Editing Justin, Texas (section)

==History==
In 1848, approximately 70 followers of the [[France|French]] [[utopian socialism|utopian socialist]] [[Étienne Cabet]] arrived in what is now Justin to found an [[Icarians|Icarian]] community. The attempt failed.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fca05 |title="Etienne Cabet" in ''The Handbook of Texas Online'' |publisher=Tshaonline.org |access-date=2018-06-04}}</ref>

Contrary to popular belief, the town is not named after or related to the [[Justin Boot Company]]. In January 1887 the community petitioned postal authorities for a post office to be named Justin, in honor of Justin Sherman, a chief engineer with the [[Santa Fe Railroad]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cityofjustin.com/index.asp?Type=B_LIST&SEC=%7BEA1D33D5-B1DB-4857-86BE-90B293CEB0FA%7D |title=Frequently Asked Questions |access-date=2017-04-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121219065341/http://www.cityofjustin.com/index.asp?Type=B_LIST&SEC=%7BEA1D33D5-B1DB-4857-86BE-90B293CEB0FA%7D |website=cityofjustin.com |archive-date=2012-12-19 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Justin once was a center of salvage companies, which buy property involved in fires and tornadoes and sell it for discounted prices. In the late 1970s [[Western wear]] became very popular, and the Wallace family's salvage operations began to focus on Western wear. The other two major salvage businesses closed, and the salvage industry disappeared.<ref name="Smalltowns">Carlisle, Candace. "[http://www.dentonrc.com/sharedcontent/dws/drc/localnews/stories/DRC_Towns_0216.c7b7dbbf.html Small towns disappearing across North Texas prairie] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080219173129/http://www.dentonrc.com/sharedcontent/dws/drc/localnews/stories/DRC_Towns_0216.c7b7dbbf.html |date=2008-02-19 }}." ''[[Denton Record-Chronicle]]''. Friday February 15, 2008. Retrieved on July 26, 2010.</ref>

The [[Texas Motor Speedway]] had a Justin mailing address until July 9, 2005. Because it is physically located in the city of [[Fort Worth, Texas|Fort Worth]], Justin had the opportunity to purchase the Texas Motor Speedway but at the time they did not have enough money to run and provide maintenance to the speedway, the [[United States Postal Service]] changed the mailing address to Fort Worth, Texas.{{Citation needed|date=July 2010}}

[[WFAA]]-TV, Channel 8, has operated a 750 kilowatt [[Doppler weather radar]] out of Justin since January 25, 1995.

One of the [[FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives]], [[Yaser Abdel Said]], was captured in Justin on August 26, 2020.<ref>{{cite news|title=Texas father, one of FBI's 10 most wanted fugitives, arrested for daughters' 2008 "honor killing"|date=August 27, 2020|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/yaser-abdel-said-fbi-most-wanted-fugitives-captured-2008-killings/|publisher=[[CBS News]]|access-date=August 27, 2020}}</ref>