Forney
Forney is on U.S. Highway 80, the Missouri Pacific Railroad, Buffalo Creek, and Mustang Creek, twenty-three miles east of Dallas in northwestern Kaufman County. When the earliest settlers arrived and established a community in this area they found a broad expanse of fertile blackland prairie covered with grass. By 1870 several of these settlers, including John C. McKellar, who established the first general store in the settlement, were calling their town Brooklyn, reportedly because several springs flowed together to form a brook nearby. Soon after McKellar's store was opened, a saloon and a blacksmith shop began operation in Brooklyn.
Adapted from the official Handbook of Texas, a state encyclopedia developed by the Texas State Historical Association (TSHA). It is an authoritative source of trusted historical records.
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Currently Exists
Yes
Place type
Forney is classified as a Town
Associated Names
- (Brooklyn)
Locations
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- Latitude
- 32.74706470
- Longitude
- -96.45204900
Has Post Office
Yes
Is Incorporated
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Population Counts
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Population Counts
Forney
Pop. | Year | Source |
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23,455 | 2020 | United States Census Bureau |
25,371 | 2019 | Texas Demographic Center |
14,661 | 2010 | United States Census Bureau |
5,588 | 2000 | United States Census Bureau |
4,070 | 1990 | United States Census Bureau |