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Fort Worth was established on June 6, 1849 as Camp Worth, a US Army outpost founded by Major Ripley A. Arnold, and was officially renamed Fort Worth on November 14, 1849 in honor of General William Jenkins Worth.

Fort Worth grew up at the confluence of the Clear Fork and West Fork of the Trinity River and became a major stop on the Chisholm Trail, earning its enduring nickname 'Cowtown'.

Fort Worth calls itself the place 'where the West begins', and its fortunes changed when the railroad arrived in 1876, turning it into one of America's great cattle and meatpacking centers.

The Fort Worth Stockyards, developed from 1893 with the Armour and Swift meatpacking plants, remain a National Historic District where cattle drives are still reenacted on Exchange Avenue.

Fort Worth had a population of 918,915 in the 2020 Census and an estimated 1,028,117 residents as of July 1, 2025, passing the one-million mark, according to the US Census Bureau.

Fort Worth has about 342,126 households with an average of 2.76 persons per household, and about 57.0% of its housing units are owner-occupied, according to the US Census Bureau.

The median value of owner-occupied housing in Fort Worth is $303,000, according to Census Bureau figures.

Fort Worth is home to Texas Christian University (TCU), founded in 1873, as well as Texas Wesleyan University, founded in 1890, the UNT Health Science Center, and the Texas A&M School of Law.

The Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth, designed by architect Louis Kahn, and the neighboring Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, designed by Tadao Ando, anchor one of the most celebrated museum districts in America.

The Fort Worth Botanic Garden, established in 1934, is the oldest major botanic garden in Texas, and the Fort Worth Zoo, founded in 1909, is the oldest continuously operating zoo in Texas, home to more than 7,000 animals.