Map of Watauga city, Texas

Watauga (/wɒˈtɔːɡə/) is a city in Tarrant County, Texas, United States, and a suburb of Fort Worth. The population was 23,497 at the 2010 census. The city’s businesses and retail markets are generally located on Highway 377.

Watauga city overview:
Name:	Watauga city
LSAD Code:	25
LSAD Description:	city (suffix)
State:	Texas
County:	Tarrant County
Elevation:	607 ft (185 m)
Total Area:	4.16 sq mi (10.77 km²)
Land Area:	4.16 sq mi (10.77 km²)
Water Area:	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²)
Total Population:	23,497
Population Density:	5,886.27/sq mi (2,272.64/km²)
ZIP code:	76148, 76137
Area code:	817, 682
FIPS code:	4876672
GNISfeature ID:	1376659
Website:	ci.Watauga.TX.us

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History

The first settlers came to Tarrant County in 1843. The Texas and Pacific Railway came through present-day Watauga in 1881, which spurred a settlement of large farms and ranches. The settlement took its name from the pre-Revolutionary War Watauga Association settlement that was located in the northeastern section of East Tennessee, in areas surrounding the Sycamore Shoals of the Watauga River, near present-day Elizabethton, Tennessee.

Watauga received a railroad station and a post office in 1883. The population was 65 in the mid-1930s and 1940s, when the railroad station had closed. The population then grew due to defense plants to over 1000 in the 1960s. The population continued to grow to 7,050 in 1976, and 20,000 in 1990.

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Geography

Watauga is located at 32°52′17″N 97°14′57″W / 32.87139°N 97.24917°W / 32.87139; -97.24917 (32.871416, –97.249122). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 4.2 square miles (10.8 km), all of it land.

The city is entirely surrounded by the cities of Keller to the north, Fort Worth to the west, Haltom City to the southwest and North Richland Hills to the south and east. Almost all of the city’s land area is located east of US 377, though a portion extends west of that highway and includes homes and some city offices.

Places

Locations within city limits of Watauga include, Capp Smith Park, Watauga Pavilion and Watauga Public Library which is a sworn member of the Fort Worth-based METRO-PAC library catalog system. Other nearby attractions to Watauga and inside the Mid-Cities include North East Mall in Hurst (7–8 miles), Grapevine Lake and Grapevine Mills Mall (17 miles) in Grapevine, NRH20 in North Richland Hills (7 miles), and Southlake Town Square in Southlake (10 miles).

Transportation

No public transportation operates in Watauga, having not elected to join Trinity Metro but instead chosen to direct local sales tax option funds elsewhere.