Birdville was a former community in
Tarrant County, Texas
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 is Fort Worth. ...
, United States which was founded ''circa'' 1840. Today, the community is known and incorporated as
Haltom City.
History
A team of
Texas Rangers led by Jonathan Bird were dispatched by
Sam Houston
Samuel Houston (, ; March 2, 1793 – July 26, 1863) was an American general and statesman who played a prominent role in the Texas Revolution. He served as the first and third president of the Republic of Texas and was one of the first two indi ...
to establish a fort to defend local settlers from attack by natives and bandits. The fort was located southeast of the city near the present location of
Calloway's Lake on the north bank of the
Trinity River near the current location of the Viridian subdivision. In 1849, after the establishment of Camp Worth, new settlements began arising in the area, including Birdville, which had a population of around fifty by 1849, when
Tarrant County
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 is Fort Worth. T ...
was established. In August of the following year, Birdville was selected as the county seat, a title which it lost to
Fort Worth
Fort Worth is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the county seat of Tarrant County, Texas, Tarrant County, covering nearly into Denton County, Texas, Denton, Johnson County, Texas, Johnson, Parker County, Texas, Parker, and Wise County, Te ...
in November 1856. In 1882, Birdville's first public school was established, and the
Birdville Independent School District was established in 1896. The former area of Birdville was subsequently annexed by
Haltom City in the latter part of the 20th century.
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Former populated places in Texas