Fort Worth, Texas

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

Typical abbreviation for Fort Worth: Ft. Worth (or less commonly used: Frt. Worth)

Fort Worth is 150 feet [45.72 m] above sea level.^<1>

Time Zone: Fort Worth lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time.

Virginia has a community that is also named Fort Worth.

At the time of the 2000 Census, Fort Worth had a population of 534,694 people^<2> (or 121.8% of the total population of Denton County). The population of Fort Worth represented 2.56% of the total of Texas, making it the state's 6th most populous community.

From the Census Estimates for 2008, Fort Worth had a population of 703,073 people. This is an increase of 31.49% since the 2000 Census.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated. More information can be found on the Census Page for Fort Worth.

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance<3>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Arlington	SE	13 mi [20.92 km]	374,417	12.45% increase
	Bedford	E	12 mi [19.31 km]	49,155	4.25% increase
	Euless	E	15 mi [24.14 km]	52,579	14.29% increase
	Grand Prairie	E	19 mi [30.58 km]	160,641	26.07% increase
	Grapevine	NE	18 mi [28.97 km]	50,471	20% increase
	Hurst	NE	9 mi [14.48 km]	38,550	6.28% increase

To learn more about neighboring communities and counties, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Fort Worth.

Websites for Fort Worth

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The Commemorative Quarter for Texas<4>

Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' is a very useful tool for people who might be 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.

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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