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History · Westover Hills

18% of Westover Hills’ homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the Westover Manor. Below: maps from 1955 on and the census since 1940.

1on the National Register
18%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Westover Hills’ past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

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The story so far

Westover Hills, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Westover Hills yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Westover Hills is a town in Tarrant County, Texas, United States. The population was 641 at the 2020 census. In 2000, Westover Hills was the wealthiest location in Texas by per capita income and the 12th highest-income place in the United States. It has since been surpassed in Texas by both Piney Point Village and Barton Creek. It is still the wealthiest suburb of Fort Worth.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 682 to 641 (-6%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

By decade

Westover Hills, decade by decade

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On the map

Westover Hills on the map, 1955 to 1995

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Westover Hills. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Westover Hills on the 1955 USGS mapWestover Hills on the 1968 USGS mapWestover Hills on the 1972 USGS mapWestover Hills on the 1981 USGS mapWestover Hills on the 1995 USGS map1955Benbrook sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Westover Hills.

On the National Register

1 historic place in Westover Hills

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

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first listed
1988
Westover Manor
Westover Manor
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

Jacobethan Revival1
Norman1
Westover ManorJacobethan Revival

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

People over time

Westover Hills, census by census

010020030040050060070019401960198020002020Peak: 682

Between 197 and 682 people in every census since 1940.

9 censuses, 1940–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Westover Hills’ Wikipedia page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Westover Hills

Nobody well known was born in Westover Hills itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Shelley DuvallAmerican actress · b. 1949
Bill PaxtonAmerican actor and filmmaker · b. 1955
Larry HagmanAmerican actor · b. 1931
Leighton MeesterAmerican actress and singer · b. 1986
Patricia HighsmithAmerican novelist and short story writer · b. 1921
Robert Bruce MerrifieldAmerican biochemist · b. 1921

Questions about Westover Hills’ history

What is on the National Register in Westover Hills?

One place: the Westover Manor (listed 1988).

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (3), Wikidata (1), the National Register of Historic Places (1), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.