Keller is a city in Tarrant County, Texas, United States, in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. Landmarks include Bourland Cemetery. Keller is the birthplace of RJ Nembhard, basketball player.
- CountyTarrant County
- Population45,776 (2020 U.S. Census)
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Keller is a city in Tarrant County, Texas, United States, in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. Landmarks include Bourland Cemetery. Keller is the birthplace of RJ Nembhard, basketball player.
Population 2010: 39,627 → 2020: 45,776
From Wikidata (CC0).
Keller is in the western fringe of the Eastern Cross Timbers in northeast Tarrant County, part of the frontier of the Peters Colony settlers of the 1840s. In the mid-1840s, the area was first settled by a group of families from Missouri who homesteaded near the headwaters of Big Bear Creek. Mount Gilead Baptist Church was established on July 13, 1850. In 1859, the little log church was burned in an Indian raid. It served as the only schoolhouse in that part of the county until about 1910.
The area became known as "Double Springs" for the two large springs about 1⁄2 mile north of Mt. Gilead Baptist Church. In the early 1870s, the Double Springs area had a cotton gin, a grist mill, a blacksmith shop, and several stores. In 1896, an artesian well was drilled in Keller; the Double Springs filled with silt over time and eventually were plugged and lost until rediscovery in 1984. Today, Samantha Springs produces more than 200,000 gallons of water per day.
The Texas and Pacific Railway between Fort Worth and Texarkana was completed in June 1881, and the first train ran on this track on May 9, 1881, which ran parallel with parts of the old Chisholm cattle drive trail. With the advent of rail service, new villages were established all along the line. The Keller of today was one of them. On July 19, 1881, H.W. Black, a druggist of Tarrant County, set aside 40 acres (0.16 km2) out of the north end of the 62 acres (0.25 km2) deeded to him by A.C. Roberts (being a part of the Samuel Needham survey) for a town site to be known as Athol, situated 14 miles (23 km) northeast of Fort Worth. The land was dedicated to the public for streets and alleyways, but title to the remainder of the 62 acres (0.25 km2) was held by Mr. Black. Settlers migrated to the new village, and before a year had passed, the name of the town was changed from Athol to Keller, honoring John C. Keller, a foreman on the railroad. Streets were named and those in the original 40-acre (0.16 km2) site still carry the names given to them in 1881. Streets going north and south are Lamar, Main, and Elm; those running east and west are Price, Taylor, Hill, Vine, Bates, Olive, and Pecan.
The U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey listed Keller as one of the "Nation's Richest Cities" with a population over 20,000 in 2021, ranked number 45 with median household income of $141,364. Neighboring Southlake was ranked number one.
Adapted (trimmed) from the Wikipedia article Keller, Texas, revision 1376549847 by its contributors, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Keller's population was 45,776 in the 2020 U.S. Census, up from 39,627 in 2010.
Bourland Cemetery
A view of Keller
A view of Keller