Editing Blue Mound, Texas (section)

==History==
The community's history dates back to the 1920s, when [[Scottish people|Scottish]] immigrant John Kennedy established Globe Laboratories, Inc. to produce serum to immunize cattle against [[blackleg (disease)|blackleg]], a disease that affected calves under two years of age. About ten years later, he sold the company to his partner. Kennedy later purchased {{convert|400|acre|km2}} of land in an area bordered by East McLeroy Boulevard on the north and FM 156 (Blue Mound Road) to the east. His interest in aircraft led him to create the [[Globe Aircraft Company]].<ref name="GenWeb">{{cite web | url = http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txtarran/places/kennedy.htm | title = John Kennedy and the Globe Aircraft Co. | publisher = Northwest Tarrant County Times Record | date = 2002-10-08 | access-date = 2009-09-02}}</ref> As his operation grew, more and more people began to settle near his plant. The settlement was initially known as Saginaw Park, but later took the name Blue Mound after a nearby hill.<ref name="GenWeb"/> During the 1950s, [[Bell Helicopter]] used Kennedy's facility to develop its new helicopters, but the company left the facility in 1960.<ref name="Texas Handbook"/> Blue Mound incorporated in 1957<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.tml.org/source/Members/TML_Directory_Profile.cfm?ID=1340 | title = Blue Mound, Texas | publisher = Texas Municipal League | access-date = 2009-09-02 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110717175643/http://www.tml.org/source/Members/TML_Directory_Profile.cfm?ID=1340 | archive-date = 2011-07-17 | url-status = dead }}</ref> and had a population of 1,253 by the 1960 census. That figure had risen to 1,283 by 1970 and 2,169 in 1980 as the city became a bedroom community for those employed in Fort Worth and the surrounding area. The 1990 census showed a slight decline in population, to 2,133. By 2000, the number of inhabitants had risen to 2,388.