Fort Worth Real Estate - Fort Worth Homes, Condos, Townhomes, Lofts

Fort Worth is a great place to live because of its central location in the US and its close proximity to DFW International Airport. Fort Worth is a sister-city to Dallas and is considered part of the Dallas / Fort Worth Metroplex, or "DFW."

The City of Fort Worth offers many attractive options for homes and real estate within the city and in the surrounding Fort Worth suburbs to the north, south, east and west.

DOWNTOWN FORT WORTH

Downtown Fort Worth is a huge tourist attraction because of the Fort Worth Stockyards and Billy Bob's which was made a popular culture icon in the 1980s.

Today Downtown Fort Worth is bustling with new developments in terms of highrise condos, condominium, townhomes, brownstones and lofts. This is largely due to the major corporations located in downtown Fort Worth which supply the area with jobs, as well as the discovery of natural gas reserves under the city, the Barnett Shale.

FORT WORTH QUICK FACTS:

• Population: 653,320
• County seat of Tarrant County
• Covers 300 square miles in Tarrant & Denton Counties
• 2nd Larges culteral and econmic center of Dallas - Fort Worth - Arlington (DFW Metroplex)
• Climate: Average winter temp: 43; Average Summer Temp: 87

FORT WORTH HISTORY

Established originally in 1849 as a protective Army outpost at the foot of a bluff overlooking the Trinity River, the city of Fort Worth today still embraces its western heritage and traditional architecture and design more than its more contemporary neighbor, Dallas.

LIST OF MAJOR CORPORATIONS IN FORT WORTH, TEXAS

• AMR Corporation - (American Airlines)
• Radio Shack
• Burlington Northern Sante Fe Railroad
• DR Horton
• Ben E. Keith Company
• Bombay Company
• Americredit
• Carter & Burgess

FORT WORTH SCHOOLS

Fort Worth TX Public Schools

The following school districts serve Fort Worth and surrounding areas:

• Aledo ISD
• Arlington ISD
• Azle ISD
• Birdville ISD
• Burleson ISD
• Carroll ISD
• Castleberry ISD
• Crowley ISD
• Eagle Saginaw ISD
• Everman ISD
• Forth Worth ISD
• Godley ISD
• Grapevine-Colleyville ISD
• Hurst-Euless-Bedford ISD
• Keller ISD
• Kennedale ISD
• Lake Worth ISD
• Mansfield ISD
• Northwest ISD
• White Settlement ISD
• Texas Education Agency
  

Fort Worth TX Private Schools

• All Saints Episcopal School
• Azle Christian School
• Bethesda Christian School
• Colleyville Covenant Christian Academy
• Fort Worth Country Day School
• Fort Worth Christian School
• Lake Country Christian School
• Nolan Catholic High School
• Southwest Christian School
• Trinity Valley School
• Temple Christian School
• Trinity Christian Academy
• Hill School of Fort Worth
• Christian Life Preparatory School

Fort Worth TX Colleges & Universities

• Texas Christian University - TCU
• Brite Divinity School
• College of St. Thomas More
• Tarrant County College
• Texas Wesleyan University
• Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
• University of North Texas Health Science Center of Fort Worth
• University of Texas at Arlington, Fort Worth Campus
• Texas Wesleyan University School of Law

List of Tarrant County Schools

FORT WORTH NEIGHBORHOODS

Fort Worth offers a rich architectural heritage to residents and home owners in terms of its historically significant neighborhoods located near downtown and close to Texas Christian University.

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