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Fort Worth, Texas

Administration

Full name	City of Fort Worth
Settlement type	City
Motto	"Where the West begins"
Country	United States
State	Texas
Counties	Tarrant, Denton, Parker, Johnson, Wise
Government
Type	Council-Manager
City Council	Mayor Betsy Price Danny Scarth Sal Espino W. B. Zimmerman Frank Moss Jungus Jordan Dennis Shingleton Kathleen Hicks Joel Burns
City Manager	Dale A. Fisseler
Geography
Total Area	298.9 sq mi (774.2 km2)
Land Area	292.5 sq mi (757.6 km2)
Water Area	6.3 sq mi (16.3 km2)
Elevation	653 ft (199 m)
Demography
Total Population	741,206 (16th) (2010)
Density (pop.)	927.8/km² (2403.7/sq mi)
Metro (pop.)	6145037
Demonym	Fort Worthians\|population_blank1_title=Demonym
Other information
Time zone	CST (UTC-6)
- Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
Area code	682, 817
FIPS code	48-27000
GNIS feature ID	1380947

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Fort Worth is the sixteenth-largest city in the United States of America and the fifth-largest city in the state of Texas. Located in North Central Texas, just Southeast of the Texas Panhandle, the city is a cultural gateway into the American West and covers nearly 300 sqmi (777 km2) in Tarrant, Parker, Denton, and Wise counties, serving as the seat for Tarrant County. According to the 2010 Census, Fort Worth had a population of 741,206. It has been estimated that by 2030 it will have 1,211,665 residents. The city is the second most populous in the Dallas � Fort Worth metropolitan area.

The city was established in 1849 as an Army outpost on a bluff overlooking the Trinity River. Today Fort Worth 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.

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