Tag: Everman
Everman is a city in Tarrant County, Texas, United States. The population was 6,108 at the 2010 census.
Former Texas Supreme Court Justice Steven Wayne Smith, who served from 2002–2005, was reared in Everman.
Everman is an incorporated residential community on the southern edge of Fort Worth near Interstate 820 in southeastern Tarrant County. Members of the Kiowa, Apache and Wichita tribes inhabited the area until the arrival of Anglo-Americans in the early to middle 1850s. A hamlet named Oak Grove existed in the area for several years. A small community to the east of present day Everman was known as “Enon”. The “Enon” community name had been taken from the Bible. They had a doctor’s office, a drug store, and a general store.
Upon the arrival of the International – Great Northern Railroad in 1902, the more established community of Everman Village was developed. The town moved closer to the railway, which was convenient because it gave the citizens transportation and a means to ship…
