Historical Marker
Site of Tarrant County's First Courthouse, Birdville
Historical marker location:
6000 block Broadway, Haltom City, Texas
( 6000 block of Broadway, near Birdville High School, Haltom City)
Marker installed: 1968
First (1849-1856) county seat, Tarrant County, with 80 acres for public use. Courthouse foundation was laid on site donated by G. Akers and W. Norris. After courts upheld--in Walker vs. Tarrant County--vote in bitterly contested 1856 election, Fort Worth became the county seat.
(1968).