Tarrant County Roundup

History, events and happenings across all of Tarrant County

Euless

Euless, settled in the mid-1800s, first incorporated in 1951, briefly disincorporated in 1952, and then reincorporated permanently in 1953:contentReference[oaicite:12]{index=12}. Since…

Crowley

Crowley originated as a Santa Fe Railroad camp in 1881 and was named after S.H. Crowley. The community incorporated as…

Colleyville

Colleyville evolved from a group of rural settlements in northeastern Tarrant County. The area coalesced and incorporated under the name…

Burleson

Burleson was established in 1881 along a Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad line and named for a prominent minister. It officially became an…

Blue Mound

Blue Mound formed around a cattle immunization laboratory established in 1920 by Scottish immigrant John Kennedy:contentReference[oaicite:5]{index=5}. A small settlement grew…

Benbrook

Benbrook’s settlement dates to the late 19th century, and the village slowly grew (from 33 people in 1930 to 100…

Bedford

Bedford began as a small rural community in the mid-19th century and was incorporated in 1953 with a population of…

Azle

Azle grew from a rural settlement in the mid-1800s and was officially incorporated on April 13, 1957:contentReference[oaicite:2]{index=2} in response to…