Fort Worth, Texas
Fort Worth is the saxteent-lairgest ceety in the Unitit States o Americae an the fift-lairgest ceety athin the state o Texas.[7] Locatit in North Texas an the wastren edge o the American Sooth, the ceety is a cultural gateway intae the American Wast an covers nearly 300 square miles (780 km2) in Tarrant, Parker, Denton, an Wise coonties, servin as the seat for Tarrant Coonty. Accordin tae the 2010 census estimates, Fort Worth haed a population o 727,575.[8][9] It haes been estimatit that bi 2030 it will hae 1,211,665 residents. The ceety is the seicont-lairgest cultural an economic centre o the Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington region.
Fort Worth, Texas | |
|---|---|
| City of Fort Worth | |
| Eik-name(s): Cowtown,[2] | |
| Motto(s): "Where the West begins"[2] | |
 Location o Fort Worth in Tarrant Coonty, Texas | |
  Fort Worth Location in the Unitit States | |
| Coordinates: 32°45′26.49″N 97°19′59.45″W / 32.7573583°N 97.3331806°WCoordinates: 32°45′26.49″N 97°19′59.45″W / 32.7573583°N 97.3331806°W | |
| Kintra |  Unitit States o Americae |
| State |  Texas |
| Counties | Tarrant, Denton, Parker, Wise[1] |
| Govrenment | |
| • Teep | Council-Manager |
| • Bodi | Fort Worth City Council |
| • Mayor | Betsy Price |
| • Ceety Manager | David Cooke |
| • Ceety Cooncil | Leet
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| Area | |
| • Ceety | 904.4 km2 (349.2 sq mi) |
| • Laund | 886.3 km2 (342.2 sq mi) |
| • Water | 18.1 km2 (7.0 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 216 m (653 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Ceety | 812,238 (US: 16t) |
| • Density | 842.0/km2 (2181.0/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 6,954,330 (US: 4t) |
| • Demonym | Fort Worthian |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP Codes | 76008, 76028, 76036, 76101-76124, 76126-76127, 76130-76137, 76140, 76147-76148, 76150, 76155, 76161-76164, 76166, 76177, 76179, 76180-76182, 76185, 76191-76193, 76195-76199, 76244, 76247, 76262, 76129 (exclusive to TCU) |
| Area code(s) | 214, 972,[4][5] 682, 817 |
| FIPS code | 48-27000 |
| GNIS featur ID | 1380947[6] |
| Website | fortworthtexas.gov |
The ceety wis established in 1849 as an Airmy ootpost on a bluff owerleukin the Trinity River. The day Fort Worth still embraces its Wastren heritage an traditional airchitectur an design.[10]
Sister ceeties
eeditFort Worth is a pairt o the Sister Cities International program an maintains cultural an economic exchynge programs wi its aicht sister ceeties.[11]
Notes
eedit- ↑ "Fort Worth Geographic Information Systems". Archived frae the original on 21 December 2012. Retrieved 14 Februar 2009.
- ↑ a b "From a cowtown to Cowtown". Archived frae the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 6 October 2011.
- ↑ "Population Estimates". United States Census Bureau. Archived frae the original on 21 Mey 2015. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
- ↑ "Area Code Lookup (NPA NXX)". area-codes.com. Retrieved 3 Mairch 2016.
- ↑ "Area Code Lookup (NPA NXX)". area-codes.com. Retrieved 3 Mairch 2016.
- ↑ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 25 October 2007. Retrieved 31 Januar 2008.
- ↑ McCann, Ian (10 Julie 2008). "McKinney falls to third in rank of fastest-growing cities in U.S." The Dallas Morning News. Archived frae the original on 29 December 2010. Retrieved 26 October 2010.
- ↑ "2009 Population Estimates" (PDF). North Central Texas Council of Governments. 2009-04. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 2011-06-16. Retrieved 2009-05-08. Check date values in:
|date=(help) - ↑ http://www.census.gov/popest/cities/tables/SUB-EST2008-01.csv
- ↑ "Fort Worth, from uTexas.com". Archived frae the original on 5 August 2012. Retrieved 30 December 2008.
- ↑ Mae Ferguson, Executive Director Fort Worth Sister Cities International. "The Programs and Exchanges of Fort Worth Sister Cities" (PDF). Retrieved 2 August 2009.
Freemit airtins
eedit- Ceety Government Website Archived 2010-11-01 at the Wayback Machine
- Convention & Visitors Bureau
- Fort Worth Chamber o Commerce
- Fort Worth Library Archived 2005-12-20 at the Wayback Machine
- Dountoun Fort Worth news an information Archived 2010-05-13 at the Wayback Machine
- Vision FW Archived 2008-10-07 at the Wayback Machine
- Fort Worth Business Press Archived 2008-10-23 at the Wayback Machine
- Fort Worth Architecture
- The Jack White Collection o Historic Fort Worth Photos
- Fort Worth Sister Ceeties
- Sundance Square
- Fort Worthology Archived 2008-09-19 at the Wayback Machine
- West And Clear
- Fort Worth, Texas frae the Handbeuk o Texas Online
- Historic Fort Worth materials, hosted bi the Portal tae Texas History
- Dallas/Fort Worth Area Tourism Council
- Historic Fort Worth, Inc.
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