Tarrant County is located in the
U.S. state of
Texas
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. As of
2020
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, it had a population of 2,110,640. It is Texas' third-most populous county and the
15th-most populous in the
United States
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. Its
county seat
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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
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militia
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.
Geography
According to the
U.S. Census Bureau, the county has an area of , of which is land and (4.3