Fort Worth, Texas

City of Fort Worth
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Nickname(s): Cowtown[1]; Panther City[1]
Motto: "Where the West begins"[1]
Location of Fort Worth in Tarrant County, Texas
Coordinates: 32°45'26.49?N 97°19'59.45?W? / ?32.7573583, -97.3331806
Country	United States
State	Texas
Counties	Tarrant, Denton, Wise, Parker
Government
- Mayor	Michael J. Moncrief
Area
- City	298.9 sq mi (774.1 km²)
- Land	292.5 sq mi (757.7 km²)
- Water	6.3 sq mi (16.4 km²)
Elevation	653 ft (216 m)
Population (2007)[2]
- City	681,818 (17th)
- Density	1,827.8/sq mi (705.7/km²)
- Metro	6,145,037
Time zone	CST (UTC-6)
- Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
Area code(s)	682, 817
FIPS code	48-27000[3]
GNIS feature ID	1380947[4]
Website: fortworthgov.org

Fort Worth is the fifth-largest city in the state of Texas and the seventeenth-largest city in the United States.^[5] Situated in North Texas, Fort Worth covers nearly 300 square miles (780 km²) in Tarrant and Denton counties, serving as the county seat for Tarrant County. As of the 2007 U.S. Census estimate, Fort Worth had a population of 681,818.^[2] Fort Worth’s population has now reached 702,850, according to new estimates released by the North Central Texas Council of Governments. The city is the second-largest cultural and economic center of the Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington metropolitan area (commonly called the Metroplex). Fort Worth and the surrounding Metroplex area offer numerous business opportunities and a wide array of attractions.

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.^{[citation needed]}