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Haltom City runs along the NE Loop 820 corridor in northeast Tarrant County, a stretch that's seeing more industrial and retail investment right now than almost any other part of the Mid-Cities — Costco is building a new Business Center and fuel station at 4909 NE Loop 820 slated to open in early 2027, and a 50-acre mixed-use development at Loop 820 and Beach Street was fully leased as of December 2025. That kind of growth brings constant vehicle turnover, from delivery fleets to trade-ins, and it's part of why we get frequent calls here from residents with a wrecked, high-mileage, or simply dead car taking up space near all that new construction.

Geography of Haltom City

Haltom City sits almost entirely within Tarrant County, wrapped by Fort Worth, North Richland Hills, Watauga, and Richland Hills along the northeast Loop 820 corridor. East Belknap Street, one of the area's original highways, still runs through the city and helped drive its earliest growth in the 1930s, while Denton Highway (US 377) and Loop 820 now carry most of the through-traffic and commercial development.

Free towing is included anywhere in Haltom City and the surrounding area. You can find more about local services on the City of Haltom City's official website.

History of Haltom City

Haltom City was founded in 1932 on rolling grassland that belonged largely to G.W. Haltom, a Fort Worth jeweler and rancher, and the city took his name when it was platted. Growth picked up once East Belknap was built out as a highway in the early 1930s, giving the area a direct route toward Fort Worth. By the late 1940s the town had only about 200 residents and two businesses, but it incorporated in 1949, and within a decade its population had rocketed to 5,760 — a boom driven by postwar Fort Worth's expansion pushing new residents out along Belknap and Denton Highway.

Culture of Haltom City

Haltom City's commercial identity today is built around Loop 820: national retailers, a 40-tenant H Mart shopping center, and now the incoming Costco Business Center are reshaping a corridor that for decades was defined more by warehousing and used-car lots. The city ranks in the top 100 of all 1,221 Texas cities for sales tax revenue generated, according to the state comptroller, a notable showing for a city its size.

The Mid-Cities' exposure to severe spring weather is well documented here. In a March 2022 storm event, confirmed damage in Haltom City included a section of roof torn off a grocery store, damage to warehouse buildings, and numerous RVs damaged at a local RV sales center, part of the same storm line that produced an EF-1 tornado near Davis Boulevard in neighboring North Richland Hills. Haltom City's outdoor warning sirens are linked to a shared regional system with Watauga, Richland Hills, and North Richland Hills, so a tornado warning anywhere in that cluster sounds sirens across all four cities — which is one reason so many calls we get from Haltom City follow a bad hailstorm.