Primrose, Tarrant County, Texas

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Primrose, Texas
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Coordinates: 32°36′42″N97°26′00″W / 32.61167°N 97.43333°W / 32.61167; -97.43333
CountryUnited States
State Texas
County Tarrant
Elevation
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774 ft (236 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s) 682 and 817
GNIS feature ID1378909 [1]

Primrose is an unincorporated community in Tarrant County, Texas, United States. [1]

History

Primrose is located directly east of Benbrook Lake, ten miles south-west of Fort Worth and was originally a community of farmers and ranchers. [2] In the 1870s the St. Louis and San Francisco Railway arrived and in 1990 Primrose appeared as a stop on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. [3]

The community remains semi-rural, located on the southern edge of the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Primrose, Tarrant County, Texas
  2. J.D, Gregory A. Boyd (2011). Texas Land Survey Maps for Tarrant County. Arphax Publishing Company. ISBN   978-1-4203-5168-2.
  3. Association, Texas State Historical. "Primrose, TX (Tarrant County)". Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved May 20, 2024.
  4. Winton, Will McClain; Adkins, Walter Scott (1919). The Geology of Tarrant County. The University.