Primrose, Tarrant County, Texas

Primrose, Texas
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 32°36′42″N 97°26′00″W
Country	United States
State	Texas
County	Tarrant
Elevation [1]	774 ft (236 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)	682 and 817
GNIS feature ID	1378909[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]

References

1. 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.