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On August 22, 1944, it was extended from 4.0 miles (6.4 km) north of Weatherford to Springtown and from 4.8 miles (7.7 km) northeast of Decatur to the Denton–Wise county line, closing one gap and partially closing another. On June 5, 1945, another section was added from the Parker–Hood county line to Granbury. Seven days later, FM 51 was ...
FM 1187 begins at Interstate 20 (I-20) west of Fort Worth, north of Aledo.The highway runs south to Aledo, where it intersects FM 5.Here, FM 1187 turns to the east. The highway turns back to the south and has a short overlap with U.S. Route 377 (US 377) near Benbrook Lake in the unincorporated community of Wheatland.
The county seat is Weatherford. [2] The county was created in 1855 and organized the following year. [3] It is named for Isaac Parker, a state legislator who introduced the bill that established the county in 1855. [4] Parker later fought in the Texas Brigade. [5] Parker County is included in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metropolitan ...
Weatherford (/ ˈ w ɛ ð ər f ər d /) [5] is a city in and the county seat of Parker County, Texas, United States. In 2020, its population was 30,854. [ 6 ] Weatherford is named after Thomas J. Weatherford, a State senator and advocate for Texas's secession to the Confederate States during the American Civil War .
Interstate 30 (I-30 [a]) is a major Interstate Highway in the southern states of Texas and Arkansas in the United States. I-30 travels 366.76 miles from I-20 west of Fort Worth, Texas, northeast via Dallas, and Texarkana, Texas, to I-40 in North Little Rock, Arkansas.
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I-30 northeast of Aledo I-820 in Fort Worth Chisholm Trail Parkway in Fort Worth US 377 in Benbrook I-35W in Fort Worth I-820 / US 287 in Fort Worth. I-20/US 287 travels concurrently to Arlington. Pres. George Bush Turnpike in Grand Prairie US 67 in Dallas I-35E on the Dallas–Lancaster city line I-45 on the Dallas–Hutchins city line
The Parker post office was established in 1880 by Littleberry Rudolph Fawks. Two years later, the name was changed to Aledo, likely suggested by a Texas & Pacific Railway official from Aledo, Illinois. [citation needed] A post office was established May 25, 1882 as Aledo, under postmaster Eli J. McConnell. [citation needed]