Eagle Mountain Lake (~8,694 acres)
Eastern boundary · forms heart of identity since 1932 dam
City · Tarrant County
Azle
Population ~13,700 · azle-isd
Gateway to Eagle Mountain Lake
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Azle ISD B-rated
~6,600 students · serves Azle, Lakeside, Pelican Bay, parts of Reno-Tarrant
Two-county city
Bulk in Tarrant; smaller portion in Parker
Local News
Azle headlines
What's happening in Azle right now
🏛️ Civic
Sting Fling marks more than a decade as the city's big event
The Azle Sting Fling, the city's largest annual community festival, was created in 2008 to support Azle High School's Hornet athletic programs and now draws several thousand visitors on the second Saturday in September. Source: Azle Area Chamber of Commerce.
Annual · Source: azlestingfling.com
🎓 Schools
Azle ISD spans three counties
Azle ISD covers about 95 square miles across Tarrant, Parker and Wise counties and also serves Lakeside, Pelican Bay, Reno and Sanctuary. Source: Azle ISD.
Ongoing · Source: azleisd.net
📈 Growth
Eagle Mountain Lake gateway
Azle is the closest sizable city to Eagle Mountain Lake and serves as the commercial hub for lake communities including Pelican Bay and Lakeside. Source: City of Azle.
Ongoing · Source: cityofazle.org
🌊 Heritage
Eagle Mountain Dam (1932) transformed Azle from inland farm town to lake community
Eagle Mountain Dam completed in 1932 created the ~8,694-acre Eagle Mountain Lake — reshaping Azle from a strictly inland farming town into a lake-recreation community. The city straddles Tarrant + Parker counties today. Source: Wikipedia.
From across Tarrant County
🗳️ Election
Contested mayor races in nine Tarrant cities on May 2 ballot
The May 2, 2026 ballot featured contested races for mayor in nine Tarrant cities: Arlington, Euless, Keller, Kennedale, North Richland Hills, Pelican Bay, Sansom Park, Westlake, and Westover Hills. The slate also included numerous city council positions, school board trustee seats, and other municipal offices across the county. Source: NBC 5 DFW / Tarrant County Elections.
🗳️ Politics
Taylor Rehmet (D) wins Texas State Senate District 9 special election
In Tarrant County's state Senate District 9 special election held November 4, 2025, Democrat Taylor Rehmet finished as the top vote-getter, ahead by roughly 14,000 votes and a margin of nearly 15%. Rehmet replaces Republican Kelly Hancock, who left the seat in 2025 to become acting state comptroller. Rehmet completes the remainder of Hancock's term. Source: NBC 5 DFW.
Around Town
Around Town
Azle's places, people, and traditions
Landmark
Eagle Mountain Lake
Built in 1932 by the Tarrant Regional Water District on the West Fork of the Trinity River, the 8,694-acre lake is the heart of recreation in western Tarrant County. Azle sits a few miles south of the dam.
Year-round
Event
Azle Sting Fling
Held the second Saturday in September and run by the Azle Area Chamber of Commerce, the festival evolved from the 1970s Azle Jamboree and the 1990 Eagle Mountain Bike Tour. It was rebranded 'Sting Fling' in 2008 in support of the Azle Hornets.
Annual · September
Park
Shady Grove Park
City park on Silver Creek Road with sports fields, a splash pad, and playgrounds; host to many of Azle's youth athletics leagues.
Year-round
Heritage
Azle Historical Museum
Local history museum operated by the Azle Area Historical Association, with collections on the area's farming and lake-resort heritage.
Year-round
Known for
- Eagle Mountain Lake recreation
- Azle ISD
- Annual Sting Fling festival
- Historic Texas 199 corridor
The Story of Azle
Azle's story starts in 1846, when a young doctor named James Azle Steward moved into a log cabin on the frontier northwest of Fort Worth. When the area got its first post office in 1881, it was briefly called O'Bar — but in 1883 the name was changed to Azle at Steward's request, after he donated the land for a townsite.
Early Azle was farm country, growing wheat, corn, peanuts, sorghum and cotton alongside orchards of peaches, plums and pears and fields of watermelons and cantaloupes. By 1920 the census counted about 150 residents.
Everything changed with water. The lake on the Trinity River just east of town had been spotted by nesting bald eagles back in 1907 — which is how Eagle Mountain Lake got its name. The dam was built between 1930 and 1932, and once State Highway 199 reached town from Fort Worth, Azle became a lakeside community.
Today Azle straddles the Parker–Tarrant county line as a lake-led town of Hornets and weekend boaters, with most of the city in Tarrant County and a slice in Parker.
Sources: Texas State Historical Association, Handbook of Texas; City of Azle.
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Birdville ISD Board of Trustees
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Tarrant County Commissioners Court
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Fort Worth City Council
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TUE
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Arlington City Council
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MON
8
Northwest ISD Board of Trustees
6:30pm · agenda online
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Keller ISD Board of Trustees
6:30pm · agenda online
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Carroll ISD Board of Trustees
5:30pm · agenda online
🎈 Kids Trading Post · Azle 1 activities →
Storytime, classes, camps, leagues, and open-play in Azle, sourced from libraries and partner orgs. Updated nightly · no manual data entry.
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Sports
Azle Sports (Azle ISD)
School-district athletics + city rec
ISD Athletics
Azle ISD — Hornets
Azle students participate in Azle ISD athletics. UIL classification varies by HS enrollment.
Source: Azle ISD
Community Rec
Azle parks + community programs
City Parks & Rec coordinates youth + adult community recreation programs scaled to Azle's pop.
Source: City of Azle
Cross-District
Friday-night football in the surrounding district
For HS football fans, the closest district games are in Azle ISD stadiums — typically a short drive within the Mid-Cities or NE/NW Tarrant corridor.
Source: Azle ISD
⭐ Game of the week
Carroll Dragons — district football (anchor program)
🏈 District football ·
Tarrant County's anchor programs — Carroll (8 state titles), Keller (top-of-district 5A), Mansfield (B-rated district), Arlington Martin (AISD flagship), Fossil Ridge (KISD power program) — get priority weekly coverage from the news radar. Carroll Dragons headline the off-season anchor framing; weekly schedule populates from MaxPreps DFW + each ISD's athletics site.
📜 On this day in Tarrant County sports
1988
🏈 Carroll (Southlake) Dragons claim 1st state football championship — beginning of the dynasty that would produce 8 UIL state titles. Under coach Bob Ledbetter.
1993
🏈 Carroll Dragons capture their 3rd state football title (1988, 1992, 1993 = three-in-a-row 3A run under Coach Ledbetter; QB Kris Brown led the '93 squad past Cuero).
2011
🏈 Carroll Dragons win their 8th and most recent UIL state football title — capping the program's run as Tarrant County's most successful HS football dynasty.
2018
🥎 Mansfield Tigers softball reaches UIL state semifinals — anchor moment for MISD's growing softball program under HC Gregory George's broader program leadership.
2026
🏃 Keller ISD sends 11 athletes to UIL State Track & Field — multiple medal-stand finishes per district release.
📻 Radio guide
Southlake Carroll Dragons football
KKGM 1630 AM (Fort Worth; news/sports) — exclusive radio home of Carroll football
Dragon Sports Network
Aledo Bearcats football (Tarrant-area marquee program)
KTFW-FM 92.1 'Hank FM' (LKCM Radio Group; country) — flagship for Aledo broadcasts
Aledo Sports Network
Arlington ISD football (Martin · Lamar · Bowie)
NFHS Network (streaming platform) — official AISD broadcast partner
NFHS Network
Mansfield Tigers football
NFHS Network (streaming platform) — Mansfield ISD live broadcasts
NFHS Network
Keller / Fossil Ridge (Keller ISD) football
NFHS Network (streaming platform) — Keller ISD live broadcasts
NFHS Network
Fort Worth-area HS football game of the week
KTCU-FM 88.7 'The Choice' (TCU student station, Fort Worth)
KTCU 88.7
🏆 UIL playoff bracket
No active Tarrant County UIL playoff bracket on the desk. Populates when a Tarrant County team is in a UIL playoff round (football, basketball, baseball/softball, volleyball). Source: UIL playoff records.
Activities
Things to do in Azle
Kids, library, sports, fitness, classes, camps, open play — sourced from libraries, parks, and partner orgs across Azle.
story-time
Azle Memorial Library Storytime
Weekly
Azle Memorial Library · 333 W. Main St, Azle
Civic & Government
Civic & Government
Azle city hall, schools, and county connection
Government
Home-rule city, council-manager form
Azle is governed under a home-rule charter with a mayor and six council members, supported by a city manager.
Schools
Served by Azle ISD
Azle ISD's 95 square miles include Azle, Lakeside, Pelican Bay, Reno and Sanctuary across Tarrant, Parker and Wise counties.
County
Tarrant County (judge Tim O'Hare)
Most of Azle is in Tarrant County, with a small portion in Parker County. Commissioners Court meets at 100 E. Weatherford St., Fort Worth. Tarrant County Judge Tim O'Hare; sheriff Bill Waybourn.
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By the Numbers
By the Numbers
Pop
~13,700 residents
Mid-sized suburb on NW edge of Fort Worth metro. Most residents on Tarrant side.
Current · Source: Wikipedia
Enrollment
~6,600 students in Azle ISD
B accountability rating under TEA standards.
Current · Source: Azle ISD
Counties
Two-county city
Bulk in Tarrant; configuration shapes voter registration, property tax, emergency response.
Reference · Source: Wikipedia
Lake
Eagle Mountain Lake frontage
~8,694 acres; forms eastern boundary of city.
Reference · Source: Wikipedia
Distance
~15 mi to Fort Worth
Downtown FW SE via SH 199.
Reference · Source: Wikipedia
Founded
Incorporated 1957
Roots extend to mid-1800s as rural Tarrant settlement.
1957 · Source: TSHA
Population
13,700
Type
city
School District
azle-isd
County
Parker (mostly Tarrant)
School ISDs in Tarrant County
Tarrant County ISDs by enrollment + TEA 2024-25 accountability rating.
| ISD | Enrollment | Rating | Mascot |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Worth ISD | 70,184 | C | Panthers |
| Arlington ISD | 56,000 | C | Various |
| Lewisville ISD | 50,000 | B | Various |
| Mansfield ISD | 35,000 | B | Tigers |
| Keller ISD | 34,078 | B | Indians |
| Northwest ISD | 32,000 | B | Texans |
| Birdville ISD | 22,637 | C | Hawks |
| Eagle Mountain-Saginaw ISD | 22,000 | B | Eagles |
| Hurst-Euless-Bedford ISD (HEB) | 22,000 | B | Trojans |
| Crowley ISD | 16,000 | C | Eagles |
| Grapevine-Colleyville ISD | 12,520 | B | Mustangs |
| Burleson ISD | 12,000 | B | Elks |
| Carroll ISD | 8,300 | A | Dragons |
| White Settlement ISD | 6,700 | C | Brewers |
| Azle ISD | 6,600 | C | Hornets |
| Everman ISD | 5,500 | C | Bulldogs |
| Castleberry ISD | 4,000 | B | Lions |
| Kennedale ISD | 3,400 | C | Wildcats |
| Lake Worth ISD | 2,700 | D | Bullfrogs |
Updated 2026-05-27
Ask the Desk
Questions about Azle
What are Tarrant County's 2025 property tax rates?
Tarrant County (general portion): ~$0.19 per $100. City of Fort Worth: $1.0624. City of Arlington: $1.0929 (down ~1¢ from 2024). Combined rates from Fort Worth ISD + City of Fort Worth + Tarrant County College bring the total for most Fort …
Who is Tarrant County's County Judge?
Tim O'Hare. He is the 33rd County Judge of Tarrant County since the county's founding in 1849, took office January 1, 2023, and his current term runs through January 1, 2027. He is running for re-election November 3, 2026, and has said the …
Who is Tarrant County's Sheriff?
Bill E. Waybourn. Source: Tarrant County elected officials (tarrantcountytx.gov).
Who is the State Senator for Tarrant County's District 9?
Taylor Rehmet (Democrat), who won the November 4, 2025 special election to replace Republican Kelly Hancock — Hancock left to become acting state comptroller. Rehmet won by roughly 14,000 votes (~15% margin) and is completing the remainder …
Which ISD serves Azle?
Azle ISD (AISD) serves the city, with a TEA score of 78 (C) for 2024-25 (pending TEA confirmation) and approximately 6,600 students. The district's mascot is the Hornets. Azle ISD's main offices are at 300 Roe St in Azle. AISD also serves p…
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History
Founded 1881
From O'Banion's General Store to Eagle Mountain Lake gateway
Settlement of the area along the West Fork of the Trinity dates to the 1840s, but the modern community took shape when Dr. James Azle Stewart, an early landowner who had given land for a church and a school, donated land for a post office in 1881 on condition the town be named for him. The name Azle stuck. The 1932 completion of Eagle Mountain Lake transformed the area from a farming town into a recreation gateway. Azle incorporated in 1957, adopted a home-rule charter, and grew steadily as a commercial and school hub for the lake communities. The Azle Sting Fling, born in 2008 from earlier town festivals dating to the 1970s, remains the year's defining civic gathering. Sources: TSHA Handbook of Texas; City of Azle; Wikipedia.
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