Lake Bridgeport: A Brief History and Overview
Published: April 27, 2005
The town of Lake Bridgeport is located fourteen miles west of Decatur in western Wise County. It began as a development on the eastern shore of Lake Bridgeport, probably by the 1970s. The community incorporated about the late 1970s and reported a population of 271 in 1980. By 2000 the community had 372 residents.
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The following, adapted from the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, is the preferred citation for this entry.
Laurie E. Jasinski, “Lake Bridgeport, TX,” Handbook of Texas Online, accessed March 09, 2026, https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/lake-bridgeport-tx.
Published by the Texas State Historical Association.
TID:
HLL91
- April 27, 2005
