Fort Worth
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Summary
Fort Worth is a city in the United States[1]. It ranks in the top 0.37% of city in the united states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (14,332 views/month, #35 of 9,394).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Tarrant County[3], Denton County[4], Parker County[5], Wise County[6]
- Country: United States[7]
- Located in or next to body of water: Trinity River[8]
- Head of government: Betsy Price[9], Mattie Parker[10]
- Instance of: big city[11], county seat[12]
- Shares border with: River Oaks[13], Keller[14], Forest Hill[15], Haltom City[16]
- Named after: William J. Worth[17]
- Twinned administrative body: Budapest[18], Reggio Emilia[19], Nagaoka[20], Trier[21], Bandung[22], Toluca de Lerdo[23], Mbabane[24], Guiyang[25], Nîmes[26], Saltillo[27], Monterrey[28]
- Postal code: 76101[29], 76102[30], 76103[31], 76104[32], 76105[33], 76106[34], 76107[35], 76108[36], 76109[37], 76110[38], 76111[39], 76112[40], 76113[41], 76114[42]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Fort Worth include Dallas-It metroplex[43], a metropolitan statistical area[44], in United States[45]; Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport[46], an international airport[47], in United States[48]; USS Fort Worth[49], a littoral combat ship[50]; Perot Field Fort Worth Alliance Airport[51], an airport[52], in United States[53]; Fort Worth Cats[54], a baseball team[55], in United States[56], founded in 2001[57]; and Fort Worth Spinks Airport[58], an airport[59], in United States[60].
Why It Matters
Fort Worth has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[61] It is known by 28 alternative names across languages and contexts.[62]
Entities named for it include Dallas-It metroplex[43], a metropolitan statistical area[44], in United States[45]; Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport[46], an international airport[47], in United States[48]; USS Fort Worth[49], a littoral combat ship[50]; Perot Field Fort Worth Alliance Airport[51], an airport[52], in United States[53]; Fort Worth Cats[54], a baseball team[55], in United States[56], founded in 2001[57]; and Fort Worth Spinks Airport[58], an airport[59], in United States[60].