Editing Pantego, Texas

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| official_name      = Town of Pantego
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| subdivision_name2  = [[Tarrant County, Texas|Tarrant]]
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'''Pantego''' is a town in [[Tarrant County, Texas]], United States. Its population was 2,568 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]]. It is entirely surrounded by the cities of [[Arlington, Texas|Arlington]] and [[Dalworthington Gardens, Texas|Dalworthington Gardens]].  It is in the middle of the [[The Metroplex|Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex]], a metropolitan area spanning several counties.

==History==
{{see also|Timeline of Arlington, Texas}}
[[File:Pantego School, Arlington, Tex. (20088462).jpg|thumb|Postcard of Pantego School, at the time in [[Arlington, Texas|Arlington]], undated]]

The earliest Europeans in the area are thought to be the members of the [[Hernando de Soto|De Soto expedition]] under [[Luis de Moscoso]], in 1542. The expedition is thought to have camped near what is now [[Village Creek (Tarrant County) Texas|Village Creek]].<ref name="TownofPantegoHistory">{{cite web |title=History |url=https://www.townofpantego.com/history#:~:text=Tradition%20holds%20that%20Colonel%20Foscue,the%20spot%2C%20supposedly%20by%20hanging. |website=Town of Pantego |access-date=October 27, 2020}}</ref> European settlement in the Pantego area dates back at least to the 1840s. After the May 24, 1841, battle between Texas General [[Edward H. Tarrant]] and [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Native Americans]] of the Village Creek settlement, a trading post was established at Marrow Bone Spring in present-day Arlington.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Village Creek Historical Summary|url=http://www.forttours.com/pages/villagecreek.asp|access-date=October 26, 2020|website=www.forttours.com}}</ref> The rich soil of the area attracted farmers, and several agriculture-related businesses were well established by the late 19th century.

Settler and state representative [[Frederick Forney Foscue]] acquired the land that is now Pantego after the [[American Civil War|Civil War]]. He bought land, sold and rented it to other settlers in the area, and can be considered the first land developer of Pantego.<ref name="TownofPantegoHistory" /> According to local tradition, Colonel Foscue had a Native American friend named Pantego. In 1883, Colonel Foscue donated land for a school. Tradition holds the school was named Pantego in honor of Colonel Foscue's friend.<ref name="TownofPantegoHistory" /> The town took form shortly after and took the name Pantego, reflected now in the feathered Town of Pantego logo.

Originally incorporated in 1949, the town dissolved in February 1952 and reincorporated on May 22, 1952.<ref name="TownofPantegoHistory" />

==Geography==

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of 1.0&nbsp;square mile (2.6&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>), all  land.

The town's southern border adjoins Dalworthington Gardens; both towns are completely surrounded by the city of Arlington.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
| 1950 = 646
| 1960 = 238
| 1970 = 1779
| 1980 = 2431
| 1990 = 2371
| 2000 = 2318
| 2010 = 2394
| 2020 = 2568
| estyear = 2021
| estimate = 2528
| estref = <ref name="USCensusEst2019CenPopScriptOnlyDirtyFixDoNotUse">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/tables.2019.html|date=May 24, 2020|title=Population and Housing Unit Estimates|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=May 27, 2020}}</ref>
| footnote = U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}

{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Pantego racial composition as of 2020'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US4855020&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2 |access-date=May 22, 2022 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref><br /> (NH = Non-Hispanic){{efn|Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race.<ref>https://www.census.gov/ {{nonspecific|date=August 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=About the Hispanic Population and its Origin |url=https://www.census.gov/topics/population/hispanic-origin/about.html |website=www.census.gov |access-date=May 18, 2022}}</ref>}}
!Race
!Number
!Percentage
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] (NH)
|1,927
|75.04%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] (NH)
|144
|5.61%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] (NH)
|14
|0.55%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] (NH)
|47
|1.83%
|-
|Some other race (NH)
|18
|0.7%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed/multiracial]] (NH)
|123
|4.79%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]]
|295
|11.49%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''2,568'''
|
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]],  2,568 people, 1,064 households, and 672 families were residing in the town.

== Education ==
No colleges or universities are present in this small community, but the town lies within driving distance to Arlington and the rest of the Dallas/Fort Worth metropolitan area, which contains a number of colleges and universities, including the [[University of Texas at Arlington]], the Southeast Campus of the [[Tarrant County College]] system, and [[Arlington Baptist University]].

Pantego lies within the [[Arlington Independent School District]]. Pantego is zoned to [http://www.aisd.net/hill/ Hill Elementary School], [[Bailey Junior High School (Arlington, Texas)|Bailey Junior High School]], and [[Arlington High School (Arlington, Texas)|Arlington High School]].

In Texas, school district boundaries do not always follow city and county boundaries because all aspects of the school district government apparatus, including school district boundaries, are separated from the city and county government. In the case of Pantego, no independent school district (ISD) was ever established. The proximity of the already established Arlington ISD led to the entirety of Pantego being served by the AISD since the middle of the 20th century.

[[Pantego Christian Academy]] has facilities within the city limits of Pantego and Arlington.<ref>"[http://www.pantego.com/170337.ihtml  Academy Information] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081221203814/http://www.pantego.com/170337.ihtml |date=2008-12-21 }}." ''[[Pantego Christian Academy]]''. Retrieved on January 27, 2009.</ref><ref>"[http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/MapItDrawServlet?geo_id=16000US4855020&_bucket_id=50&tree_id=420&context=saff&_lang=en&_sse=on Pantego town, Texas]{{Dead link|date=March 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}." ''[[U.S. Census Bureau]]''. Retrieved on January 27, 2009.</ref> Around 2008, the school bought a {{convert|57000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} building at 2221 West Park Row Drive to use as a high school campus.<ref name="PCAHscampus">"[http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=ST&s_site=dfw&p_multi=ST&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=12238B28212C0508&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM Pantego academy takes giant step forward]." ''[[Fort Worth Star-Telegram]]''. July 28, 2008. B02 Metro. Retrieved on January 27, 2009.</ref>

[[File:2021 Arlington Independence Day Parade 126 (Pantego Fire Department).jpg|thumb|Pantego Fire Department fire engine in the 2021 Arlington Independence Day Parade]]
==Law and government==

Pantego is a general law city.  It has a city council consisting of five members elected at large for staggered two-year terms and a mayor elected for a two-year term.

Pantego has a [[council-manager]] form of government.  It has full-time police and fire departments and several citizen committees.

Residents can obtain a library card from [https://web.archive.org/web/20070408113320/http://www.pub-lib.ci.arlington.tx.us/ Arlington's library system]. 

The [[United States Postal Service]] operates the Pantego Post Office in Arlington.<ref>"[http://usps.whitepages.com/service/post_office/pantego-1114-s-bowen-rd-arlington-tx-1376729 Post Office Location - PANTEGO] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100301020653/http://usps.whitepages.com/service/post_office/pantego-1114-s-bowen-rd-arlington-tx-1376729 |date=2010-03-01 }}." [[United States Postal Service]]. Retrieved on May 15, 2010.</ref>
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==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.townofpantego.com/ Town of Pantego official website]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060907121025/http://www.pantegofire.com/ Pantego Fire Department]
* [http://www.pantegopolice.org/ Pantego Police Department]
* [http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/utarl/00025/00025-P.html William J. Bardin family papers] at the [[University of Texas at Arlington]] special collections

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{{Arlington Independent School District}}
{{Tarrant County, Texas}}
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[[Category:Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex]]
[[Category:Towns in Tarrant County, Texas]]
[[Category:Towns in Texas]]