Westlake Travel Guide

Westlake is a town in Denton and Tarrant Counties in the U.S. state of Texas. The population was 207 at the 2000 census.
Despite its name, it is actually located south of Lake Grapevine (however, there was already a Southlake, Texas). It is, however, west of Southlake.
During the late 1990's the City Council attempted to disband the city. The large Solana development was deannexed to Southlake, while several large tracts of land were deannexed to Fort Worth, Texas. A local district judge ruled the deannexations in violation of state law, and the properties returned under Westlake jurisdiction. A new city council is attempting to stimulate growth, as much of the city borders State Highway 114, a major freeway in the area.
In 2000, the radio program This American Life featured a story about the battle to disband the town in the face of development by Ross Perot, Jr. (...) more....

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