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Arlington was founded in 1876 along the Texas and Pacific Railway. [11] Named after General Robert E. Lee 's Arlington House in Arlington County, Virginia ., [ 12 ] Arlington grew as a cotton-ginning and farming center, and incorporated on April 21, 1884. [ 13 ]
Arlington, Texas is officially recognized by the United States Postal Service. [2] [7] ... 1887 – Cemetery Society (later Arlington Historical Society) founded. [20]
The school was beset by financial troubles and lawsuits, ultimately closing after the 1915–16 academic year. In 1916, Arlington Military Academy was founded by John B. Dodson, and it lasted for only one academic year. From 1917 to 1965, what is now the University of Texas at Arlington was a member of the Texas A&M University System.
The University of Texas at Arlington (UTA or UT Arlington) [7] is a public research university in Arlington, Texas, United States.The university was founded in 1895 and was in the Texas A&M University System for several decades until joining the University of Texas System in 1965.
A third campus, the Northwest Campus, was added in 1976, in northwest Fort Worth. In 1996, the Southeast Campus was built in Arlington. The fifth, Trinity River Campus, opened in downtown Fort Worth in the fall of 2009. As defined by the Texas Legislature, the official service area of TCCD includes all of Tarrant County. [4]
The first building on the campus of Arlington College under construction. Arlington College was founded in September 1895 by Lee M. Hammond and William M. Trimble. [1] [2] [3] At the time, Arlington was a small rural North Texas town with a population of about 1,000 people.
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Aerial view of the Arlington State College campus, circa 1950–51. From 1917 to 1965, what is now the University of Texas at Arlington was a member of the Texas A&M University System.