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Saginaw
sits solidly in the heart of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. Saginaw remains
an agri-business center for much of Texas with some of the largest grain storage
facilities in the world. Saginaw is conveniently located nine miles North of
downtown Fort Worth and 37 miles West of Dallas. It's just a few minutes away
from both Eagle Mountain Lake and Lake Worth.
Alliance Airport
and Texas Motor Speedway are located within 15 miles of Saginaw. The Federal
Bureau of Printing and Engraving facility is located six-tenths of a mile north
of Saginaw. Saginaw is the
ultimate in transportation convenience. The community is located at the
intersection of Interstate Loop 820 and Highway 287 and is less than a mile from
Interstate 35W. The Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport is 20 miles East of
Saginaw, and Fort Worth Meacham International Airport is only three miles away.
Saginaw is home
to many large industrial facilities, including Trinity Industries, Cargill,
Universal Forest Products, Styrochem International, Northwest Pipe, Norton
Metal, and Bana Box to name a few. The population
increased from 1,001 in the 1960 census to 5,736 in the 1980 census. The 1990
census was 8,551, with the current estimated population at 19,350. Additional
community information is listed on the
Economic Development
web page.
The
Saginaw City Council consists of a
Mayor and six Council members. The City Council meets at 6:00 p.m. on the first
and third Tuesdays of each month, with the third Tuesday being a workshop if
necessary. The meetings are held in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 333 West
McLeroy Boulevard. The meetings are open to the public and are broadcast on
cable TV, Channel 7. To address the Council at a meeting, contact the
Council Secretary at
(817) 230-0328. For an item to appear on the agenda, the agenda request form
must be turned in by noon on the Wednesday before the next council meeting.
History of Saginaw
David Thurmond and his family from Virginia first settled the
city of Saginaw. In 1882, Jarvis J. Green from Michigan named the city Saginaw
after a city in his home state. The first public school was started in
1883, and the post office was established in 1933.
The city was incorporated in 1949 with John Kennedy as the first
mayor. In 1966, with a population of 1,740, the citizens voted to build a new
City Hall. In 1983 the City Hall was moved to its current location on West
McLeroy Boulevard.
On January 16, 1988, the citizens voted to adopt a Home Rule
Charter. The City is currently a Home Rule city with a
Council-Manager form of government. The
elected officials are elected at large, and each serve a three-year term.
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