Birdville was a former community inTarrant County, Texas, United States, which was foundedcirca 1840. Today, the community is known and incorporated asHaltom City.
A team ofTexas Rangers led by Jonathan Bird were dispatched bySam Houston to establish a fort to defend local settlers from attack by natives and bandits. The fort was located southeast of the city near the present location ofCalloway's Lake on the north bank of theTrinity River near the current location of the Viridian subdivision. In 1849, after the establishment of Camp Worth, new settlements began arising in the area, including Birdville, which had a population around 50 by 1849, whenTarrant County was established. In August of the following year, Birdville was selected as the county seat, a title which it lost toFort Worth in November 1856.[1] In 1882, Birdville's first public school was established, and theBirdville Independent School District was established in 1896. The former area of Birdville was subsequently annexed byHaltom City in the latter part of the 20th century.[2][3]
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