Azle, Texas: Difference between revisions

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'''Azle''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|eɪ|z|əl}} {{Respell|AY|zəl}}) is a city west of [[Fort Worth, Texas|Fort Worth]] in [[Parker County, Texas|Parker]] and [[Tarrant County|Tarrant]] Counties in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Texas]]. As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the city population was 13,369.

 

 

==History==

The first recorded settlement at the site occurred in 1846, when James Azle Steward, a young doctor, moved into a log cabin built by a [[Dutch people|Dutchman]] named Rumsfeldt. Other settlers came and established themselves near the local streams, Ash Creek, Silver Creek, and Walnut Creek. Steward helped establish the first cemetery, Ash Creek. The oldest graves there are those of Dave Morrison (1849–1874) and W. P. Gregg (1833–1874).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~txtarran/historical13.htm|title=Historical Markers in Tarrant County - pg. 13|publisher=Tarrant County TXGenWeb }}</ref> The first post office opened in 1881, and the town took the name of O'Bar, in honor of the man who obtained the postal service. A short time later in 1883, the name was changed to Azle at the request of Steward, who donated the land for a townsite.<ref>{{cite web

|url=http://www.stoppingpoints.com/texas/sights.cgi?marker=James+Azle+Steward&cnty=tarrant

Azle is on [[Texas State Highway 199|State Highway 199]], {{convert|17|mi}} northwest of downtown [[Fort Worth, Texas|Fort Worth]], in the northwest corner of Tarrant County; the town extends partly into Parker County.

 

 

==Demographics==

| 2010 = 10947

| 2020 = 13369

| estref = <ref name="USCensusEst2019CenPopScriptOnlyDirtyFixDoNotUse">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/tables.2019.html|date=May 24, 2020|title=Population and Housing Unit Estimates|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=May 27, 2020}}</ref>

| footnote = U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015 }}</ref>

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{| class="wikitable"

|+'''Azle racial composition as of 2020'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US4805168&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2 |access-date=2022-05-21 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref><br /> (NH = Non-Hispanic){{efn|Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/en.html|title=Census.gov|website=Census.gov}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=About the Hispanic Population and its Origin |url=https://www.census.gov/topics/population/hispanic-origin/about.html |website=www.census.gov |access-date=18 May 2022}}</ref>}}

==Education==

 

 

==Notable people==

*[[John Atwell (racing driver)|John Atwell]], NASCAR driver

*[[Andrew Greer]], musician

*[[Robert Landers]], Senior PGA golfer

*[[Ken Maddox]], California politician, Azle High School alumnus

*[[Les Peden]], American baseball player

*[[James Reasoner]], author of over 150 Westerns

*[[Chas Skelly]], UFC Fighter

*[[Shelbi Vaughan]], Olympic discus thrower

*[[John T. Walker (USMC)|John T. Walker]], USMC Lieutenant General