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Azle is a city in Parker and Tarrant counties in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 10,947.
Popular tourist attractions include marine sports at Eagle Mountain Lake such as swimming, fishing and boating.
Azle is located at 32°53′34″N 97°32′12″W / 32.89278°N 97.53667°W / 32.89278; -97.53667 (32.892653, -97.536789).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 8.8 square miles (22.9 km), of which 8.8 square miles (22.8 km) is land and 0.015 square miles (0.04 km), or 0.20%, is water.
Azle is on State Highway 199, 16 miles (26 km) northwest of downtown Fort Worth , in the northwest corner of Tarrant County; the town extends partly into Parker County and Wise County. The first recorded settlement at the site occurred in 1846, when a young doctor named James Azle Steward moved into a cabin built by a Dutchman named Rumsfeldt. Other settlers came and established themselves near the local streams, Ash Creek, Silver Creek,…
