Fort Worth is the 16th-largest city
in the United States of America and the fifth-largest city in the state of
Texas. Located in North Central Texas, just southeast of the Texas Panhandle,
the city is a cultural gateway into the American West and covers nearly 300
square miles (780 km2) in Tarrant, Parker, Denton, and Wise counties, serving
as the seat for Tarrant County.
According to the 2010 Census, Fort Worth had a
population of 741,206. It has been estimated that by 2030 it will have 1,211,665
residents. The city is the second most populous in the Dallas–Fort Worth
metropolitan area.
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.

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