Adjacent to NAS Fort Worth JRB
Former Carswell AFB — postwar growth shaped by base
City · Tarrant County
Westworth Village
Population ~2,603 · fort-worth-isd
☕ Westworth Village brief Mon, Jun 1
Name = Westover + Worth
Portmanteau of neighboring city names
FWISD serves residents
~2,603 residents · compact west-FW footprint
Local News
Westworth Village headlines
What's happening in Westworth Village right now
🏛️ Civic
Town hugs NAS JRB Fort Worth's east fence
Westworth Village sits on the eastern edge of Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth, the former Carswell Air Force Base. The base's transfer from the Air Force to the Navy in 1994 made it the first joint reserve base in the country. Source: Texas State Historical Association.
Ongoing · Source: tshaonline.org
🏛️ History
Carswell AFB renamed to honor a Fort Worth pilot
Fort Worth Army Air Field was renamed Carswell Air Force Base in 1948 to honor Major Horace S. Carswell, Jr., a Fort Worth native who died trying to save his damaged B-24 bomber crew. 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
Westworth Village's places, people, and traditions
Landmark
NAS JRB Fort Worth (Carswell Field)
The Navy-led joint reserve base on Westworth Village's western edge hosts Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps and Texas Air National Guard units. Its B-24 Liberator bomber heritage dates to a Consolidated Vultee factory built here in 1941.
Year-round
Park
Burton Hill Park
Small municipal park near city hall, used for community gatherings and youth recreation.
Year-round
Heritage
Bell Helicopter neighbor
Westworth Village sits near both NAS JRB and the Lockheed Martin Fort Worth plant where F-35 fighters are assembled, anchoring it in one of the densest defense-aerospace corridors in Texas.
Year-round
Known for
- Adjacent to NAS JRB Fort Worth (former Carswell AFB)
- Westworth Village Crossing redevelopment
- Trinity River frontage
- Quiet residential enclave west of FW
The Story of Westworth Village
Westworth Village owes its very existence to World War II. In 1941 the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce deeded 1,450 acres to the federal government to build a plant for B-24 Liberator bombers and an adjacent airfield — the facility that became Carswell Air Force Base.
That same year, residents of the new community just west of Fort Worth voted to incorporate, choosing an aldermanic government. The bomber plant, running within months of the U.S. entering the war, became the engine of the town's growth.
Westworth Village boomed alongside the base and the aircraft industry, swelling from about 500 residents in the 1950s to more than 4,500 by 1970 before layoffs at General Dynamics trimmed it back.
Today Westworth Village is a small city beside the airfield — now Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base — four miles west of downtown Fort Worth.
Sources: Texas State Historical Association, Handbook of Texas.
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Sports
Westworth Village Sports (Fort Worth ISD)
School-district athletics + city rec
ISD Athletics
Fort Worth ISD — FWISD HSs
Westworth Village students participate in Fort Worth ISD athletics. UIL classification varies by HS enrollment.
Source: Fort Worth ISD
Community Rec
Westworth Village parks + community programs
City Parks & Rec coordinates youth + adult community recreation programs scaled to Westworth Village's pop.
Source: City of Westworth Village
Cross-District
Friday-night football in the surrounding district
For HS football fans, the closest district games are in Fort Worth ISD stadiums — typically a short drive within the Mid-Cities or NE/NW Tarrant corridor.
Source: Fort Worth 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 Westworth Village
Kids, library, sports, fitness, classes, camps, open play — sourced from libraries, parks, and partner orgs across Westworth Village.
event
Westworth Village Community Fall Festival
Annual community festival
City of Westworth Village · Westworth Village, TX
Civic & Government
Civic & Government
Westworth Village city hall, schools, and county connection
Government
Council-manager form, general-law city
Westworth Village is governed by a mayor and five council members. The town's small footprint sits between the Trinity River and the eastern boundary of NAS JRB Fort Worth.
Schools
Served by Fort Worth ISD
Westworth Village students attend Fort Worth Independent School District, the second-largest school district in Texas.
County
Tarrant County (judge Tim O'Hare)
Westworth Village 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
~2,603 residents
Per Wikipedia ~2,603 as of most recent Census. Modest growth over recent decades while preserving small-municipality character.
2020 · Source: Wikipedia
Setting
Compact footprint on FW west side
Small geographic footprint constrained by surrounding city limits + NAS FW JRB. Little room for outward expansion — growth has come through redevelopment within existing parcels.
Census · Source: Wikipedia
Population
2,603
Type
city
School District
fort-worth-isd
Ask the Desk
Questions about Westworth Village
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 Westworth Village?
Fort Worth ISD serves Westworth Village. FWISD earned a C (73) on TEA 2024-25 accountability — its second consecutive year of improvement — and enrolls approximately 70,184 students. Westworth Village (~2,603 residents, Census 2020) is a sm…
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History
Founded 1941
A village built around a bomber plant
Westworth Village owes its existence to the run-up to World War II. In 1941 the federal government picked a site on the west side of Fort Worth for a Consolidated Vultee bomber plant to produce B-24 Liberators, with a companion landing field called Tarrant Field. Construction of an adjacent air base was authorized after Pearl Harbor and the field opened as Tarrant Field Airdrome in July 1942. Workers at the plant and at what would become Carswell Air Force Base needed somewhere to live, and the residential community that grew up east of the runway incorporated as Westworth Village to control its own zoning and services. The base was renamed Carswell in 1948 for a fallen Fort Worth B-24 pilot, then transitioned to Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth on October 1, 1994 in the first joint-service reserve base conversion in U.S. history. Westworth Village remains tightly tied to the base economy. Sources: TSHA Handbook of Texas; City of Westworth Village; Wikipedia.
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