Fort Worth is on Interstate highways 35W, 20, and 30 and the Clear Fork of the Trinity River in central Tarrant County. In January 1849 United States Army General William Jenkins Worth, hero of the Mexican War, 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.
City Profile
Fort Worth is part of the Dallas-Grand Prairie-Fort Worth urban complex, which has a combined population of 4.8 million. The city of Fort Worth houses around half a million people. Named after Major General William Worth, who was US Army commander in 1849, when a military outpost was established there, Fort Worth was a base for engagement with the Comanches.
Known as the city "Where the West Begins," Fort Worth, Texas embraces its cowboy heritage while moving forward with a revitalized downtown and major cultural attractions.
With a friendly population of half a million people, Fort Worth is consistently ranked among the top places in the nation to work, live, and do business by national magazines like Money, Fortune, and Newsweek.
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