Saginaw, Texas
| Saginaw, Texas | |
|---|---|
| City | |
| City of Saginaw | |
 Location of Saginaw in Tarrant County, Texas |
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| Coordinates: 32°51′42″N 97°22′00″W / 32.86167°N 97.36667°W | |
| Country |
 United States |
| State |
 Texas
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| County |
 Tarrant
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| Government | |
| • Type | Council-Manager |
| • City Council |
Mayor Gary Brinkley David Flory Ed Larson Todd Flippo Delbert Sedberry Alex McGraw Jackie Nethery |
| • City Manager | Nan Stanford |
| Area | |
| • Total | 7.5 sq mi (19.4 km2) |
| • Land | 7.5 sq mi (19.4 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Elevation | 728 ft (222 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 19,806 |
| • Density | 2,600/sq mi (1,000/km2) |
| Time zone | CST (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| ZIP codes | 76131, 76179 |
| Area code(s) | 817 |
| FIPS code | 48-64112 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1345838 |
| Website | City of Saginaw, Texas |
Saginaw (frequently known as Eagle Mountain-Saginaw) is a small city in Tarrant County, Texas, United States, and a Inner suburb of Fort Worth. The population was 19,806 at the 2010 United States Census. Saginaw, Texas is a Home rule municipality.
The area was settled before the Civil War as an agricultural community, and was named Dido (a name which lives on in some area roads). Three railroad lines came through the area in the 1880s, the Chicago, Rock Island and Gulf Railway (a subsidiary of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad), the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway and the Fort Worth and Denver City Railway.
The town was renamed Saginaw in 1882 by Jarvis J. Green (after his first choice of "Pontiac" was rejected by the United States Postal Service), who had lived and worked on Saginaw Street in Pontiac, Michigan.[1] The name Saginaw comes from the Ojibwe language and means "to flow out." It is also the name of a river, a bay, and a city in Michigan.
Saginaw is located at 32°51′42″N 97°22′00″W / 32.861789°N 97.366621°WCoordinates: 32°51′42″N 97°22′00″W / 32.861789°N 97.366621°W (32.861789, -97.366621).
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