Blue Mound, Texas, Tarrant County. (original) (raw)

Tarrant County, Central Texas North

32�51'18"N 97�20'17"W (32.855073, -97.337959)

FM 156
Just W of 35W
8 Miles N of Fort Worth the county seat
Adjoining Saginaw, Texas
ZIP code 76131
Area code 817
Population: 2,393 (2020)
2,394 (2010) 2,388 (2000) 2,133 (1990)

History in a Pecan Shell

Absorbed into greater Fort Worth, the town was named after a geographic rise in the landscape. Scottish immigrant John Kennedy opened a laboratory here in the 1920s to manufacture a remedy to control Black Leg - a serious cattle disease. Kennedy also invested in real estate and built the Globe Aircraft Company - a facility that was once used by Bell Helicopter for testing. Now, closed, the old Kennedy holdings resemble an abandoned military installation.

TX Tarrant County 1940s Map

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