Biohazard Cleanup Near North Aledo Aledo, TX

Aledo began in 1879 as Parker Station, a Texas and Pacific Railroad stop in eastern Parker County on the line between Fort Worth and Weatherford.

Aledo got its name in 1882 when a railroad man suggested naming the town for his hometown of Aledo, Illinois, because mail addressed to Parker was constantly being misdirected to the Parker County seat at Weatherford.

Aledo stayed a small farm town for a century: it had about 150 residents in the mid-1880s and a cotton gin, corn mill, and bank by 1915.

Aledo did not incorporate as a city until 1963, despite its 1879 railroad founding.

Aledo's population has surged with Fort Worth's westward growth, rising from 620 in 1970 to 2,716 in 2010 and 4,858 in 2020, with the Census Bureau estimating about 7,122 residents by 2025.

The 2020 census counted 1,554 households in Aledo, and about 84 percent of its occupied homes were owner-occupied.

Aledo is a compact city of about 2.6 square miles at an elevation of 869 feet.

Aledo averages about 34 inches of precipitation a year, with summer highs regularly reaching the mid-90s Fahrenheit.

Segments of the historic Bankhead Highway, one of America's first paved transcontinental highways, wind through the Aledo area.

Aledo is served by the Aledo Independent School District.