Arlington, Texas

Arlington is a city located in Tarrant County, Texas. As of the 2000 U.S. Census, the city had a total population of 332,969, which makes it the seventh largest city in Texas. A more recent population estimate by the city is approximately 347,607 http://www.ci.arlington.tx.us/planning/stats.html. Arlington is within the Fort Worth–Arlington metropolitan division of the Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington metropolitan area, a title designated by the U.S. Census, and is colloquially referred to as the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex.

History

The city was founded in 1875 and is named after Arlington, Virginia. After the arrival of the railroad in 1876, it grew as a cotton-ginning and farming center, and incorporated in 1884. Large-scale industrialization began in 1954 with the arrival of a General Motors assembly plant. Automotive and aerospace development gave the city one of the nation?s greatest population growth rates between 1950 and 1990.

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1875 - Arlington, Virginia - 1876 - 1884 - Industrialization - 1954 - General Motors - Automotive - Aerospace - 1950 - 1990

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