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec YearRecord high F C 88 31 97 36 96 36 102 39 101 38 107 42 112 44 110 43 112 44 106 41 95 35 90 32 112 44 Mean maximum F C 78 1 25 6 81 1 27 3 86 0 30 0 89 5 31 9 95 5 35 3 99 6 37 6 103 6 39 8 104 3 40 2 99 3 37 4 92 7 33 7 83 2 28 4 78 1 25 6 105 7 40 9 Average high F C 56 4 13 6 60 5 15 8 68 0 20 0 75 6 24 2 83 5 28 6 91 5 33 1 95 7 35 4 95 9 35 5 88 3 31 3 77 9 25 5 66 2 19 0 57 8 14 3 76 4 24 7 Daily mean F C 45 8 7 7 49 8 9 9 57 3 14 1 64 7 18 2 73 3 22 9 81 4 27 4 85 1 29 5 85 2 29 6 77 7 25 4 66 9 19 4 55 7 13 2 47 5 8 6 65 9 18 8 Average low F C 35 3 1 8 39 1 3 9 46 5 8 1 53 8 12 1 63 1 17 3 71 2 21 8 74 6 23 7 74 5 23 6 67 1 19 5 55 9 13 3 45 3 7 4 37 3 2 9 55 3 12 9 Mean minimum F C 19 9 6 7 23 2 4 9 28 5 1 9 37 6 3 1 49 1 9 5 62 0 16 7 68 8 20 4 66 8 19 3 53 9 12 2 39 7 4 3 29 3 1 5 22 1 5 5 16 5 8 6 Record low F C 2 19 2 19 10 12 28 2 38 3 52 11 60 16 58 14 40 4 24 4 19 7 10 12 2 19 Average precipitation inches mm 2 05 52 2 41 61 3 16 80 3 06 78 4 02 102 4 02 102 2 18 55 2 23 57 2 59 66 4 46 113 2 52 64 2 64 67 35 34 898 Average precipitation days 7 2 6 1 7 5 7 2 9 3 7 2 4 7 4 5 5 8 7 1 6 7 6 5 79 8Mean monthly sunshine hours 186 0 169 5 217 0 240 0 248 0 300 0 341 0 310 0 240 0 217 0 180 0 186 0 2 834 5Percent possible sunshine 60 55 58 62 57 71 79 77 67 64 60 60 64Average ultraviolet index 3 5 7 9 10 11 10 10 8 6 4 3 7Source 1 National Climatic Data Center 66 Source 2 Weather Atlas 67 sunshine data UV index Demographics editHistorical population CensusPop Note 18806 663 189023 076246 3 190026 66815 6 191073 312174 9 1920106 48245 2 1930163 44753 5 1940177 6628 7 1950278 77856 9 1960356 26827 8 1970393 47610 4 1980385 164 2 1 1990447 61916 2 2000534 69719 5 2010741 20638 6 2020918 91524 0 2022 est 956 7094 1 U S Decennial Census 68 2010 2020 7 Fort Worth is the most populous city in Tarrant County and second most populous community within the Dallas Fort Worth metroplex Its metropolitan statistical area encompasses one quarter of the population of Texas and is the largest in the Southern U S and Texas followed by the Houston The Woodlands Sugar Land metropolitan area At the American Community Survey s 2018 census estimates the city of Fort Worth had a population near 900 000 residents 42 In 2019 it grew to an estimated 909 585 At the 2020 United States census Fort Worth had a population of 918 915 and 2022 census estimates numbered approximately 956 709 residents 9 There were 337 072 housing units 308 188 households and 208 389 families at the 2018 census estimates 69 The average household size was 2 87 persons per household and the average family size was 3 50 Fort Worth had an owner occupied housing rate of 56 4 and renter occupied housing rate of 43 6 The median income in 2018 was 58 448 and the mean income was 81 165 70 The city had a per capita income of 29 010 71 Roughly 15 6 of Fort Worthers lived at or below the poverty line 72 In 2010 s American Community Survey census estimates there were 291 676 housing units 73 261 042 households and 174 909 families 74 Fort Worth had an average household size of 2 78 and the average family size was 3 47 A total of 92 952 households had children under 18 years living with them There were 5 9 opposite sex unmarried partner households and 0 5 same sex unmarried partner households in 2010 The owner occupied housing rate of Fort Worth was 59 0 and the renter occupied housing rate was 41 0 Fort Worth s median household income was 48 224 and the mean was 63 065 75 An estimated 21 4 of the population lived at or below the poverty line 76 Race and ethnicity edit Racial and ethnic composition 2020 77 2010 78 1990 79 1970 79 1940 79 White non Hispanic 36 6 41 7 56 5 72 0 a n aHispanic or Latino 34 8 34 1 19 5 7 9 a n aBlack or African American 19 2 18 9 22 0 19 9 14 2 Asian 5 1 3 7 2 0 0 1 nbsp Map of racial distribution in Fort Worth 2010 U S census Each dot is 25 people White Black Asian Hispanic OtherAt the 2010 U S census the racial composition of Fort Worth s population was 61 1 White non Hispanic whites 41 7 18 9 Black or African American 0 6 Native American 3 7 Asian American 0 1 Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander 34 1 Hispanic or Latino of any race and 3 1 of two or more races In 2018 38 2 of Fort Worth was non Hispanic white 18 6 Black or African American 0 4 American Indian or Alaska Native 4 8 Asian American 0 1 Pacific Islander 2 1 from two or more races and 35 5 Hispanic or Latino of any race marking an era of diversification in the city limits 42 80 A study determined Fort Worth as one of the most diverse cities in the United States in 2019 81 For contrast in 1970 the U S Census Bureau reported Fort Worth s population as 72 non Hispanic white 19 9 African American and 7 9 Hispanic or Latino 79 By the 2020 census 77 continued population growth spurred further diversification with 36 6 of the population being non Hispanic white 34 8 Hispanic or Latino American of any race and 19 2 Black or African American Asian Americans increased to forming 5 1 of the population reflecting nationwide demographic trends at the time 82 83 84 In 2020 a total of 31 485 residents were of two or more races 77 Religion edit nbsp St Patrick Cathedral see of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fort WorthLocated within the Bible Belt Christianity is the largest collective religious group in Fort Worth proper and the Metroplex Both Dallas and Dallas County and Fort Worth and Tarrant County have a plurality of Roman Catholic residents 85 86 Overall the Dallas metropolitan division of the Dallas Fort Worth metroplex is more religiously diverse than Fort Worth and its surrounding suburbs particularly in the principal cities counties nbsp Saint James Second Street Baptist Church a historic predominantly African American Baptist churchThe oldest continuously operating church in Fort Worth is First Christian Church founded in 1855 87 Other historical churches continuing operation in the city include St Patrick Cathedral founded 1888 Saint James Second Street Baptist Church founded 1895 Tabernacle Baptist Church built 1923 St Mary of the Assumption Church built 1924 Our Mother of Mercy Catholic Church and Parsonage built 1929 and 1911 and Morning Chapel C M E Church built 1934 According to the Association of Religion Data Archives in 2020 Tarrant County s Catholic community numbered 359 705 85 and was the Fort Worth metropolitan division s single largest Christian denomination or tradition with 378 490 adherents 88 According to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fort Worth there are approximately 1 200 000 Catholics altogether as of 2023 89 Among other Christian bodies embodying catholicity the Association of Religion Data Archives reported the Coptic Orthodox Church was the largest Eastern Christian group followed by the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America and Orthodox Church in America the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America and Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church numbering 6 216 altogether Home to a large Protestant Christian community Southern Baptists were the second largest single Christian denomination for Fort Worth s metropolitan division in 2020 with 347 771 adherents 88 Southern Baptists have been divided between the more traditionalist and conservative Southern Baptists of Texas Convention and the theologically moderate Baptist General Convention of Texas according to the Baptist General Convention of Texas there are 167 churches within the vicinity of Fort Worth proper as of 2023 90 The Southern Baptists of Texas Convention listed 117 churches in 2023 91 Other prominent Baptist denominations such as the National Missionary Baptist Convention National Baptist Convention National Baptist Convention of America Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship American Baptist Association and the National Association of Free Will Baptists collectively numbered 51 261 at the 2020 study Non and inter denominational churches dominated Fort Worth s religious landscape as the third largest group of Christians Having more than 289 554 adherents 88 non inter denominational Christians represented the growing trend of ecumenism within the United States 92 93 Methodists were the fourth largest Christian group with more than 100 000 adherents of the United Methodist Church spread throughout Fort Worth s metropolitan division The African Methodist Episcopal Church Christian Methodist Episcopal Church African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church and Free Methodist Church also formed a substantial portion of the area s Methodist population Pentecostals descended from the Wesleyan Holiness movement of Methodists formed the fifth largest Christian constituency and primarily divided between the Assemblies of God USA and Church of God in Christ Among Fort Worther s non Christian community Islam and Judaism were the second and third largest religious communities 88 According to the Association of Religion Data Archives there were an estimated 37 488 Muslims and 2 413 Jews living in Fort Worth s vicinity although the Goldring Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life estimated 5 000 Jews in 2010 94 Religions including Hinduism and Baha i had a minuscule presence in the Fort Worth area according to the 2020 study and Christendom remained more prevalent than in the Dallas metropolitan division 88 Economy editSee also List of companies in the Dallas Fort Worth metroplex At its inception Fort Worth relied on cattle drives that traveled the Chisholm Trail Millions of cattle were driven north to market along this trail and Fort Worth became the center of cattle drives and later ranching until the American Civil War During the American Civil War Fort Worth suffered shortages causing its population to decline It recovered during the Reconstruction with general stores banks and Hell s Half Acre a large collection of saloons and dance halls which increased business and criminal activity in the city By the early 20th century the military used martial law to regulate Hell s Half Acre s bartenders and prostitutes Since the late 20th century several major companies have been headquartered in Fort Worth These include American Airlines Group and subsidiaries American Airlines and Envoy Air the John Peter Smith Hospital Pier 1 Imports Chip 1 Exchange 95 RadioShack Pioneer Corporation Cash America International GM Financial 96 Budget Host the BNSF Railway and Bell Textron Companies with a significant presence in the city are Bank of America Wells Fargo Lockheed Martin GE Transportation and Dallas based telecommunications company AT amp T Metro by T Mobile is also prominent in the city Culture edit nbsp American Airlines DC 3 NC21798 Flagship Knoxville on permanent display at the CR Smith MuseumBuilding on its Frontier Western heritage and a history of strong local arts patronage Fort Worth promotes itself as the City of Cowboys and Culture 97 Fort Worth has the world s first and largest indoor rodeo 98 world class museums a calendar of festivals and a robust local arts scene The Academy of Western Artists based in Gene Autry Oklahoma presents its annual awards in Fort Worth in fields related to the American cowboy including music literature and even chuck wagon cooking 99 Fort Worth is also the 1931 birthplace of the Official State Music of Texas Western Swing which was created by Bob Wills and Milton Brown and their Light Crust Doughboys band in a ramshackle dancehall 4 miles west of downtown at the Crystal Springs Dance Pavilion 100 Arts and sciences edit TheatreAmphibian Stage Productions Bass Performance Hall Casa Manana Circle Theatre Jubilee Theater Kids Who Care Inc Stage WestMusicBilly Bob s Fort Worth Opera Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra Live Eclectic Music Ridglea Theater 101 Texas Ballet Theater Van Cliburn International Piano CompetitionMuseumsAl and Ann Stohlman Museum American Airline C R Smith Museum Amon Carter Museum of American Art Fort Worth Museum of Science and History Fort Worth Stockyards Museum Kimbell Art Museum Lenora Rolla Heritage Center Museum Log Cabin Village Military Museum of Fort Worth Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame National Multicultural Western Heritage Museum Sid Richardson Museum Texas Civil War Museum Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame Nature edit nbsp The Japanese Gardens at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden 2011The Fort Worth Zoo is home to over 5 000 animals The Fort Worth Botanic Garden and the Botanical Research Institute of Texas are also in the city For those interested in hiking birding or canoeing the Fort Worth Nature Center and Refuge in northwest Fort Worth is a 3 621 acre preserved natural area designated by the Department of the Interior as a National Natural Landmark Site in 1980 Established in 1964 as the Greer Island Nature Center and Refuge it celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2014 102 The Nature Center has a small genetically pure bison herd and native prairies forests and wetlands It is one of the largest urban parks of its type in the United States 103 Parks edit nbsp The Fort Worth Water GardensFort Worth has a total of 263 parks with 179 of those being neighborhood parks The total acres of parkland is 11 700 72 acres with the average being about 12 13 acres per park 104 The 4 3 acre 1 7 hectare Fort Worth Water Gardens designed by noted New York architects Philip Johnson and John Burgee is an urban park containing three pools of water and terraced knolls the Water Gardens are billed as a cooling oasis in the concrete jungle of downtown Heritage Park Plaza is a Modernist style park that was designed by Lawrence Halprin 105 The plaza design incorporates a set of interconnecting rooms constructed of concrete and activated throughout by flowing water walls channels and pools and was added to the US National Register of Historic Places on May 10 2010 106 There are two off leash dog parks located in the city ZBonz Dog Park and Fort Woof The park includes an agility course water fountains shaded shelters and waste stations 107 Sports edit nbsp Amon G Carter Stadium of the TCU Horned FrogsWhile much of Fort Worth s sports attention is focused on Dallas s professional sports teams 108 the city has its own athletic identity There is one professional sports team in Fort Worth proper Panther City Lacrosse Club of the National Lacrosse League It was founded in 2020 and plays at Dickies Arena 109 In 2021 it was announced that Austin Bold FC would relocate to Fort Worth providing Fort Worth with a USL Championship club 110 Semi professionally the Fort Worth Jaguars play in the North American Floorball League and the North Texas Bulls of the National Arena League play at Cowtown Coliseum 111 There are three amateur soccer clubs in Fort Worth Fort Worth Vaqueros FC Inocentes FC and Azul City Premier FC Inocentes and Azul City Premier both play in the United Premier Soccer League 112 The Vaqueros play in the National Premier Soccer League 113 nbsp The 2010 Fiesta Bowl with Boise State against TCUCollegiately Texas Christian University s athletic teams are the premier college sports teams for Fort Worth The TCU Horned Frogs compete in NCAA Division I athletics The Horned Frog football team produced two national championships in the 1930s and remained a strong competitor in the Southwest Conference into the 1960s before beginning a long period of underperformance 114 The revival of the TCU football program began under Dennis Franchione with the success of running back LaDainian Tomlinson Under Gary Patterson the Horned Frogs have developed into a perennial top 10 contender and a Rose Bowl winner in 2011 115 Notable players include Sammy Baugh Davey O Brien Bob Lilly LaDainian Tomlinson Jerry Hughes and Andy Dalton The Horned Frogs along with their rivals and fellow non AQ leaders the Boise State Broncos and University of Utah Utes were deemed the quintessential BCS Busters having appeared in both the Fiesta and Rose bowls Their BCS Buster role ended in 2012 when they joined the Big 12 athletic conference in all sports Nearby Texas Wesleyan University competes in the NAIA and won the 2006 NAIA Div I Men s Basketball Championship and three time National Collegiate Table Tennis Association NCTTA team championships 2004 2006 Fort Worth is also home to the NCAA football Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl Recreation edit Colonial National Invitational Golf Tournament edit Fort Worth hosts an important professional men s golf tournament every May at the Colonial Country Club The Colonial Invitational Golf Tournament now officially known as the Fort Worth Invitational is one of the more prestigious and historical events of the tour calendar The Colonial Country Club was the home course of golfing legend Ben Hogan who was from Fort Worth 116 Motor racing edit nbsp Kaz Grala pitting at Texas Motor Speedway 2018 nbsp Team calf roping at a rodeo located in Fort Worth at the StockyardsFort Worth is home to Texas Motor Speedway also known as The Great American Speedway Texas Motor Speedway is a 1 5 mile quad oval track located in the far northern part of the city in Denton County The speedway opened in 1997 and currently hosts an IndyCar event and six NASCAR events among three major race weekends a year 117 118 Amateur sports car racing in the greater Fort Worth area occurs mostly at two purpose built tracks MotorSport Ranch and Eagles Canyon Raceway Sanctioning bodies include the Porsche Club of America the National Auto Sports Association and the Sports Car Club of America Cowtown Marathon edit The annual Cowtown Marathon has been held every last weekend in February since 1978 The two day activities include two 5Ks a 10K the half marathon marathon and ultra marathon 119 Rodeo edit In addition to the weekly rodeos held at Cowtown Coliseum in the Stockyards the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo is held within the Will Rogers Memorial Center at the Dickies Arena 120 121 Dickies Arena also hosts a few TCU basketball games and in the future planned to host college basketball tournaments at the conference and national levels Government edit nbsp City Hall in Fort Worth nbsp Downtown U S Post Office in Fort WorthCity government edit Fort Worth has a council manager government with elections held every two years for a mayor elected at large and eight council members elected by district The mayor is a voting member of the council and represents the city on ceremonial occasions The council has the power to adopt municipal ordinances and resolutions make proclamations set the city tax rate approve the city budget and appoint the city secretary city attorney city auditor municipal court judges and members of city boards and commissions The day to day operations of city government are overseen by the city manager who is also appointed by the council 122 The current mayor is Republican Mattie Parker making Fort Worth the second largest city in the United States with a Republican mayor 123 City Council edit Office 124 Name 124 Mayor Mattie ParkerCity Council District 2 Carlos FloresCity Council District 3 Michael CrainCity Council District 4 Cary MoonCity Council District 5 Gyna BivensCity Council District 6 Jared WilliamsCity Council District 7 Leonard FirestoneCity Council District 8 Chris NettlesCity Council District 9 Elizabeth BeckCity departments edit Fort Worth Police Department provides crime prevention investigation and other emergency services Fort Worth Fire Department provides fire and emergency services Fort Worth Library public library system of the City of Fort Worth State government edit State Board of Education members 125 edit District Name Party District 11 Patricia Hardy Republican District 13 Erika Beltran DemocraticTexas State Representatives 125 edit District Name Party Residence District 61 Phil King Republican Weatherford District 63 Ben Bumgarner Republican Flower Mound District 90 Ramon Romero Jr Democratic Fort Worth District 91 Stephanie Klick Republican Fort Worth District 92 Salman Bhojani Democratic Bedford District 93 Nate Schatzline Republican Fort Worth District 95 Nicole Collier Democratic Fort Worth District 96 David Cook Republican Mansfield District 97 Craig Goldman Republican Fort Worth District 98 Giovanni Capriglione Republican Southlake District 99 Charlie Geren Republican River OaksTexas State Senators 125 edit District Name Party Residence District 9 Kelly Hancock Republican Fort Worth District 10 Phil King Republican Weatherford District 12 Tan Parker Republican Flower Mound District 30 Drew Springer Republican MuensterState facilities edit The Texas Department of Transportation operates the Fort Worth District Office in Fort Worth 126 The North Texas Intermediate Sanction Facility a privately operated prison facility housing short term parole violators was in Fort Worth It was operated on behalf of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice In 2011 the state of Texas decided not to renew its contract with the facility 127 Federal government edit United States House of Representatives 125 edit District Name Party Residence Texas s 6th congressional district Jake Ellzey Republican Waxahachie Texas s 12th congressional district Kay Granger Republican Fort Worth Texas s 24th congressional district Beth Van Duyne Republican Irving Texas s 26th congressional district Michael Burgess Republican Lewisville Texas s 33rd congressional district Marc Veasey Democratic Fort WorthFederal facilities edit nbsp Federal Medical Center CarswellFort Worth is home to one of the two locations of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing In 1987 construction on this second facility began In addition to meeting increased production requirements a western location was seen to serve as a contingency operation in case of emergencies in the Washington DC metropolitan area as well costs for transporting currency to Federal Reserve banks in San Francisco Dallas and Kansas City would be reduced Currency production began in December 1990 at the Fort Worth facility 128 the official dedication took place April 26 1991 Bills produced here have a small FW in one corner The Eldon B Mahon United States Courthouse building contains three oil on canvas panels on the fourth floor by artist Frank Mechau commissioned under the Public Works Administration s art program 129 Mechau s paintings The Taking of Sam Bass Two Texas Rangers and Flags Over Texas were installed in 1940 becoming the only New Deal art commission sponsored in Fort Worth The courthouse built in 1933 serves the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas and was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 2001 50 Federal Medical Center Carswell a federal prison and health facility for women is located in the Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth 130 Carswell houses the federal death row for female inmates 131 Federal Medical Center Ft Worth a federal prison and health facility for men is located across from TCC South Campus The Federal Aviation Administration National Archives and Records Administration and Federal Bureau of Investigation have offices in Fort Worth Education editPublic libraries edit Fort Worth Public Library is the public library system Public schools edit Most of Fort Worth is served by the Fort Worth Independent School District Other school districts that serve portions of Fort Worth include 132 Aledo Independent School District Arlington Independent School District wastewater plant only citation needed Azle Independent School District Birdville Independent School District Burleson Independent School District Castleberry Independent School District Crowley Independent School District Eagle Mountain Saginaw Independent School District Everman Independent School District Hurst Euless Bedford Independent School District Keller Independent School District Kennedale Independent School District Lake Worth Independent School District Northwest Independent School District White Settlement Independent School District The portion of Fort Worth within the Arlington Independent School District contains a wastewater plant No residential areas are in this portion citation needed Pinnacle Academy of the Arts K 12 is a state charter school as are Crosstimbers Academy and High Point Academy Private schools edit Private schools in Fort Worth include both secular and parochial institutions All Saints Episcopal School Fort Worth TX PreK 12 Bethesda Christian School K 12 Covenant Classical School K 12 Fort Worth Christian School K 12 Fort Worth Country Day School K 12 Lake Country Christian School K 12 Montessori School of Fort Worth Pre K 8 Nolan Catholic High School 9 12 Trinity Valley School K 12 Temple Christian School Pre K 12 Trinity Baptist Temple Academy K 12 Hill School of Fort Worth 2 12 Southwest Christian School K 12 St Paul Lutheran School K 8 The Roman Catholic Diocese of Fort Worth oversees several Catholic elementary and middle schools 133 Institutes of higher education edit Further information List of colleges and universities in Fort Worth Texas Texas Christian University Texas Wesleyan University University of Texas at Arlington Downtown Fort Worth campus University of North Texas Health Science Center TCU School of Medicine Texas A amp M University School of Law Tarleton State University Fort Worth campus Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary Brite Divinity School Tarrant County CollegeOther institutions The Art Institute of Fort Worth Brightwood College Fort Worth Campus Fisher More College Remington College Fort Worth campus The Culinary School of Fort Worth Epic Helicopters Pilot Training AcademyMedia editSee also List of newspapers in Texas List of radio stations in Texas and List of television stations in Texas nbsp Location of studios and offices for KXAS as well as KXTX in Fort Worth just south of DFW AirportFort Worth and Dallas share the same media market The city s magazine is Fort Worth Texas Magazine which publishes information about Fort Worth events social activity fashion dining and culture 134 nbsp Headquarters of the Fort Worth Star TelegramFort Worth has one major daily newspaper Fort Worth Star Telegram founded in 1906 as Fort Worth Star It dominates the western half of the Dallas Fort Worth metroplex and The Dallas Morning News dominates the east The Star Telegram is the 45th most widely circulated newspaper in the United States with a daily circulation of 210 990 and a Sunday circulation of 304 200 nbsp KXAS studios and offices as well as those of co owned KXTX TV and for a time those of radio stations WBAP AM and KSCS FM were located in this building east of downtown Fort Worth on Barnett Street The Fort Worth Weekly is an alternative weekly newspaper for the Fort Worth metropolitan division The newspaper had an approximate circulation of 47 000 in 2015 135 The Fort Worth Weekly published and features among many things news reporting cultural event guides movie reviews and editorials Additionally Fort Worth Business Press is a weekly publication that chronicles news in the Fort Worth business community The Fort Worth Report is a daily nonprofit news organization covering local government business education and arts in Tarrant County 136 The nonprofit organization founded by local business leaders and former Fort Worth Star Telegram publisher Wes Turner 137 announced its intentions in February 2021 and officially launched the newsroom in April 2021 138 139 The Fort Worth Press was a daily newspaper published weekday afternoons and on Sundays from 1921 until 1975 It was owned by the E W Scripps Company and published under the then prominent Scripps Howard Lighthouse logo The paper reportedly last made money in the early 1950s Scripps Howard stayed with the paper until mid 1975 Circulation had dwindled to fewer than 30 000 daily just more than 10 of that of the Fort Worth Star Telegram The name Fort Worth Press was resurrected briefly in a new Fort Worth Press paper operated by then former publisher Bill McAda and briefer still by William Dean Singleton then owner of the weekly Azle Texas News now owner of the Media Central news group The Fort Worth Press operated from offices and presses at 500 Jones Street in Downtown Fort Worth 140 Television stations shared with Dallas include owned and operated stations of their affiliated networks are highlighted in bold KDFW 4 Fox KXAS 5 NBC WFAA 8 ABC KTVT 11 CBS KERA 13 PBS KTXA 21 Independent KDFI 27 MNTV KDAF 33 CW and K07AAD D HC2 Holdings Radio stations edit Over 33 radio stations operate in and around Fort Worth with many different formats AM edit On the AM dial like in all other markets political talk radio is prevalent with WBAP 820 KLIF 570 KSKY 660 KFJZ 870 KRLD 1080 the conservative talk stations serving Fort Worth and KMNY 1360 the sole progressive talk station serving the city KFXR 1190 is a news talk classic country station Sports talk can be found on KTCK 1310 The Ticket WBAP a 50 000 watt clear channel station which can be heard over much of the country at night was a long successful country music station before converting to its current talk format Several religious stations are also on AM in the Dallas Fort Worth area KHVN 970 and KGGR 1040 are the local urban gospel stations KEXB 1440 carries Catholic talk programming from Relevant Radio and KKGM 1630 has a Southern gospel format Fort Worth s Spanish speaking population is served by many stations on AM KAMM 1540 KDFT 540 KHFX 1140 KFLC 1270 KTNO 620 KNGO 1480 A few mixed Asian language stations serve Fort Worth KHSE 700 KKDA 730 KTXV 890 KVTT 1110 KZEE 1220 KCLE 1460 KRVA 1600 FM edit KLNO is a commercial radio station licensed to Fort Worth Long time Fort Worth resident Marcos A Rodriguez operated Dallas Fort Worth radio stations KLTY and KESS on 94 1 FM A wide variety of commercial formats mostly music are on the FM dial in Fort Worth Noncommercial stations serve the city fairly well Three college stations can be heard KTCU 88 7 KCBI 90 9 and KNTU 88 1 with a variety of programming Also the local NPR station is KERA 90 1 along with community radio station KNON 89 3 Downtown Fort Worth also hosts the Texas Country radio station KFWR 95 9 The Ranch Internet radio stations and shows edit When local radio station KOAI 107 5 FM now KMVK dropped its smooth jazz format fans set up smoothjazz1075 com an internet radio station to broadcast smooth jazz for disgruntled fans Transportation edit nbsp The Trinity Railway ExpressLike most cities that grew quickly after World War II Fort Worth s main mode of transportation is the automobile but bus transportation via Trinity Metro is available as well as an interurban train service to Dallas via the Trinity Railway Express As of January 10 2019 train service from Downtown Fort Worth to Dallas Fort Worth International Airport s Terminal B is available via Trinity Metro s TEXRail service History edit Electric streetcars edit nbsp Map Showing Lines of the Northern Texas Electric Company Fort Worth c 1907 nbsp Interurban line between Fort Worth and Dallas Texas postcard circa 1902 1924 The first streetcar company in Fort Worth was the Fort Worth Street Railway Company Its first line began operating in December 1876 and traveled from the courthouse down Main Street to the T amp P Depot 141 By 1890 more than 20 private companies were operating streetcar lines in Fort Worth The Fort Worth Street Railway Company bought out many of its competitors and was eventually itself bought out by the Bishop amp Sherwin Syndicate in 1901 142 The new ownership changed the company s name to the Northern Texas Traction Company which operated 84 miles of streetcar railways in 1925 and their lines connected downtown Fort Worth to TCU the Near Southside Arlington Heights Lake Como and the Stockyards Electric interurban railways edit At its peak the electric interurban industry in Texas consisted of almost 500 miles of track making Texas the second in interurban mileage in all states west of the Mississippi River Electric interurban railways were prominent in the early 1900s peaking in the 1910s and fading until all electric interurban railways were abandoned by 1948 Close to three fourths of the mileage was in the Dallas Fort Worth area running between Fort Worth and Dallas and to other area cities including Cleburne Denison Corsicana and Waco The line depicted in the associated image was the second to be constructed in Texas and ran 35 miles between Fort Worth and Dallas Northern Texas Traction Company built the railway which was operational from 1902 to 1934 143 Current transport edit In 2009 80 6 of Fort Worth city commuters drive to work alone The 2009 mode share for Fort Worth city commuters are 11 7 for carpooling 1 5 for transit 1 2 for walking and 1 for cycling 144 In 2015 the American Community Survey estimated modal shares for Fort Worth city commuters of 82 for driving alone 12 for carpooling 8 for riding transit 1 8 for walking and 3 for cycling 145 The city of Fort Worth has a lower than average percentage of households without a car In 2015 6 1 percent of Fort Worth households lacked a car and decreased to 4 8 percent in 2016 The national average was 8 7 percent in 2016 Fort Worth averaged 1 83 cars per household in 2016 compared to a national average of 1 8 146 Roads edit See also List of Dallas Fort Worth area freeways Fort Worth is served by four interstates and three U S highways It also contains a number of arterial streets in a grid formation Interstate highways 30 20 35W and 820 all pass through the city limits Interstate 820 is a loop of Interstate 20 and serves as a beltway for the city Interstate 30 and Interstate 20 connect Fort Worth to Arlington Grand Prairie and Dallas Interstate 35W connects Fort Worth with Hillsboro to the south and the cities of Denton and Gainesville to the north nbsp I 20 in southern Fort WorthU S Route 287 runs southeast through the city connecting Wichita Falls to the north and Mansfield to the south U S Route 377 runs south through the northern suburbs of Haltom City and Keller through the central business district U S Route 81 shares a concurrency with highway 287 on the portion northwest of I 35W Notable state highways Texas State Highway 114 east west Texas State Highway 183 east west Texas State Highway 121 north south Public transportation edit nbsp The T bus in Ft Worth 2016 nbsp Map of public rail transit in the Fort Worth metro areaTrinity Metro formerly known as the Fort Worth Transportation Authority serves Fort Worth with dozens of different bus routes throughout the city including a downtown bus circulator known as Molly the Trolley In addition to Fort Worth Trinity Metro operates buses in the suburbs of Blue Mound Forest Hill River Oaks and Sansom Park 147 In 2010 Fort Worth won a 25 million Federal Urban Circulator grant to build a streetcar system 148 In December 2010 though the city council forfeited the grant by voting to end the streetcar study 149 In July 2019 Trinity Metro partnered with Via Transportation to launch an on demand microtransit service called ZIPZONE ZIPZONE offers shared rides across the Alliance Mercantile Southside and South Tarrant neighborhoods and was designed as a first and last mile connection for TEXRail and bus commuters 150 151 152 Trips are booked from a smartphone app and charge a flat 3 for service as of April 2021 ZIPZONE rides are also included with multi ride Trinity Metro local tickets 153 Rail transportation edit TEXRail is a commuter rail line opened in January 2019 that connects downtown Fort Worth with Dallas Fort Worth International Airport with stops in the cities of Grapevine and North Richland Hills Trinity Railway Express is a commuter rail line that operates between T amp P Station in downtown Fort Worth and terminates at Dallas Union Station 154 Two Amtrak routes stop at Fort Worth Central Heartland Flyer and Texas Eagle Airports edit Dallas Fort Worth International Airport is a major commercial airport located between the major cities of Fort Worth and Dallas DFW Airport is the world s third busiest airport based on operations and tenth busiest airport based on passengers 155 Prior to the construction of the DFW Airport the city was served by Greater Southwest International Airport which was located just to the south of the new airport Originally named Amon Carter Field after the publisher of the Fort Worth Star Telegram Greater Southwest opened in 1953 and operated as the primary airport for Fort Worth until 1974 It was then abandoned until the terminal was torn down in 1980 The site of the former airport is now a mixed use development straddled by Texas State Highway 183 and 360 One small section of runway remains north of Highway 183 and serves as the only reminder that a major commercial airport once occupied the site Fort Worth is home to these four airports within city limits Fort Worth Alliance Airport Fort Worth Meacham International Airport Fort Worth Spinks Airport Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort WorthWalkability edit A 2011 study by Walk Score ranked Fort Worth 47th most walkable of 50 largest U S cities 156 Notable people editMain article List of people from Fort Worth TexasSister cities editFort Worth is a part of the Sister Cities International program and maintains cultural and economic exchange programs with its sister cities 157 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the original on June 5 2012 Retrieved April 30 2012 Wolinsky Robert December 8 2010 Fort Worth Council Votes Against Streetcar Project Gives Up 25 Million in Federal Grant Archived from the original on May 11 2013 Retrieved April 30 2012 FWBP Staff July 13 2020 Near Southside ZIPZONE starts July 19 Fort Worth Business Press Retrieved January 19 2022 permanent dead link ZIPZONE Trinity Metro Archived from the original on January 19 2022 Retrieved January 19 2022 Via and Trinity Metro launch ZIPZONE connecting Fort Worth residents to public transit Via Transportation July 22 2019 Archived from the original on January 19 2022 Retrieved January 19 2022 FWBP Staff March 15 2021 ZIPZONE expands to serve TCU Zoo West 7th corridor Fort Worth Business Press Retrieved January 19 2022 permanent dead link Stations trinityrailwayexpress org Archived from the original on March 3 2016 Retrieved March 3 2016 dfwairport com DFW Fast Facts dfwairport com Archived from the original on July 12 2015 Retrieved March 3 2016 2011 City and Neighborhood Rankings Walk Score 2011 Archived from the original on August 4 2012 Retrieved August 28 2011 Our Sister Cities Fort Worth Sister Cities International Archived from the original on October 29 2020 Retrieved October 26 2020 Further reading editCervantez Brian For the Exclusive Benefit of Fort Worth Amon G Carter the Great Depression and the New Deal Southwestern Historical Quarterly 119 2 2015 120 146 Delia Ann Hendricks The History of Cattle and Oil in Tarrant County M A thesis Texas Christian University 1969 Oliver Knight Fort Worth Outpost on the Trinity Norman University of Oklahoma Press 1953 Richard G Miller Fort Worth and the Progressive Era The Movement for Charter Revision 1899 1907 in Essays on Urban America ed Margaret Francine Morris and Elliot West Austin University of Texas Press 1975 Ruth Gregory Newman The Industrialization of Fort Worth M A thesis North Texas State University 1950 Buckley B Paddock History of Texas Fort Worth and the Texas Northwest Edition 4 vols Chicago Lewis 1922 J Nell Pate Livestock Legacy The Fort Worth Stockyards 1887 1987 College Station Texas A amp M University Press 1988 Warren H Plasters A History of Amusements in Fort Worth from the Beginning to 1879 M A thesis Texas Christian University 1947 Robert H Talbert Cowtown Metropolis Case Study of a City s Growth and Structure Fort Worth Texas Christian University 1956 Joseph C Terrell Reminiscences of the Early Days of Fort Worth Fort Worth 1906 Farber James 1960 Fort Worth in the Civil War Belton Texas Peter Hansborough Bell Press Garrett Julia Kathryn 1972 Fort Worth A Frontier Triumph Austin Encino Knight Oliver 1953 Fort Worth Outpost on the Trinity Norman University of Oklahoma Press Miller Richard G 1975 Fort Worth and the Progressive Era The Movement for Charter Revision 1899 1907 In Morris Margaret Francine West Elliot eds Essays on Urban America Austin University of Texas Press Pate J Nell 1988 Livestock Legacy The Fort Worth Stockyards 1887 1987 College Station Texas A amp M University Press Pinkney Kathryn Currie 2003 From stockyards to defense plants the transformation of a city Fort Worth Texas and World War II Ph D thesis University of North Texas Sanders Leonard 1973 How Fort Worth Became the Texasmost City Fort Worth Amon Carter Museum Talbert Robert H 1956 Cowtown Metropolis Case Study of a City s Growth and Structure Fort Worth Texas Christian University Tarrant County Coalition for Peace and Justice 2021 Remembering Mr Fred Rouse Tarrant County Coalition for Peace and Justice Retrieved December 12 2021 External links editFort Worth Texas at Wikipedia s sister projects nbsp Definitions from Wiktionary nbsp Media from Commons nbsp News from Wikinews nbsp Quotations from Wikiquote nbsp Texts from Wikisource nbsp Textbooks from Wikibooks nbsp Resources from Wikiversity nbsp Travel information from Wikivoyage Official sites and resources edit City of Fort Worth official website Fort Worth Convention and Visitors Bureau Downtown Fort Worth official website Fort Worth Business Directory Fort Worth Texas from the Handbook of Texas OnlineDigital collections edit Fort Worth The Way We Were Fort Worth Library Digital Archives W D Smith Commercial Photography The Reeder Children s Theatre Presents Memories of Fort Worth s Reeder School Time Frames Online University of Texas Arlington Library Special CollectionsGeography edit nbsp Geographic data related to Fort Worth Texas at OpenStreetMap Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Fort Worth Texas amp oldid 1184518207, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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