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Arlington Quick Facts
The City of Arlington is a diverse metropolitan area located approximately 20 miles west of downtown Dallas and 12 miles east of downtown Fort Worth. What started as a small rural farming community in 1884 is now the nation’ s 50 th largest city with more than 380,000 residents. From a regional perspective, Arlington is the seventh-largest city in Texas. Arlington is a community where citizens, civic organizations, businesses and city government work together to ensure the community retains its hometown identity, high quality of life and natural beauty.
Arlington is known for being a travel destination, boasting some of the area’ s and nation’ s top family-friendly attractions including AT & T Stadium( home of the Dallas Cowboys), Six Flags Over Texas, Six Flags Hurricane Harbor, International Bowling Campus and Globe Life Park( home of the Texas Rangers).
Arlington also is home to quality medical, research and learning institutions like The University of Texas at Arlington and
“ Welcome to the Entertainment Capital of Texas!”- Mayor Jeff Williams
Tarrant County College, as well as Arlington, Mansfield, Kennedale and Hurst-Euless-Bedford independent school districts, and charter, private, parochial and home schools.
For more information, visit www. ArlingtonTX. gov.
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Arlington, Texas Police Department
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