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Tarrant County, Texas

Historic newspapers, landmarks, and county history layers for genealogists and local historians.

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128historic places

—earliest paper

1849formed

2,110,640pop. 2020

54cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 128 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1970. Most listings are in or near Fort Worth, Arlington, Mansfield.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

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National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

80 of 128 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

128 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Allen Chapel AME Church	Fort Worth	Building	1984
American Airways Hangar and Administration Building	Fort Worth	Building	2008
Anderson, Neil P., Building	Fort Worth	Building	1978
Arlington Post Office	Arlington	Building	2000
Armour Laboratory Building	Fort Worth	Building	2025
Austin, Stephen F., Elementary School	Fort Worth	Building	1983
Bedford School	Bedford	Building	1997
Benton, M. A., House	Fort Worth	Building	1978
Blackstone Hotel	Fort Worth	Building	1984
Botts-Fowler House	Mansfield	Building	1999
Bratton, Andrew "Cap" and Emma Doughty, House	Mansfield	Building	2003
Bryce Building	Fort Worth	Building	1984
Bryce, William J., House	Fort Worth	Building	1984
Buchanan-Hayter-Witherspoon House	Mansfield	Building	2003
Burnett, Burk, Building	Fort Worth	Building	1980
Butler Place Historic District	Fort Worth	District	2011
Central Handley Historic District	Fort Worth	District	2002
Chorn, Lester H. and Mabel Bryant, House	Mansfield	Building	2003
Clayton, Lily B., Elementary School	Fort Worth	Building	2017
Cotton Belt Railroad Industrial Historic District	Grapevine	District	1997
Eddleman-McFarland House	Fort Worth	Building	1979
Eighth Avenue Historic District	Fort Worth	District	2006
Electric Building	Fort Worth	Building	1995
Elizabeth Boulevard Historic District	Fort Worth	District	1979
Fair Building	Fort Worth	Building	2020
Fairmount-Southside Historic District	Fort Worth	District	1990
Fairmount-Southside Historic District (Boundary Increase)	Fort Worth	District	1999
Farmers and Mechanics National Bank	Fort Worth	Building	2012
Farrington Field and Public Schools Gymnasium	Fort Worth	District	2022
First Christian Church	Fort Worth	Building	1983
First National Bank Building	Fort Worth	Building	2009
Flatiron Building	Fort Worth	Building	1971
Fort Worth Botanic Garden	Fort Worth	District	2009
Fort Worth Club Building-1916	Fort Worth	Building	1998
Fort Worth Elks Lodge 124	Fort Worth	Building	1984
Fort Worth High School	Fort Worth	Building	2002
Fort Worth National Bank	Fort Worth	Building	2022
Fort Worth Public Market	Fort Worth	Building	1984
Fort Worth Recreation Building	Fort Worth	Building	2014
Fort Worth Stockyards Historic District	Fort Worth	District	1976
Fort Worth US Courthouse	Fort Worth	Building	2001
Fort Worth Warehouse and Transfer Company Building	Fort Worth	Building	2013
Fortune Arms Apartments	Fort Worth	Building	2016
Foster, Eldred W., House	Fort Worth	Building	2012
Grand Avenue Historic District	Fort Worth	District	1990
Grapevine Commercial Historic District	Grapevine	District	1992
Grapevine Commercial Historic District (Boundary Increase II)	Grapevine	District	2002
Grapevine Commercial Historic District (Boundary Increase)	Grapevine	District	1997
Guinn, James E., School	Fort Worth	Building	1998
Gulf, Colorado and Sante Fe Railroad Passenger Station	Fort Worth	Building	1970
Hamilton Apartments	Fort Worth	Building	2018
Henderson Street Bridge	Fort Worth	Building	2011
Heritage Park Plaza	Fort Worth	Site	2010
Hogg, Alexander, School	Fort Worth	Building	2002
Hotel Texas	Fort Worth	Building	1979
Hotel Texas (Boundary Increase)	Fort Worth	Building	2014
Hutcheson-Smith House	Arlington	Building	1984
Inspiration Point Shelter House	Fort Worth	Building	2014
Jennings-Vickery Historic District	Fort Worth	District	2017
Johnson-Elliott House	Fort Worth	Building	1984
Katy Freight Depot	Fort Worth	Building	2020
Knight, Elizabeth and Jack, House	Fort Worth	Building	2021
Knights of Pythias Building	Fort Worth	Building	1970
Kress Building	Fort Worth	Building	2007
Leuda-May Historic District	Fort Worth	District	2005
Man, Ralph Sandiford and Julia Boisseau, House	Mansfield	Building	2003
Marine Commercial Historic District	Fort Worth	District	2001
Markeen Apartments	Fort Worth	Building	2001
Marrow Bone Spring Archeological Site	Arlington	Site	1978
Masonic Temple	Fort Worth	Building	2017
Masonic Widows and Orphans Home Historic District	Fort Worth	District	1992
Miller Manufacturing Company Building	Fort Worth	Building	2010
Montgomery Ward and Company Building	Fort Worth	Building	1998
Morning Chapel Colored Methodist Episcopal Church	Fort Worth	Building	1999
Nash, Thomas J. and Elizabeth, Farm	Grapevine	District	2010
Near Southeast Historic District	Fort Worth	District	2002
North Fort Worth High School	Fort Worth	Building	1995
Oakhurst Historic District	Fort Worth	District	2010
Oakwood Cemetery Historic District	Fort Worth	District	2018
Oil & Gas Building	Fort Worth	Building	2024
Old Town Historic District	Arlington	District	2000
Original Town Residential Historic District	Grapevine	District	1998
Our Lady of Victory Academy	Fort Worth	Building	2004
Our Mother of Mercy Catholic Church and Parsonage	Fort Worth	Building	1999
Our Mother of Mercy School	Fort Worth	Building	2006
Oxsheer, Fountain G. and Mary, House	Fort Worth	Building	2017
Paddock Viaduct	Fort Worth	Structure	1976
Parker-Browne Company Building	Fort Worth	Building	2015
Petroleum Building	Fort Worth	Building	2009
Pioneers Rest Cemetery	Fort Worth	District	2021
Pollock-Capps House	Fort Worth	Building	1972
Ponton, Dr. Arvel and Faye, House	Fort Worth	Building	2006
Ridglea Theatre	Fort Worth	Building	2011
Riverside Baptist Church	Fort Worth	Building	2020
Riverside Public School	Fort Worth	Building	1999
Rogers, Will, Memorial Center	Fort Worth	District	2016
Rogers-O'Daniel House	Fort Worth	Building	1985
Saint James Second Street Baptist Church	Fort Worth	Building	1999
Sanger Brothers Building	Fort Worth	Building	1994
Sanger Brothers Building (1925)	Fort Worth	Building	2014
Sanguinet, Marshall R., House	Fort Worth	Building	1983
Sealy, J.L., Building	Fort Worth	Building	2013
Shannon's Funeral Home	Fort Worth	Building	2018
Shaw, Thomas and Marjorie, House	Fort Worth	Building	1995
Sinclair Building	Fort Worth	Building	1992
South Center Street Historic District	Arlington	District	2003
South Main Street Historic District	Fort Worth	District	2009
South Side Masonic Lodge No. 1114	Fort Worth	Building	1985
St. Mary of the Assumption Church	Fort Worth	Building	1984
St. Patrick Cathedral Complex	Fort Worth	Building	1985
Sycamore Creek Bridge	Fort Worth	Structure	2026
Tabernacle Baptist Church	Fort Worth	Building	1999
Tarrant County Courthouse	Fort Worth	Building	1970
Texas & Pacific Steam Locomotive No. 610	Fort Worth	Structure	1977
Texas Garden Clubs, Inc., Headquarters	Fort Worth	Building	2011
Texas and Pacific Terminal Complex	Fort Worth	Building	1978
US Post Office	Fort Worth	Building	1985
Van Zandt Cottage	Fort Worth	Building	2012
Vandergriff Building	Arlington	Building	2010
Vaught House	Arlington	Building	2005
W.I. Cook Memorial Hospital	Fort Worth	Building	2024
Waggoner, W. T. Building	Fort Worth	Building	1979
Wallace-Hall House	Mansfield	Building	2003
Westbrook, Roy A. and Gladys, House	Fort Worth	Building	2009
Westover Manor	Westover Hills	Building	1988
Wharton-Scott House	Fort Worth	Building	1975
Woman's Club of Fort Worth, The	Fort Worth	District	2017
Woolworth, F. W., Building	Fort Worth	Building	1994

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Tarrant was formed in 1849 (1849-12-20) from Navarro.

TARRANT created from NAVARRO.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Tarrant County population from 1850 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1850	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
664	6,020	24,671	52,376	152,800	225,521	361,253	538,495	860,880	1,446,219	2,110,640

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

54 cemeteries and 0 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 54 of 54 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Antioch Cemetery	31.90627	-96.77166
Arlington Cemetery	32.72903	-97.10174
Arwine Cemetery	32.82068	-97.15668
Bear Creek Cemetery	32.85679	-97.06056
Bedford Cemetery	32.84521	-97.13199
Birdville Cemetery	32.8043	-97.25196
Bluebonnet Hills Memorial Park	32.89429	-97.14223
Bourland Cemetery	32.94679	-97.24335
Calvary Cemetery	32.5768	-97.08584
Cedar Hill Memorial Park	32.61123	-97.18222
Colloway Cemetery	32.81041	-97.08862
Colonel Middleton Tate Johnson Plantation Cemetery	32.7064	-97.11245
Crowley Cemetery	32.58108	-97.35722
Estes Cemetery	32.60625	-97.05195
Everman Cemetery	32.62986	-97.26724
Ford Cemetery	32.78041	-97.05168
Gibbons Cemetery	32.77124	-97.12279
Goforth Cemetery	32.58909	-97.54908
Greenwood Memorial Park and Mausoleum	32.76257	-97.36652
Grimsley Cemetery	32.59208	-97.15807
Handley Cemetery	32.72735	-97.20612
Handley Cemetery	32.73001	-97.21743
Harrison Cemetery	32.75497	-97.16618
Hawkins Cemetery	32.6612	-97.19576
Hebrew Cemetery	32.76235	-97.36168
Hebrew Rest Cemetery	32.72819	-97.32668
Hudson Cemetery	32.61764	-97.20473
Isham Cemetery	32.76743	-97.20174
Johnson Station Cemetery	32.692	-97.12638
Keyes Cemetery	32.60819	-97.52169
Lake Como Cemetery	32.71624	-97.41085
Lauren Land Memorial Park	32.6445	-97.35098
Lawrence Cemetery	31.93155	-96.75888
Moore Memorial Gardens	32.75438	-97.11936
Mount Olivet Cemetery	32.79235	-97.31252
Noah Cemetery	32.74516	-97.12812
Oakwood Cemetery	32.76957	-97.34779
Old Trinity Cemetery	32.77207	-97.34641
Parkdale Cemetery	32.73067	-97.10163
Parker Cemetery	32.80902	-97.20446
Parker Memorial Cemetery	32.89513	-97.10029
Pelham Cemetery	31.95238	-96.80027
Pioneers Rest Cemetery	32.76569	-97.32891
Ray-Manship Cemetery	32.76846	-97.2139
Rose Hill Park	32.73319	-97.2014
Skyvue Memorial Gardens	32.57208	-97.2039
Smith - Frazier Cemetery	32.88437	-97.52344
Smithfield Cemetery	32.86847	-97.2111
Sweets Chapel Cemetery	32.98707	-97.29668
Tate Cemetery	32.68263	-97.17446
Tomlin Cemetery	32.77229	-97.1269
Tye Memorial Cemetery	32.56676	-97.29714
Walnut Creek Cemetery	32.57514	-97.22446
West Fork Cemetery	32.76124	-97.06223

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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