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Weatherford is located 25 miles (40 km) west of Fort Worth on Interstate 20. It is the county seat for Parker County. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 22.7 square miles (59 km 2) of which 20.9 square miles (54 km 2) is land and 1.8 square miles (4.7 km 2) (7.86%) is water.
In January 1849, U.S. Army General William Jenkins Worth, a veteran of the Mexican–American War, proposed building ten forts to mark and protect the west Texas frontier, situated from Eagle Pass to the confluence of the West Fork and Clear Fork of the Trinity River. Worth died on 7 May 1849 from cholera. [ 4]
As of 2020, six Texas cities had populations greater than 600,000. Austin, Fort Worth, and El Paso are among the 20 largest U.S. cities. Texas has four metropolitan areas with populations greater than a million: Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington, Houston–Sugar Land–The Woodlands, San Antonio–New Braunfels, and Austin–Round Rock–San ...
The Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex is a metropolitan statistical area consisting of two metropolitan divisions: Dallas–Plano–Irving and Fort Worth–Arlington, within the state of Texas, US. The Metroplex is home to several institutions of higher learning, including: [1] [2] [3] [4]
The Dallas–Fort Worth, TX–OK combined statistical area is made up of 20 counties in North Central ... Weatherford, TX: 48,112: 38.69: 100.20 ... Credit Union of ...
Fort Worth police respond to a 911 call reporting that an officer was shot Monday afternoon, Nov. 27, 2023 at the Fort Worth Community Credit Union on Brentwood Stair Road.
The Fort Worth skyline as viewed from the west. Fort Worth, the 5th-most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas, is home to 50 high-rises, 21 of which stand taller than 200 feet (61 m). [1] The tallest building in the city is the 40-story Burnett Plaza, which rises 567 feet (173 m) in Downtown Fort Worth and was completed in 1983. [2]
Parker County, Texas. / 32.78°N 97.81°W / 32.78; -97.81. Parker County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 148,222. [ 1] The county seat is Weatherford. [ 2] The county was created in 1855 and organized the following year. [ 3]