Brief History and Today's Highlights about Weatherford, Texas
The City of Weatherford occupies an area of about Twenty-four square miles. Weatherford is positioned at the intersections of U.S. Highways 180 and 80, approximately 30 miles west of the City of Fort Worth and roughly 60 miles west of the City of Dallas. Interstate 20 runs along the City's southern border and provides primary access to Fort Worth and Dallas.
Weatherford has retained a unique identity from the Dallas Fort Worth Metroplex yet its near location to this major urban region has had a strong effect. Residents find themselves with the ability to achieve a countryside standard of living without compromising the conveniences and labor market of a major metropolitan area. A number of Weatherford residents commute into the Metroplex to work.
Much of the City's economic progress is specifically attributable to its close location to the Metroplex. The City's key business employers find Weatherford appealing since it presents the benefits of convenient access to the region's key transportation and shipping infrastructure without the drawbacks related to physically locating within a huge urban location.
In the past, the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex has experienced a pretty low unemployment rate. It has additionally enjoyed the development of a diverse economic base. The outward development of Dallas/Fort Worth will influence the transition of Weatherford from its farming and ranching roots to greater urban residential, commercial, and industrial development.
The town of Weatherford incorporated in 1858 as the county seat of Parker County, and a post office was opened in 1859. The newly established county seat was half way on the stage run connecting Fort Worth and Fort Belknap. For its first 25 years Weatherford acted not only as the county seat but addionally as a safe haven for Parker County citizens, who fled to the city throughout the string of Indian raids which lasted till the early 1870s. Once the danger of Indian assaults abated, the city prospered. The tracks of the Texas and Pacific Railway reached Weatherford in 1880. 7 years after the Santa Fe line came into the city limits. In 1891 a regional line, the Weatherford, Mineral Wells and Northwestern Railway, began running. This network settled the county seat as a shopping and transport point for Parker County farmers and ranchers. In the mid-1890s Weatherford possessed an estimated population of 5,000 and 100 businesses, seven churches, a few schools, three banks, four hotels, three weekly newspapers (Weatherford Sun, Weatherford Constitution, and the Parker County News), and one institution of higher learning, Weatherford College.
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