Named for distinctive local hill
Landmark used by early travelers · predates incorporation
City · Tarrant County
Blue Mound
Population ~2,456 · eagle-mountain-saginaw-isd
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EMS ISD B (87)
Eagle Mountain-Saginaw ISD serves Blue Mound
Working-class N Tarrant community
~2,456 residents · in fast-growing Saginaw/Alliance corridor
Local News
Blue Mound headlines
What's happening in Blue Mound right now
🏛️ History
Globe Aircraft and Bell Helicopter shaped the city
Scottish immigrant John Kennedy founded Globe Laboratories in 1920 to make cattle serum, then bought several hundred acres at Blue Mound and Watauga roads in 1933 and added the Globe Aircraft Company. Bell Helicopter later used the Kennedy facility in the 1950s to develop early helicopters before moving out in 1960. Source: TSHA Handbook of Texas.
Ongoing · Source: tshaonline.org
🏛️ Civic
City named for a literal blue hill
The settlement that grew up around Kennedy's serum and aircraft works took its name from a nearby hill called the Blue Mound. The city incorporated in 1960 as a small bedroom community north of Fort Worth. Source: TSHA Handbook of Texas.
Ongoing · Source: tshaonline.org
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
Blue Mound's places, people, and traditions
Landmark
The Blue Mound itself
A small hill of bluish shale and limestone that gave the community its name, visible from Blue Mound Road on the city's east edge.
Year-round
Heritage
Globe Aircraft legacy
The Globe Aircraft Company built the GC-1 Swift, a sleek two-seat trainer that became a coveted post-WWII civilian airplane. Blue Mound's industrial past begins with this Kennedy-era complex.
Year-round
Park
Blue Mound City Park
Small municipal park near city hall, with playground and picnic facilities used for the city's community events.
Year-round
Known for
- Named for nearby Blue Mound hill
- Origins as Globe Aircraft / Globe Labs settlement
- Small bedroom community north of FW
- Saginaw / Eagle Mountain ISD adjacency
The Story of Blue Mound
Blue Mound takes its name from a nearby hill, but its story is pure Texas enterprise. In the 1920s Scottish immigrant John Kennedy founded Globe Laboratories to produce serum protecting cattle from blackleg disease, and in 1933 he bought several hundred acres near Blue Mound and Watauga roads to expand — and to launch the Globe Aircraft Company.
A settlement grew up around the Kennedy enterprises. First known as Saginaw Park, it took the name Blue Mound after the hill nearby.
The site's aviation legacy ran deep: in the 1950s Bell Helicopter used the old Kennedy facility to develop new helicopters.
Blue Mound incorporated in 1960 and grew into a small bedroom community eight miles north of Fort Worth, passing 2,000 residents by the mid-1970s.
Sources: Texas State Historical Association, Handbook of Texas.
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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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Northwest ISD Board of Trustees
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Keller ISD Board of Trustees
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Carroll ISD Board of Trustees
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Storytime, classes, camps, leagues, and open-play in Blue Mound, sourced from libraries and partner orgs. Updated nightly · no manual data entry.
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Sports
Blue Mound Sports (Eagle Mountain-Saginaw ISD)
School-district athletics + city rec
ISD Athletics
Eagle Mountain-Saginaw ISD — EMS ISD HSs
Blue Mound students participate in Eagle Mountain-Saginaw ISD athletics. UIL classification varies by HS enrollment.
Source: Eagle Mountain-Saginaw ISD
Community Rec
Blue Mound parks + community programs
City Parks & Rec coordinates youth + adult community recreation programs scaled to Blue Mound's pop.
Source: City of Blue Mound
Cross-District
Friday-night football in the surrounding district
For HS football fans, the closest district games are in Eagle Mountain-Saginaw ISD stadiums — typically a short drive within the Mid-Cities or NE/NW Tarrant corridor.
Source: Eagle Mountain-Saginaw 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 Blue Mound
Kids, library, sports, fitness, classes, camps, open play — sourced from libraries, parks, and partner orgs across Blue Mound.
class
Blue Mound Community Center — Recreation Programs
Ongoing · fitness, karate & social programs
City of Blue Mound · Blue Mound Community Center, 1824 Fagan Dr, Blue Mound
event
Citywide Clean Up Day
Annual community event
City of Blue Mound · Blue Mound, TX
Civic & Government
Civic & Government
Blue Mound city hall, schools, and county connection
Government
Type A general-law city
Blue Mound has a mayor and five aldermen. The city was incorporated in 1960.
Schools
Served by Eagle Mountain–Saginaw ISD
Blue Mound students attend Eagle Mountain–Saginaw ISD, which serves a swath of northern Tarrant County including Saginaw and Watauga-area neighborhoods.
County
Tarrant County (judge Tim O'Hare)
Blue Mound sits in Tarrant 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
~2,456 residents
Per Wikipedia ~2,456 as of most recent Census. Relatively stable — reflects built-out, compact residential footprint.
2020 · Source: Wikipedia
Setting
Compact city in growing N Tarrant corridor
Even as N Tarrant corridor — Saginaw, Haslet, Alliance — has experienced rapid growth, Blue Mound itself has remained small + compact. Among smaller municipalities in county.
Census · Source: Wikipedia
Population
2,456
Type
city
School District
eagle-mountain-saginaw-isd
Ask the Desk
Questions about Blue Mound
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 Blue Mound?
Eagle Mountain-Saginaw ISD (EMS ISD) serves Blue Mound. EMS ISD earned a B (87) on TEA accountability and enrolls approximately 22,000 students across Saginaw, Blue Mound, Lake Worth, and northwest Fort Worth. The mascot is the Eagles, and …
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History
Founded 1933
From cattle serum to airplanes to bedroom suburb
Blue Mound began with a Scottish immigrant named John Kennedy, who in 1920 founded Globe Laboratories to produce blackleg-immunization serum for cattle. In 1933 Kennedy bought several hundred acres at the intersection of Blue Mound and Watauga roads to expand the serum business and to launch a new venture, the Globe Aircraft Company, whose GC-1 Swift trainer became a postwar civilian favorite. A settlement of workers and their families grew up around the Kennedy plant, and they named it Blue Mound after the small hill nearby. During the 1950s Bell Helicopter used the Kennedy facility to develop helicopters, then left in 1960. That same year the residents incorporated the City of Blue Mound, anchoring the community as a small north Tarrant County town as Fort Worth grew up around it. Sources: TSHA Handbook of Texas; City of Blue Mound; Wikipedia.
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