Fort Worth and Aledo have come to terms with Willow Park over an alleged land grab, with valuable property at the center of the disagreement.
Things turned sour between neighbors in February 2025 when the city of Willow Park annexed 321 acres near Interstate 20 and FM 1187 west of Fort Worth. Willow Park subsequently annexed additional land along the Bankhead Highway to the south of the 321-acre parcel.
In February, the cities of Fort Worth and Aledo joined together to sue Willow Park in Parker County, saying the initial annexation was unlawful since the land wasn’t contiguous to Willow Park’s boundaries. In court filings, the two plaintiffs further alleged that the land bordering the Bankhead Highway fell within Aledo’s and Fort Worth’s extraterritorial jurisdictions, or ETJs, so Willow Park had no right to claim it…