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MANSFIELD,
TEXAS
Tarrant/Johnson/Ellis
Counties, Central Texas N
On Hwy 287
Just S of Arlington
16 miles SE of Ft.
Worth
Population:
28,031 (2000) 15,615 (1990)
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History in
a Pecan Shell
The town's name
is an amalgam of the manes of Ralph Man and Julian Feild. These
two had the first steam-powered grist mill in the region and the
town grew up around the mill. Originally the town was Mansfeild,
but somewhere in time became the spelling changed to the more conventional
Mansfield. Feild was a Captain in the Confederacy and milled flour
for the southern troops. After the war, he landed a government contract
to supply the string of forts built to protect settlers.
In 1869, a
coeducational college was formed by a John Collier. The population
grew from 400 in 1884 to 1,000 in 1927 and the depression found
barely over 600 living there in 1933.
Mansfield's downtown section received a renovation in the early
1970s thanks to the cooperative efforts of the town's leaders and
graduate students of the University of Texas at Arlington's Institute
of Urban Studies.
Area Recreation
Joe Pool Lake
Joe Pool Lake is a 7, 400-acre impoundment with a 64
mile shoreline that serves as a reservoir for Midlothian. The northeastern
corner is in the city limits of Dallas,
and most of the remainder is in Grand
Prairie, but the lake also touches city limits of Cedar
Hill, Mansfield, and Midlothian.
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Mansfield
Tourist Information
Mansfield
Area Chamber of Commerce
116 N. Main St. Mansfield, TX 76063
Phone: (817) 473-0507
Mansfield
Economic Development
301 S. Main St., Suite 100 Mansfield, Texas 76063
Phone: (817) 453-1006
City of
Mansfield
http://www.mansfield-texas.com/
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Subject:
Texas historic trees
I've been stuck on your website for hours. ... I live in Mansfield,Texas,
actually about six miles north of old downtown Mansfield. I've lived
here since 1963 in an area that years ago was called the Bisbee
Courts. There are Cottonwood trees that are over 100 feet tall and
have to be at least a couple hundred years old, by far the largest
trees in the whole Fort Worth, Dallas area. ..... The Bisbee courts
was actually a stage coach stop in the old days with rooms to rent.
This place has several water wells and an underground spring that
has ran for years. Rumor has it that Bonnie and Clyde even stayed
here. ..... - David, May 20, 2002
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