Pelican Bay: A Hidden Gem in Tarrant County
Published: June 8, 2004
Updated: October 2, 2020
Pelican Bay is a small resort community that developed along Eagle Mountain Lake in the northwestern corner of Tarrant County and about seventeen miles northwest of Fort Worth. The town existed in the 1970s and incorporated in 1981. Local government consisted of a mayor and city council. In the 1980s Pelican Bay had a Baptist church and a store. A boat ramp served fishermen in the area. In 1990 the community had a population of 1,271. That figure increased to 1,505 in 2000.
Bibliography:
Vertical file (Pelican Bay, Texas), Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin.
The following, adapted from the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, is the preferred citation for this entry.
Laurie E. Jasinski, “Pelican Bay, TX,” Handbook of Texas Online, accessed March 09, 2026, https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/pelican-bay-tx.
Published by the Texas State Historical Association.
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- June 8, 2004
- October 2, 2020
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