BLUE MOUND, TEXAS

Tarrant County, Central Texas North

32°51'18"N 97°20'17"W (32.855073, -97.337959)

FM 156
Just W of 35W
8 Miles N of Fort Worth the county seat
Adjoining Saginaw, Texas
ZIP code 76131
Area code 817
Population: 2,393 (2020)
2,394 (2010) 2,388 (2000) 2,133 (1990)

History in a Pecan Shell

Absorbed into greater Fort Worth, the town was named after a geographic rise in the landscape. Scottish immigrant John Kennedy opened a laboratory here in the 1920s to manufacture a remedy to control Black Leg - a serious cattle disease. Kennedy also invested in real estate and built the Globe Aircraft Company - a facility that was once used by Bell Helicopter for testing. Now, closed, the old Kennedy holdings resemble an abandoned military installation.

Tarrant County 1940s map showing Blue Mound
(N of Fort Worth) near Wise and Denton County lines
From Texas state map #4335
Courtesy Texas General Land Office

Take a road trip

Blue Mound, Texas Nearby Towns:
Fort Worth the county seat
Arlington
Denton
Decatur
See Tarrant County | Central Texas North

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