Crowley ISD ~16,000 students
District also serves far south Fort Worth
City · Tarrant County
Crowley
Population ~18,439 · crowley-isd
☕ Crowley brief Mon, Jun 1
SH 174 corridor
Links to downtown FW north + Cleburne south
Chartered 1903
Named for railroad official S.H. Crowley
Local News
Crowley headlines
What's happening in Crowley right now
Civic
Population around 19,000 in south Tarrant
Crowley recorded 18,943 residents in the 2020 U.S. Census, sitting south of Fort Worth along FM 731 and Interstate 35W in the broader Crowley ISD service area. Source: U.S. Census; City of Crowley.
Updated 2026
Schools
Crowley ISD covers far more territory than the city
Crowley ISD serves the city of Crowley plus a much larger area of south Fort Worth and unincorporated south Tarrant County, with three high schools — Crowley, North Crowley, and Crowley Collegiate — making it one of the larger ISDs in southwest Tarrant. Source: Crowley ISD.
Ongoing
Development
Old Town Crowley revitalization
City planning has continued investment in Old Town Crowley's commercial core along Main Street as the broader I-35W corridor reshapes south Tarrant. Source: City of Crowley.
Ongoing
From across Tarrant County
🗳️ Election
Contested mayor races in nine Tarrant cities on May 2 ballot
The May 2, 2026 ballot featured contested races for mayor in nine Tarrant cities: Arlington, Euless, Keller, Kennedale, North Richland Hills, Pelican Bay, Sansom Park, Westlake, and Westover Hills. The slate also included numerous city council positions, school board trustee seats, and other municipal offices across the county. Source: NBC 5 DFW / Tarrant County Elections.
🗳️ Politics
Taylor Rehmet (D) wins Texas State Senate District 9 special election
In Tarrant County's state Senate District 9 special election held November 4, 2025, Democrat Taylor Rehmet finished as the top vote-getter, ahead by roughly 14,000 votes and a margin of nearly 15%. Rehmet replaces Republican Kelly Hancock, who left the seat in 2025 to become acting state comptroller. Rehmet completes the remainder of Hancock's term. Source: NBC 5 DFW.
Around Town
Around Town
Crowley's places, people, and traditions
Heritage
Old Town Crowley
Old Town Crowley along Main Street preserves a small cluster of pre-incorporation commercial buildings and remains the historic heart of the community. Source: City of Crowley.
Year-round
Park
Bicentennial Park and recreation center
Bicentennial Park anchors the city's central recreation programming, with ball fields, pavilions, and adjacent recreation facilities. Source: City of Crowley Parks.
Year-round
Civic
Crowley Community Center and Library
The city's community center and library on S. Main Street serve as central programming and meeting space for residents. Source: City of Crowley.
Year-round
Festival
Crowley Fest
The annual Crowley Fest each fall brings live music, food, and community programming to Old Town. Source: City of Crowley.
Fall
Known for
- Crowley ISD
- Bicentennial Park
- Historic downtown Crowley
- Chisholm Trail corridor heritage
The Story of Crowley
Crowley grew up alongside a railroad. Pioneers had farmed the Deer Creek area since about 1848, but the community shifted west to present-day downtown when the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway laid tracks and built stock pens there.
The town took its name from S. H. Crowley, the railroad's master of transportation, and its first depot went up in 1885.
Crowley remained a small farm-shipping town south of Fort Worth for decades, voting to incorporate in 1951 and upgrading from town to city in 1972.
Today Crowley is a growing suburb on Fort Worth's southern edge, mostly in Tarrant County with a slice in Johnson.
Sources: Texas State Historical Association, Handbook of Texas.
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Northwest ISD Board of Trustees
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Carroll ISD Board of Trustees
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🎈 Kids Trading Post · Crowley 2 activities →
Storytime, classes, camps, leagues, and open-play in Crowley, sourced from libraries and partner orgs. Updated nightly · no manual data entry.
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Sports
Crowley Sports (Crowley ISD)
School-district athletics + city rec
ISD Athletics
Crowley ISD — Eagles
Crowley students participate in Crowley ISD athletics. UIL classification varies by HS enrollment.
Source: Crowley ISD
Community Rec
Crowley parks + community programs
City Parks & Rec coordinates youth + adult community recreation programs scaled to Crowley's pop.
Source: City of Crowley
Cross-District
Friday-night football in the surrounding district
For HS football fans, the closest district games are in Crowley ISD stadiums — typically a short drive within the Mid-Cities or NE/NW Tarrant corridor.
Source: Crowley ISD
⭐ Game of the week
Carroll Dragons — district football (anchor program)
🏈 District football ·
Tarrant County's anchor programs — Carroll (8 state titles), Keller (top-of-district 5A), Mansfield (B-rated district), Arlington Martin (AISD flagship), Fossil Ridge (KISD power program) — get priority weekly coverage from the news radar. Carroll Dragons headline the off-season anchor framing; weekly schedule populates from MaxPreps DFW + each ISD's athletics site.
📜 On this day in Tarrant County sports
1988
🏈 Carroll (Southlake) Dragons claim 1st state football championship — beginning of the dynasty that would produce 8 UIL state titles. Under coach Bob Ledbetter.
1993
🏈 Carroll Dragons capture their 3rd state football title (1988, 1992, 1993 = three-in-a-row 3A run under Coach Ledbetter; QB Kris Brown led the '93 squad past Cuero).
2011
🏈 Carroll Dragons win their 8th and most recent UIL state football title — capping the program's run as Tarrant County's most successful HS football dynasty.
2018
🥎 Mansfield Tigers softball reaches UIL state semifinals — anchor moment for MISD's growing softball program under HC Gregory George's broader program leadership.
2026
🏃 Keller ISD sends 11 athletes to UIL State Track & Field — multiple medal-stand finishes per district release.
📻 Radio guide
Southlake Carroll Dragons football
KKGM 1630 AM (Fort Worth; news/sports) — exclusive radio home of Carroll football
Dragon Sports Network
Aledo Bearcats football (Tarrant-area marquee program)
KTFW-FM 92.1 'Hank FM' (LKCM Radio Group; country) — flagship for Aledo broadcasts
Aledo Sports Network
Arlington ISD football (Martin · Lamar · Bowie)
NFHS Network (streaming platform) — official AISD broadcast partner
NFHS Network
Mansfield Tigers football
NFHS Network (streaming platform) — Mansfield ISD live broadcasts
NFHS Network
Keller / Fossil Ridge (Keller ISD) football
NFHS Network (streaming platform) — Keller ISD live broadcasts
NFHS Network
Fort Worth-area HS football game of the week
KTCU-FM 88.7 'The Choice' (TCU student station, Fort Worth)
KTCU 88.7
🏆 UIL playoff bracket
No active Tarrant County UIL playoff bracket on the desk. Populates when a Tarrant County team is in a UIL playoff round (football, basketball, baseball/softball, volleyball). Source: UIL playoff records.
Activities
Things to do in Crowley
Kids, library, sports, fitness, classes, camps, open play — sourced from libraries, parks, and partner orgs across Crowley.
story-time
Crowley Public Library Storytime
Weekly
Crowley Public Library · 409 S. Hampton Rd, Crowley
camp
Crowley Recreation Summer Camp
Week-long sessions
Crowley Parks & Recreation · Crowley Recreation Center
Civic & Government
Civic & Government
Crowley city hall, schools, and county connection
Government
Council-manager government
Crowley operates under a council-manager form with a mayor and council members elected at-large. Source: City of Crowley.
Mayor
Mayor presides over at-large council
The Crowley mayor is elected citywide and presides over the council that sets policy and appoints the city manager. Source: City of Crowley.
Schools
Crowley ISD serves the city
Crowley ISD serves the city of Crowley plus a large swath of south Fort Worth and unincorporated Tarrant County. Source: Crowley ISD.
County
City sits in Tarrant County (judge Tim O'Hare)
Crowley is fully within Tarrant County, governed at the county level by County Judge Tim O'Hare. Source: Tarrant County.
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By the Numbers
By the Numbers
Pop
~18,439 residents
Steady growth from a small rail-stop of a few hundred mid-20th c to suburban city today, driven by Fort Worth's south expansion along SH 174.
Source: Wikipedia
Schools
Crowley ISD ~16,000 students
Across elementary, middle, high school campuses — larger districts in southern Tarrant.
Source: Crowley ISD
Incorporated
1903
Chartered as city 1903, more than a decade after railroad through community. Operating under TX municipal law since.
Source: TSHA
Geography
South of FW, north of Burleson
Between Fort Worth and Burleson; Joshua + Cleburne further south in Johnson County. SH 174 primary N-S artery feeding I-20 and Loop 820.
Source: Wikipedia
Population
18,439
Type
city
School District
crowley-isd
School ISDs in Tarrant County
Tarrant County ISDs by enrollment + TEA 2024-25 accountability rating.
| ISD | Enrollment | Rating | Mascot |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Worth ISD | 70,184 | C | Panthers |
| Arlington ISD | 56,000 | C | Various |
| Lewisville ISD | 50,000 | B | Various |
| Mansfield ISD | 35,000 | B | Tigers |
| Keller ISD | 34,078 | B | Indians |
| Northwest ISD | 32,000 | B | Texans |
| Birdville ISD | 22,637 | C | Hawks |
| Eagle Mountain-Saginaw ISD | 22,000 | B | Eagles |
| Hurst-Euless-Bedford ISD (HEB) | 22,000 | B | Trojans |
| Crowley ISD | 16,000 | C | Eagles |
| Grapevine-Colleyville ISD | 12,520 | B | Mustangs |
| Burleson ISD | 12,000 | B | Elks |
| Carroll ISD | 8,300 | A | Dragons |
| White Settlement ISD | 6,700 | C | Brewers |
| Azle ISD | 6,600 | C | Hornets |
| Everman ISD | 5,500 | C | Bulldogs |
| Castleberry ISD | 4,000 | B | Lions |
| Kennedale ISD | 3,400 | C | Wildcats |
| Lake Worth ISD | 2,700 | D | Bullfrogs |
Updated 2026-05-27
Ask the Desk
Questions about Crowley
What are Tarrant County's 2025 property tax rates?
Tarrant County (general portion): ~$0.19 per $100. City of Fort Worth: $1.0624. City of Arlington: $1.0929 (down ~1¢ from 2024). Combined rates from Fort Worth ISD + City of Fort Worth + Tarrant County College bring the total for most Fort …
Who is Tarrant County's County Judge?
Tim O'Hare. He is the 33rd County Judge of Tarrant County since the county's founding in 1849, took office January 1, 2023, and his current term runs through January 1, 2027. He is running for re-election November 3, 2026, and has said the …
Who is Tarrant County's Sheriff?
Bill E. Waybourn. Source: Tarrant County elected officials (tarrantcountytx.gov).
Who is the State Senator for Tarrant County's District 9?
Taylor Rehmet (Democrat), who won the November 4, 2025 special election to replace Republican Kelly Hancock — Hancock left to become acting state comptroller. Rehmet won by roughly 14,000 votes (~15% margin) and is completing the remainder …
Which ISD serves Crowley?
Crowley ISD serves the city. The district earned a C on TEA 2024 accountability (2024-25 rating pending TEA reconciliation per ISD records) and enrolls approximately 16,000 students. The mascot is the Eagles. Crowley ISD's footprint extends…
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History
Founded 1902
From an International-Great Northern rail stop to a south-Tarrant suburb
Crowley was platted in 1902 along the International-Great Northern Railroad as that line pushed south from Fort Worth, and the town was named for S.H. Crowley, a railroad official. The community grew as a cotton-shipping and small-trade center for the surrounding Cross Timbers farmland and incorporated as a city in 1956 amid postwar suburban growth from Fort Worth. Through the 1960s and 1970s the city remained modest in size, but the completion of Interstate 35W and continued suburban expansion drove population from roughly 600 in 1960 past 6,000 by 1990 and past 12,000 by 2010. The Crowley ISD footprint, which extends well beyond city limits into south Fort Worth and unincorporated Tarrant County, makes the district a far larger institution than the city itself. Sources: TSHA; City of Crowley; Wikipedia.
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