Populated Places in Tarrant County, Texas - Arlington, Texas, Bedford, Texas, Benbrook, Texas, Blue Mound, Texas, Briar, Texas, Burleson, Texas, Colley (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 69. Chapters: Arlington, Texas, Bedford, Texas, Benbrook, Texas, Blue Mound, Texas, Briar, Texas, Burleson, Texas, Colleyville, Texas, Crowley, Texas, Dalworthington Gardens, Texas, Edgecliff Village, Texas, Euless, Texas, Everman, Texas, Flower Mound, Texas, Forest Hill, Texas, Fort Worth, Texas, Grand Prairie, Texas, Grapevine, Texas, Haltom City, Texas, Haslet, Texas, Hurst, Texas, Keller, Texas, Kennedale, Texas, Lakeside, Tarrant County, Texas, Lake Worth, Texas, Mansfield, Texas, Newark, Texas, North Richland Hills, Texas, Pantego, Texas, Pecan Acres, Texas, Pelican Bay, Texas, Rendon, Texas, Reno, Parker County, Texas, River Oaks, Texas, Saginaw, Texas, Sansom Park, Texas, Southlake, Texas, Trophy Club, Texas, Watauga, Texas, Westlake, Texas, Westover Hills, Texas, Westworth Village, Texas, White Settlement, Texas. Excerpt: Fort Worth is the sixteenth most populous city in the United States of America and the fifth most populous city in the state of Texas. Located in North Central Texas, the city is a cultural gateway into the American West and covers nearly 350 square miles (910 km) in Tarrant, Denton, Johnson, Parker, and Wise counties, serving as the seat for Tarrant County. According to the 2010 Census, Fort Worth had a population of 741,206. The city is the second most populous in the Dallas Fort Worth Metroplex. The city was established in 1849 as an Army outpost on a bluff overlooking the Trinity River. Today Fort Worth still embraces its Western heritage and traditional architecture and design. USS Fort Worth (LCS-3) is the first ship of the United States Navy named after the city. Fort Worth is home to the Kimbell Art Museum, considered to have one of the best collections in the world, and housed in what is widely regarded as one of the world's foremost works of modern architecture. Also of note are the Museum of Modern Art and the Amon Carter Museum, the latter of which houses one of the most extensive collections of American art in the world, in a building designed by Philip Johnson. The city is also home to Texas Christian University and Texas Wesleyan University and many multinational corporations including Bell Helicopter, Lockheed Martin, and others. Lithograph (1876)Major General William Jenkins Worth (1794 1849) was second in command to General Zachary Taylor at the opening of the Mexican American War in 1846. After the war, Worth was placed in command of the Department of Texas in 1849. In January 1849 Worth proposed a line of ten 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. General William S. Harney assumed command of the Department of Texas and ordered Major Ripley A. Arnold to find a new fort site near the West Fork and Clear Fork. On June 6,