Fort Worth

Also known as Cowtown, Fort Worth, Texas, Fort Worth, TX, Ft. Worth, TX, Ft. Worth, Texas

city and county seat of Tarrant County, Texas, United States

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Fort Worth is a major city in Texas and serves as the county seat of Tarrant County. It is an important urban center in the state and region.

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Official name: Fort Worth
Population: 918915
Area: 916.76
Elevation: 216
Official website: www.fortworthtexas.gov
Image: Downtown Fort Worth Skyline.jpg
Households: 307248
Dialing code: 817

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postal code: 76193
nickname: Cowtown
Commons category: Fort Worth, Texas
Commons gallery: Fort Worth, Texas
inception: 1849-00-00
native label: Fort Worth
P8168: Syvvozh
water as percent of area: 2.367
short name: فورت وورث
per capita income: 30374
P12749: Frýdek-Místek

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Fort Worth is a city in the U.S. state of Texas. It is the county seat of Tarrant County, covering nearly 350 square miles (910 km) and extending into Denton, Johnson, Parker, and Wise counties. Fort Worth's population was estimated to be 1,028,117 in 2025, making it the 10th-most populous city in the United States. Fort Worth is the second-largest city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex (after Dallas) and the fourth-most populous in Texas. The Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex is the fourth-most populous metropolitan area in the U.S., with 8.5 million residents.

The city of Fort Worth was established in 1849 as an army outpost on a bluff overlooking the Trinity River. Fort Worth has historically been a center of the Texas Longhorn cattle trade. It still embraces its Western heritage and traditional architecture and design. USS Fort Worth (LCS-3) is the first ship of the United States Navy named after the city. Nearby Dallas has held a population majority in the metropolitan area for as long as records have been kept, yet Fort Worth has become one of the fastest-growing cities in the United States.