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Rush Creek (Texas)
Rush Creek is a creek in Tarrant County, Texas. The creek rises near Mansfield and flows for twelve miles. The creek meets Village Creek to the west of Arlington. Rush Creek Linear Park Rush Creek Linear Park is a 116 acre park in Arlington. The park is split into two sections, with the southern section being located to the east of U.S. Route 287 U.S. Route 287 (US 287) is a north–south (physically northwest–southeast) United States highway. At long, it is the second longest three-digit U.S. Route, behind US 281. It serves as the major truck route between Fort Worth and Ama ..., and the northern section located to the south of Texas State Highway 303 in West Arlington. See also * Lynn Creek References Rivers of Texas Tarrant County, Texas {{Texas-river-stub ...
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Village Creek (Tarrant County) Texas
Village Creek is a tributary creek of the West Fork of the Trinity river in Tarrant and Johnson county, Texas, USA. It is the main inflow of Lake Arlington. It is approximately long. Its watershed is approximately . History On 24 May 1841, the "Battle of Village Creek" occurred, in which a group of seventy men (including some Texas Rangers) under the command of Edward H. Tarrant, attacked three American Indian encampments along the creek. A monument to this battle was erected at the nearby town of Handley in 1936. The work ''Springs of Texas'' notes that Tarrant attacked the communities while the Indian men were out hunting buffalo, and massacred women and children there. Course Its headwaters are in northern Johnson County, near Heiney Ranch Rd and FM 802 in Burleson. Flowing in a generally northerly direction through Burleson, it is joined by Shannon Creek from the west in Chisenhall Park, and turns northeasterly. Booger Creek joins from the west near I-35W and E Renf ...
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Tarrant County, Texas
Tarrant County is located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of 2020, it had a population of 2,110,640. It is Texas' third-most populous county and the 15th-most populous in the United States. Its county seat 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 was named in honor of General Edward H. Tarrant of the Republic of Texas militia. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has an area of , of which is land and (4.3%) is water. Adjacent counties * Denton County (north) * Dallas County (east) * Ellis County (southeast) * Johnson County (south) * Parker County (west) * Wise County (northwest) Communities Cities (multiple counties) * Azle (partly in Parker County) * Burleson (mostly in Johnson County) * Crowley (small part in Johnson County) * ''Fort Worth'' (small parts in Denton, Johnson, Parker and Wise counties) * Grand Prairie (partly in Dallas County an ...
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Mansfield, Texas
Mansfield is a suburban city in the U.S. state of Texas, and is part of the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex area. The city is located mostly in Tarrant county, with small parts in Ellis and Johnson counties. Its location is approximately 30 miles from Dallas and 20 miles from Fort Worth, and is adjacent to Arlington. As of the 2010 census, the population was 56,368, up from 28,031 in 2000. The estimated population in 2020 is 73,550. History The first wave of European settlers arrived in the rolling Cross Timbers country of north central Texas in the 1840s. Primarily of Scotch-Irish origins, these pioneer farmers came for the most part from southern states, following the frontier as it shifted west of the Mississippi. They entered an area where Native Americans had been living for thousands of years. The Comanche posed a serious threat to the settlers, and in 1849, the U.S. Army established Fort Worth to protect the farms along the sparsely populated frontier. The area southeast ...
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Arlington, Texas
Arlington is a city in the U.S. state of Texas, located in Tarrant County. It forms part of the Mid-Cities region of the Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington metropolitan statistical area, and is a principal city of the metropolis and region. The city had a population of 394,266 in 2020, making it the second-largest city in the county after Fort Worth. Arlington is the 50th-most populous city in the United States, the seventh-most populous city in the state of Texas, and the largest city in the state that is not a county seat. Arlington is home to the University of Texas at Arlington, a major urban research university, the Arlington Assembly plant used by General Motors, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Region IV, Texas Health Resources, Mensa International, and D. R. Horton. Additionally, Arlington hosts the Texas Rangers at Globe Life Field, the Dallas Cowboys at AT&T Stadium, the Arlington Renegades at Choctaw Stadium, the Dallas Wings at College Park Center, the Int ...
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Texas State Highway Spur 303
Spur 303 is a state highway between Interstate 820 in Fort Worth, and Duncanville Road in Dallas. At in length, it is Texas' longest highway spur. The portion in Dallas between Loop 12 and Mountain Creek Parkway (near Dallas Baptist University) is officially designated Kiest Boulevard, and it also passes over the Mountain Creek Lake Bridge (however, the stretch between Mountain Creek Parkway and SE 14th Street, which is the location of the bridge, is not part of the Spur).The minute order notes the stretch ending at Florina Road; this road was later renamed Mountain Creek Parkway. The portion in Arlington and Grand Prairie is designated Pioneer Parkway. The portion in Fort Worth is designated Rosedale Street and ends at Interstate 820. Route description Spur 303 begins at an interchange at I-820 in Fort Worth and heads east as Rosedale Street. It runs by SH 180 as it passes by Lake Arlington. It becomes Pioneer Parkway due north of Lake Arlington and remains so as it passes ...
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Lynn Creek (Texas)
Lynn Creek is a creek in Tarrant County, Texas. The creek rises in south Arlington, and runs to the east, through the Lynn Creek Linear Park, passing under Texas State Highway 360 before meeting Joe Pool Lake near Grand Prairie Grand Prairie is a city in Dallas, Tarrant, and Ellis counties of Texas, in the United States. It is part of the Mid-Cities region in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. It had a population of 175,396 according to the 2010 census, making it th .... History The creek was named after William Lynn, a settler that had a farm in the area during the 19th Century. See also * Rush Creek References Rivers of Texas Tarrant County, Texas {{Texas-river-stub ...
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Rivers Of Texas
The list of rivers of Texas is a list of all named waterways, including rivers and streams that partially pass through or are entirely located within the U.S. state of Texas. Across the state, there are 3,700 named streams and 15 major rivers accounting for over of waterways. All of the state's waterways drain towards the Mississippi River, the Texas Gulf Coast, or the Rio Grande, with mouths located in seven major estuaries. Major waterways *Angelina River * Blanco River *Bosque River *Brazos River *Colorado River *Concho River *Canadian River * Guadalupe River * James River *Lampasas River *Lavaca River *Leon River *Little River *Llano River *Navidad River *Neches River *Nolan River *Nueces River **Frio River * Paluxy River * Pease River *Pedernales River *Prairie Dog Town Fork Red River * Red River *Rio Grande ** Devils River **Pecos River * Sabine River *San Antonio River **Medina River *San Bernard River * San Gabriel River * San Jacinto River *San Marcos River *San Saba Riv ...
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