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Fort Worth, Texas

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Dallas. It is located about 33 miles [53 km] to the east of Fort Worth and has a population of 1,188,580 people.<1>

The next largest community is Arlington. It is located about 13 miles [20 km] to the southeast of Fort Worth and has a population of 332,969 people.

Other large communities in the area:

 Community DirectionDistance<2>2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Bedford   E12 mi [19.31 km]49,1554.25% increase
 Carrollton   NE29 mi [46.67 km]125,59514.62% increase
 Denton   N31 mi [49.89 km]119,45448.32% increase
 Euless   E15 mi [24.14 km]52,57914.29% increase
 Flower Mound   NE21 mi [33.8 km]69,30736.69% increase
 Garland   E42 mi [67.6 km]218,5771.3% increase
 Grand Prairie   E19 mi [30.58 km]160,64126.07% increase
 Irving   E22 mi [35.41 km]201,3585.08% increase
 Lewisville   NE27 mi [43.45 km]101,62430.73% increase
 McKinney   NE48 mi [77.2 km]121,211122.94% increase
 Mesquite   E43 mi [69.2 km]132,1236.1% increase
 North Richland Hills   NE8 mi [12.87 km]65,07816.97% increase
 Plano   NE38 mi [61.2 km]267,48020.47% increase
 Richardson   E38 mi [61.2 km]101,58910.66% increase
 Rowlett   E45 mi [72.4 km]55,78025.34% increase

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

 Community DirectionDistance2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Blue Mound   N5 mi [8.05 km]2,3650.96% decrease
 Edgecliff Village   S8 mi [12.87 km]2,5600.39% increase
 Forest Hill   SE9 mi [14.48 km]13,8587.02% increase
 Haltom City   NE4 mi [6.44 km]40,1812.98% increase
 Hurst   NE9 mi [14.48 km]38,5506.28% increase
 Lake Worth   W5 mi [8.05 km]4,8104.16% increase
 Richland Hills   E6 mi [9.66 km]8,0940.47% decrease
 River Oaks   W3 mi [4.83 km]6,9650.29% decrease
 Saginaw   N6 mi [9.66 km]20,29564.01% increase
 Sansom Park   W3 mi [4.83 km]4,1960.36% increase
 Watauga   NE8 mi [12.87 km]24,0059.57% increase
 Westover Hills   SW4 mi [6.44 km]72510.18% increase
 Westworth Village   W4 mi [6.44 km]---
 Westworth Village   W5 mi [8.05 km]---
 White Settlement   W7 mi [11.27 km]16,3019.91% increase

Denton County

Fort Worth is primarily located in Denton County and is the county seat. A portion of Fort Worth extends into Tarrant County.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Denton: Collin, Cooke, Dallas, Grayson, Tarrant and Wise.

While not sharing a border with Denton, the following counties are close to Fort Worth: Parker, Johnson and Ellis.

Below are counties that are near Fort Worth (within 40 mi [64.4 km]). For each of these counties, we also show the community that is closest to Fort Worth:

 CountyDirectionNearest CommunityDistance From
Fort Worth
 Collin County   NECarrollton29 miles [46 km]
 Comanche County   NECross Roads36 miles [57 km]
 Dallas County   EShady Grove18 miles [28 km]
 Ellis County   SEMansfield19 miles [30 km]
 Hood County   SWChapin25 miles [40 km]
 Jack County   NWGibtown39 miles [62 km]
 Johnson County   SCrowley14 miles [22 km]
 Parker County   NWAzle13 miles [20 km]
 Somervell County   SWGeorges Creek37 miles [59 km]
 Tarrant County   NEMelody Hills3 miles [4 km]



Search for Local Businesses

People are finding Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Fort Worth. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

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Bed & Breakfast     Truck Stops     Real Estate    
Campgrounds      Rentals    
Restaurants     Auto Repair      
 RV Repair     Churches    
Food/Groceries        
Pharmacy     Auto Parts     Libraries    
  RV Parts     Schools    
Attractions     Motorcycle Parts     Government Offices    
     
Fishing/Hunting     Hospitals      
Hiking/Camping     Doctors      
  Dentists      
Other...     Veterinarians      

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).



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Footnotes

<1>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Fort Worth.

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<2>Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Fort Worth and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance.

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<3>All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint.

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