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Arlington is a city in Tarrant County, Texas, located in the Mid-Cities region of the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metropolitan statistical area, with a 2020 population of 394,266 making it the second-largest city in the county and the 50th-most populous in the United States. Founded in 1876 along the Texas and Pacific Railway and incorporated in 1884, Arlington grew from a cotton-ginning and farming center into a major urban hub, boasting modern utilities and services by 1910. The city is home to the University of Texas at Arlington, major corporate headquarters including General Motors' Arlington Assembly plant and D.R. Horton, and significant sports venues including Globe Life Field (Texas Rangers), AT&T Stadium (Dallas Cowboys), and College Park Center (Dallas Wings). Arlington is nationally known for hosting the original Six Flags amusement park (opened in the 1960s) and Hurricane Harbor theme park, as well as the International Bowling Campus, which houses the United States Bowling Congress and the International Bowling Museum and Hall of Fame. The city's colorful past includes the 1920s-1930s speakeasy and gambling operations at Top O' Hill Terrace and Arlington Downs, which operated as the state's first legal pari-mutuel racing venue after receiving its permit in 1933. Fort Worth, Texas is the county seat of Tarrant County covering nearly 350 square miles and the second-largest city in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex, with an estimated 2025 population of 1,028,117 making it the 10th-most populous city in the United States. Established in 1849 as an army outpost on a bluff overlooking the Trinity River by Major Ripley A. Arnold, Fort Worth has historically been a center of the Texas Longhorn cattle trade and maintains its Western heritage through traditional architecture and design. The city is home to world-renowned museums designed by celebrated architects including the Kimbell Art Museum (Louis Kahn), the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth (Tadao Ando), the Amon Carter Museum of American Art (Philip Johnson), and the Sid Richardson Museum featuring works by Frederic Remington and Charles Russell. Fort Worth hosts the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition and is home to major universities including the University of Texas at Arlington, Texas Christian University, and the University of North Texas Health Science Center, plus multinational corporations such as Bell Textron, American Airlines, and BNSF Railway. Despite Dallas holding the metropolitan population majority, Fort Worth has emerged as one of the fastest-growing cities in the United States. Weatherford is the county seat of Parker County, Texas, located 25 miles west of Fort Worth on Interstate 20, with a 2020 population of 30,854. Named after State Senator Thomas Jefferson Weatherford in 1854, the city was founded by Methodist minister Pleasant Tackett and 15 pioneer families and incorporated after Parker County's creation in 1855, with railroad service arriving in June 1880. The city earned the official designation "Peach Capital of Texas" from the Texas Legislature and hosts the Parker County Peach Festival, Weatherford's largest annual event, while also gaining recognition as the "cutting horse capital of the world" and home to the National Snaffle Bit Association headquarters. Notable landmarks include the 1908 Santa Fe Depot, Victorian and Queen Anne homes built around 1900, and the Second Empire-style Parker County Courthouse, with historic structures managed by the Parker County Heritage Society. Weatherford College, established 150 years ago as one of Texas's first community colleges, operates 35 study areas and 19 professional/technical programs in the city served by the Weatherford Independent School District and the Weatherford Democrat newspaper, publishing since 1895.