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Tarrant County
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county in Texas, United States
Tarrant County is a county located in Texas that is home to major cities including Fort Worth and Arlington. It is one of the most populous counties in the state and serves as an important economic and cultural hub in the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area.
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- Population
- 2110640
- Area
- 2324
- Official website
- tarrantcounty.com
- Image
- 0011Tarrant County Courthouse Full E Fort Worth Texas.jpg
- Households
- 722446
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- Commons category
- Tarrant County, Texas
- inception
- 1849-01-01
- water as percent of area
- 4.3
- native label
- Tarrant County
- per capita income
- 34045
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Tarrant County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas with a 2020 U.S. census population of 2,110,640, making it the third-most populous county in Texas and the 15th-most populous in the United States. Its county seat and largest city is Fort Worth. Tarrant County, one of 26 counties created out of the Peters Colony, was established in 1849 and organized the next year. It is named after Edward H. Tarrant, a lawyer, politician, and militia leader.
The ancestral homelands of Native American tribes: Caddo, Tonkawa, Comanche, and Cherokee covered Tarrant County. The Native American tribes resisted settlement and fought to defend their land. The Battle of Village Creek is a well-known battle that took place in Tarrant County.