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History
in a Pecan Shell
Named after Elisha Adam Euless (1848-1911)
who migrated to Texas from Bedford County, Tennessee
after the Civil War.
Settlement began in the early 1840s when Bird's Fort
was established just south of here. The community began a few years later where
the current airport is now. A post office opened in 1857 named Estill's Station.
After closing in 1868, it reopened under the name of Estelle in 1881. In
1881 Elisha Adam and Julia Euless built a home about a mile SW of the site and
opened a cotton gin. With his gin helping the community prosper, the town was
renamed for Euless. In 1886 the Euless Post Office opened.
Prior
to the arrival of the Rock Island Railroad, local farmers had to do business
in Dallas. After the railroad arrived
in 1903 and built a depot (named Candon then Tarrant by 1905), life
was much easier for cotton farmers. Tarrant
and Euless were a mere 2 miles apart although Tarrant’s population of 100
was four time greater than that of Euless. The order was switched when the railroad
discontinued service. In time the two towns merged – with Euless keeping
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1920s
Tarrant County map showing Tarrant and Euless NW of Fort
Worth
Courtesy Texas General Land Office |
In the early 20th
century, Tennessee Dairies operated a receiving plant here and the Fort Worth
Sand and Gravel Company opened a plant along the Trinity River. The supplemental
income from milk and sand kept local farmers afloat. A third supplement materialized
in the form of illegal whiskey distilling during prohibition.
After WWII
the population was around 300 and the Euless post office (which had been closed
in 1910) reopened in 1949.
The “HEB” School District” In the mid 1950s
the school in Euless merged with Hurst. In 1958 Bedford schools joined
the other two, forming the HEB school district. In the early 1950s Amon Carter
Field was built on the east side of Euless and State Highway 183 was paved. The
Euless Chamber of Commerce merged with the chamber of Hurst in 1955.
American
Airlines moved its headquarters to Euless in the late 1950s and the population
was over 4,000 for the 1960 census.
Hurst, Euless, and Bedford established
a shared hospital district in 1969. Euless's population topped 19,000 for 1970
and rose to 24,000 in 1980.
In 1990 the population surpassed 38,000 and
has since risen to 46,005 for the 2000 census.
Euless
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