| Name | City of Fort Worth |
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| Settlement type | City |
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| Nickname | Cowtown, Funkytown, Panther City; |
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| Motto | "Where the West begins" |
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| Government type | Council-Manager |
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| Leader title | City Council |
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| Leader name | Mayor Michael J. Moncrief
Danny Scarth
Sal Espino
W. B. Zimmerman
Frank Moss
Jungus Jordan
Carter Burdette
Kathleen Hicks
Joel Burns |
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| Leader title1 | City Manager |
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| Leader name1 | Dale A. Fisseler |
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| Established date | september 15, 1745 |
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| Area magnitude | 1 E8 |
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| Area total km2 | 774.1 |
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| Area total sq mi | 298.9 |
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| Area land km2 | 757.7 |
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| Area land sq mi | 292.5 |
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| Area water km2 | 16.4 |
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| Area water sq mi | 6.3 |
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| Population as of | 2009 |
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| 1880 | 6663 |
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| 1890 | 23076 |
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| 1900 | 26668 |
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| 1910 | 73312 |
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| 1920 | 106482 |
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| 1930 | 163447 |
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| 1940 | 177662 |
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| 1950 | 278778 |
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| 1960 | 356268 |
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| 1970 | 393476 |
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| 1980 | 385164 |
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| 1990 | 447619 |
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| 2000 | 534694 |
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| Estyear | 2010 |
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| Estimate | 727575 |
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According to the 2006-2008 American Community Survey, the racial composition of Fort Worth was as follows:
White: 63.0% (Non-Hispanic Whites: 43.4%)
Black or African American: 18.0%
Native American: 0.5%
Asian: 3.5%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: <0.1%
Some other race: 13.2%
Two or more races: 1.8%
Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 33.8%
Source:
As of the census of 2000, there were 534,694 people, 195,078 households, and 127,581 families residing in the city. The July 2004 census estimates have placed Fort Worth in the top 20 most populous cities (# 19) in the U.S. with the population at 604,538. Fort Worth is also in the top 5 cities with the largest numerical increase from July 1, 2003 to July 1, 2004 with 17,872 more people or a 3.1% increase. The population density was 1,827.8 people per square mile (705.7/km²). There were 211,035 housing units at an average density of 721.4/sq mi (278.5/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 59.69% White, 20.26% Black or African American, 0.59% Native American, 2.64% Asian, 0.06% Pacific Islander, 14.05% from other races, and 2.72% from two or more races. 29.81% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
There were 195,078 households out of which 34.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.8% were married couples living together, 14.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.6% are classified as non-families by the United States Census Bureau.
Of 195,078 households, 9,599 are unmarried partner households: 8,202 heterosexual, 676 same-sex male, and 721 same-sex female households.
28.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.67 and the average family size was 3.33.
In the city the population was spread out with 28.3% under the age of 18, 11.3% from 18 to 24, 32.7% from 25 to 44, 18.2% from 45 to 64, and 9.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 31 years. For every 100 females there were 97.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.5 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $37,074, and the median income for a family was $42,939. Males had a median income of $31,663 versus $25,917 for females. The per capita income for the city was $18,800. About 12.7% of families and 15.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 21.4% of those under age 18 and 11.7% of those age 65 or over.
Fort Worth stands as the ninth-safest U.S. city among those with a population over 500,000 in 2006.
Cityscape
Architecture
Downtown 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 about
Sundance Square have preserved their early 20th century facades.
Natural gas wells
The city of Fort Worth contains over 1000 natural gas wells (December 2009 count) tapping the
Barnett Shale. Each well site is a bare patch of gravel 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.
Culture
Building on its western heritage and a history of strong local arts patronage, Fort Worth has, in recent years, begun promoting itself as the "City of Cowboys and Culture."
Arts and Sciences
Theatre
Bass Performance Hall,
Casa Mañana, Kids Who Care Inc., Jubilee Theater, Circle Theatre, Hip Pocket Theatre
Museums
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Kimbell Art Museum, Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Sid Richardson Collection of Western Art, Fort Worth Museum of Science and History, National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame, Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame, Fort Worth Stockyards Museum
Music
Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, Billy Bob's, Texas Ballet Theater, Van Cliburn International Piano Competition (Bass Hall), Fort Worth Opera (Scott Theater), Live Eclectic Music (Ridglea Theater)
Nature
Fort Worth Zoo is home to over 5000 animals and has been named as a top zoo in the nation by Family Life magazine, the Los Angeles Times and USA Today and one of the top zoos in the South by Southern Living Reader's Choice Awards; it has been placed in the top 10 zoos in the United States.
Fort Worth Botanic Garden, Botanic Research Institute of Texas
Sports and recreation
While much of Fort Worth's sports attention is focused on the Metroplex's professional sports teams, the city has its own athletic identity. The
TCU Horned Frogs compete in NCAA Division I Athletics, including the football team that is consistently ranked in the Top 25, the baseball team has competed in the last six NCAA Tournaments and came within a win of making the College World Series in 2009. The women's basketball team that has competed in the last seven NCAA Tournaments. Texas Wesleyan University competes in the
NAIA, and were the 2006 NAIA Div. I Men's Basketball champions and three-time National Collegiate Table Tennis Association (NCTTA) team champions (2004–2006). Fort Worth is also home to the NCAA football
Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl as well as four minor-league professional sports teams. One of these minor league teams, the
Fort Worth Cats baseball team, were reborn in 2001. The original Cats were a very popular minor league team in Fort Worth from the 19th century (when they were called the Panthers) until 1960, when the team was merged into the
Dallas Rangers.
TCU Horned Frogs
The presence of
Texas Christian University less than five miles (8 km) from downtown and national competitiveness in football, baseball, and women's basketball have sustained TCU as an important part of Fort Worth's sports scene.
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. The revival of the TCU Football program began under Coach Dennis Franchione with the success of running back LaDainian Tomlinson. Under Head Coach Gary Patterson, the Horned Frogs have developed into a perennial Top-25 contender, and a Rose Bowl winner in 2011. Notable players include Sammy Baugh, Davey O'Brien, Bob Lilly, LaDainian Tomlinson, Jerry Hughes, and Andy Dalton.
Colonial National Invitational Golf Tournament
Fort Worth also hosts one of the most important professional men's golf tournaments every May at
The Colonial Country Club. The
Colonial Invitational Golf Tournament, now officially known as
Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial, is one of the most 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. The Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial is considered by the PGA and PGA Tour Professionals as the "Fifth Major".
Professional sports teams
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Motor racing
Ft. Worth has the
Texas Motor Speedway (also known as "The Great American Speedway"), a
NASCAR track located in the far north part of the city in Denton County. Also, the
Indycar Series has raced here since 1997 in a race called the
Bombardier Learjet 550.
Economy
Major companies based in Fort Worth include
AMR (and subsidiaries
American Airlines and
American Eagle Airlines), the
John Peter Smith Hospital,
RadioShack the
BNSF Railway and
Lockheed Martin
Media
Fort Worth shares its media market with the city of Dallas.
Radio stations
There are many
radio stations in and around Fort Worth, with many different formats.
AM
On the AM dial, like in all other markets, political talk radio is prevalent, with
WBAP 820,
KLIF 570,
KSKY 660,
KRLD 1080,
KVCE 1160 the
conservative talk stations serving Fort Worth and
KMNY 1360 the sole
progressive talk station serving the city.
KFXR 1190 is an
all-news 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.
There are also several religious stations on AM in the Dallas/Fort Worth area; KHVN 970 and KGGR 1040 are the local urban gospel stations and KKGM 1630 has a Southern gospel format.
Fort Worth's Spanish speaking population is served by many stations on AM:
KDFT 540
KFJZ 870
KHFX 1140
KFLC 1270
KTNO 1440
KNIT 1480
KZMP 1540
KRVA 1600
There are also a few mixed Asian language stations serving Fort Worth:
KHSE 700
KTXV 890
KZEE 1220
Other formats found on the Fort Worth AM dial are Radio Disney KMKI 620, urban KKDA 730, business talk KJSA 1120, country station KCLE 1460.
FM
Non-commercial stations serve the city fairly well. There are three college stations that can be heard--
KTCU 88.7,
KCBI 90.9, and
KNTU 88.1, with a variety of programming. There is also local
NPR station
KERA 90.1, along with community station
KNON 89.3.and
Knon106.1. Downtown Fort Worth also host the Texas Country radio station 95.9 The Ranch.
A wide variety of commercial formats, mostly music, are on the FM dial in Fort Worth, also.
Internet radio stations and shows
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.
There are a couple internet radio shows in the Fort Worth area, like DFDubbIsHot and The Broadband Brothers.
Television stations
KDFW - FOX4,
WFAA - ABC Channel 8,
KXAS - NBC5,
KTVT - CBS11,
KERA - PBS Channel 13,
KTXA - Independent 21,
KDAF - MNTV Channel 27,
KDAF - CW Channel 33,
KFWD - Independent 52,
K31GL -
TV31.4
Newspapers
Fort Worth has one newspaper published daily, the
Fort Worth Star-Telegram. The
Star-Telegram is the forty-fifth most widely circulated newspaper in the United States, with a daily circulation of 210,990 and a Sunday circulation of 304,200.
The Fort Worth Weekly is an alternative weekly newspaper that serves the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. The newspaper has an approximate circulation of 50,0001. The Fort Worth Weekly publishes every Wednesday and features, among many things, news reporting, cultural event guides, movie reviews, and editorials.
Fort Worth Business Press is a weekly publication that chronicles news in the Fort Worth business community. Fort Worth, Texas magazine is a monthly publication that highlights the social and cultural life of the city.
The Fort Worth Press was a daily newspaper, published weekday afternoons and on Saturdays from 1900 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.
Government
in Fort Worth]]
State representation
The
Texas Department of Transportation operates the Fort Worth District Office in Fort Worth.
Federal representation
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, D.C. 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, with the official dedication taking place April 26, 1991.
Federal Medical Center, Carswell, a Federal Bureau of Prisons prison and health facility for women, is located in the Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth in Fort Worth. Carswell houses the two female federal death row inmates.
Transportation
The Main mode of transportation throughout Fort Worth is by automobile. However the city does maintain a bus and train service. The
Trinity Railway Express is a train service that runs between Fort Worth and Dallas. Public transportation is known as
The T.
Roads
Fort Worth is served by four
Interstates and two
US highways. It also contains a number of arterial streets in a grid formation.
Interstates 30, 20, 35W, and 820 all reside within city limits.
Interstate 820 is a spur 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 to Hillsboro to the south and the cities of Denton and Gainesville to the north. 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.
Notable highways are:
Texas State Highway 114 (East-West)
Texas State Highway 183 (East-West)
Texas State Highway 121 (North-South)
(List of Dallas-Fort Worth area freeways)
Airports
Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport
Fort Worth Alliance Airport
Fort Worth Meacham International Airport
Fort Worth Spinks Airport
Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth
Rail
Trinity Railway Express - Rail service to Dallas
Amtrak - Heartland Flyer & Texas Eagle lines at Fort Worth Intermodal Transportation Center
Public transportation
The T - Bus service for Fort Worth
Molly the Trolley - free bus service encircles Sundance Square.
Trolley to downtown and historic sites by The T
There have been talks of a streetcar system. It should begin operation in the near future.
Education
Public libraries
Fort Worth Library is the public library system.
Public schools
Most of Fort Worth is served by
Fort Worth Independent School District.
Other school districts that serve portions of Fort Worth include:
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
Fort Worth Academy of Fine Arts District
The portion of Fort Worth within the
Arlington Independent School District contains a wastewater plant. No residential areas are in the portion.
Pinnacle Academy of the Arts (K-12) is a state charter school.
Private schools
All Saints Episcopal School (K-12)
Azle Christian Schools (K-12)
Bethesda Christian School (K-12)
Colleyville Covenant Christian Academy (PreK-12)
Covenant Classical School (K-12)
Fort Worth Academy (K-8)
Fort Worth Country Day School (K-12)
Fort Worth Christian School (K-12)
Key School, Inc. (1-12)
Lake Country Christian School (K-12)
Nolan Catholic High School
Southwest Christian School (K-12)
Trinity Valley School (K-12)
Temple Christian School (K-12)
Trinity Christian Academy (K-12)
Hill School of Fort Worth (2-12)
Christian Life Preparatory School (K-12)
The
Roman Catholic Diocese of Fort Worth oversees several Catholic elementary and middle schools.
The Katie Brown School for Special Needs (PreK-12)
The Nazarene Christian Academy (K-12)
Calvary Christian Academy - (K-12) (Accredited)
Saint Elizabeth Ann Seaton Catholic School - (PreK-8)
Institutes of higher education
The Art Institute of Fort Worth
Texas Christian University
Brite Divinity School (TCU)
College of Saint Thomas More
Tarrant County College
Texas Wesleyan University
Texas Wesleyan University School of Law
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
Tarleton State University Fort Worth campus
University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth
University of Texas at Arlington Fort Worth campus
Remington College Fort Worth campus
Westwood College Fort Worth campus
Sister cities
Fort Worth is a part of the
Sister Cities International program and maintains cultural and economic exchange programs with its eight
sister cities.
Reggio Emilia,
Italy (1985)
Nagaoka,
Japan (1987)
Trier,
Germany (1987)
Bandung,
Indonesia (1990)
Budapest,
Hungary (1990)
Toluca,
Mexico (1998)
Mbabane,
Swaziland (2004)
Guiyang,
People's Republic of China (2010)
References
Further reading
External links
City Government Website
Convention & Visitors Bureau
Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce
Fort Worth Library
Downtown Fort Worth news and information
Vision FW
Fort Worth Business Press
Fort Worth Architecture
The Jack White Collection of Historic Fort Worth Photos
Fort Worth Sister Cities
Sundance Square
Fort Worthology
West And Clear
Historic Fort Worth materials, hosted by the Portal to Texas History
Dallas/Fort Worth Area Tourism Council
Historic Fort Worth, Inc.
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