NISD B (89)
32,000+ students · 2023 $4.7B bond
City · Tarrant County
Haslet
Population ~2,118 · northwest-isd
☕ Haslet brief Mon, Jun 1
Inside Alliance footprint
BNSF intermodal + FedEx Express hub + Amazon Air nearby
Library: 2025 Achievement of Excellence
Top 20% of TX public library systems
Local News
Haslet headlines
What's happening in Haslet right now
📈 Growth
Population doubles in four years
Haslet's population grew from roughly 1,950 in the 2020 census to an estimated 5,032 by 2024, one of the fastest-growing rates in Tarrant County, fueled by single-family development on the city's south and west edges. Source: City of Haslet; U.S. Census.
2024 · Source: haslet.org
🏛️ Civic
AllianceTexas drives the local tax base
The 26,000-acre AllianceTexas master-planned development that surrounds Haslet generated billions in annual economic impact for North Texas in recent years, with the BNSF Alliance Intermodal Facility marking 30 years in 2024. Source: BNSF; Texas Comptroller.
2024 · Source: bnsf.com
🎓 Schools
Northwest ISD adds capacity to keep pace
Northwest ISD, which serves Haslet across Tarrant, Denton and Wise counties, has been adding 1,400 to 1,600 students per year and earned a B rating in TEA's 2025 accountability report. Source: Northwest ISD.
2025 · Source: nisdtx.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
Haslet's places, people, and traditions
Landmark
Perot Field Fort Worth Alliance Airport
Opened in 1989 as the world's first industrial airport in partnership between Hillwood, the FAA and the City of Fort Worth, it anchors AllianceTexas and Haslet's industrial corridor. UPS and FedEx Express both operate sorting hubs there.
Year-round
Landmark
BNSF Alliance Intermodal Facility
The 500-acre rail terminal opened in 1994 to handle 500 trailers and containers a day; today it averages about 2,700, with a single-day record of 3,900 lifts. It is one of the busiest inland intermodal ports in North America.
Year-round
Heritage
Santa Fe Railway origins
Haslet grew up around an 1883 stop on the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway and took its name from the Michigan hometown of the line's contractor. A post office opened in 1887.
Year-round
Event
Haslet Community Night
An annual outdoor gathering at City Hall Park featuring food trucks, live music, and a fireworks show built around the city's small-town identity inside the Alliance corridor.
Annual
Known for
- AllianceTexas / Alliance Airport gateway
- Proximity to Texas Motor Speedway
- BNSF Alliance intermodal facility
- Major distribution / logistics hub
The Story of Haslet
Haslet began as a Santa Fe railroad stop. Settlers reached the area around 1880, but the community took shape in 1883 when the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway extended its tracks through; a post office followed in 1887.
The name is a transplant — it honors Haslett, Michigan, the hometown of the railroad's contractor. Local lore offers a colorful alternative: a telegram supposedly read 'Mr. Maloney HAS LET the railroad through,' after rancher Charles Maloney finally granted the line right-of-way.
For decades Haslet was a small farm town of grocery stores, a cotton gin and a one-teacher school sixteen miles northwest of Fort Worth.
Its location near the Alliance corridor and BNSF's intermodal yard has since made Haslet a booming logistics and residential hub on the county's northern edge.
Sources: Texas State Historical Association, Handbook of Texas; City of Haslet.
🗓️ Coming this week Full calendar →
TUE
28
Birdville ISD Board of Trustees
6:30pm · agenda online
TUE
2
Tarrant County Commissioners Court
10am · agenda online
TUE
2
Fort Worth City Council
7pm · agenda online
TUE
2
Arlington City Council
6:30pm · agenda online
MON
8
Northwest ISD Board of Trustees
6:30pm · agenda online
MON
8
Keller ISD Board of Trustees
6:30pm · agenda online
MON
8
Carroll ISD Board of Trustees
5:30pm · agenda online
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Storytime, classes, camps, leagues, and open-play in Haslet, sourced from libraries and partner orgs. Updated nightly · no manual data entry.
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Sports
Haslet Sports (Northwest ISD)
School-district athletics + city rec
ISD Athletics
Northwest ISD — Eaton HS Eagles
Haslet students participate in Northwest ISD athletics. UIL classification varies by HS enrollment.
Source: Northwest ISD
Community Rec
Haslet parks + community programs
City Parks & Rec coordinates youth + adult community recreation programs scaled to Haslet's pop.
Source: City of Haslet
Cross-District
Friday-night football in the surrounding district
For HS football fans, the closest district games are in Northwest ISD stadiums — typically a short drive within the Mid-Cities or NE/NW Tarrant corridor.
Source: Northwest 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 Haslet
Kids, library, sports, fitness, classes, camps, open play — sourced from libraries, parks, and partner orgs across Haslet.
story-time
Roanoke Public Library Storytime
Weekly
Roanoke Public Library (serves Haslet area) · 308 S. Walnut St, Roanoke
Civic & Government
Civic & Government
Haslet city hall, schools, and county connection
Government
Type A general-law city
Haslet operates with a mayor and five council members. The city was incorporated on January 16, 1961.
Schools
Served by Northwest ISD
Northwest ISD spans Denton, Tarrant and Wise counties and serves Haslet along with Justin, Roanoke, Trophy Club, and parts of Fort Worth, Keller and Southlake.
County
Tarrant County (judge Tim O'Hare)
Haslet sits primarily 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
1,952 residents (2020 Census)
Up from 67 in 1903, 50 in 1915. 8.2 sq mi total area, 0.02 sq mi water, 702 ft elevation.
2020 · Source: Wikipedia
Demographics
Median age 45.1, 21% under 18
21.4% under 18, 17.1% 65+. 99.8 males per 100 females. 97.5% in areas classified urban.
2020 · Source: Wikipedia
Schools
NISD: 32,000+ students, B-89 rating
Northwest ISD serves 14 cities/towns/communities in 3 counties, 35 schools. TEA scaled score 89 — high B — with 18 academic distinctions.
Recent · Source: NISD
Logistics
Inside Alliance Intermodal footprint
Borders I-35W, US 287, Perot Field FW Alliance Airport. Alliance Terminal Railroad — Class III line based in Haslet — switches BNSF Alliance Intermodal. FedEx Express hub + Amazon Air operations nearby.
2026 · Source: Wikipedia (Alliance)
Population
2,118
Type
city
School District
northwest-isd
County
Tarrant + Denton
Ask the Desk
Questions about Haslet
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 Haslet?
Northwest ISD (NISD) primarily serves Haslet, with Eagle Mountain-Saginaw ISD covering some southern Haslet neighborhoods. Northwest ISD earned a B (81) on TEA 2024-25 accountability and enrolls approximately 32,000 students; its mascot is …
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History
Founded 1880s
From Santa Fe stop to Alliance gateway
Haslet began as a stop on the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway when the line was extended through northern Tarrant County in 1883, taking its name from the Michigan hometown of the railroad's contractor. A post office opened in 1887, and for the next eight decades Haslet remained a small farming and ranching crossroads. The town incorporated on January 16, 1961, partly to control its own destiny as Fort Worth pushed northward. The decisive change came in the late 1980s, when Ross Perot Jr.'s Hillwood and the City of Fort Worth opened Alliance Airport on land adjacent to Haslet and built out the 26,000-acre AllianceTexas industrial and logistics district. The BNSF intermodal hub followed in 1994. Today Haslet is the residential face of one of the largest inland ports in the United States. Sources: TSHA Handbook of Texas; City of Haslet; Wikipedia.
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