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CITY OF BEDFORD PROFILE

GEOGRAPHY
The City of Bedford is located in Northeast
Tarrant County in the region of North Central
Texas. It lies approximately fourteen miles
from downtown Fort Worth and twenty-two
miles from downtown Dallas along SH 121.
Bedford is central to area airports situated BEDFORD
five miles west of DFW International
Airport, twenty-two miles west of Dallas
Love Field, and twenty-two miles southeast
of Alliance Airport. The City has a total land
area of approximately ten square miles, or
6,393 acres.

HISTORY

Settlers first arrived in the Bedford area in 1860. In 1869 Weldon Wiles
Bobo migrated to the area from Bedford County, Tennessee and
established a store named “Bobo’s Store.” He secured the first post
office in 1877, and the town was named Bedford for his home
county. By 1882, the community had grown to a population of about
2,000 and had 28 businesses along Bedford Road, including three
general stores, two drug stores, two blacksmith shops, two saloons,
two cotton gins, and a grist mill.

W.W. Bobo - Founder

Ink Drawing - Fitch Store

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