Forney, Texas Forney, Texas Forney's motif is the Jackrabbit Location of Forney in Kaufman County, Texas Location of Forney in Kaufman County, Texas Forney City Hall A portion of downtown Forney Hamblen Park is positioned behind City Hall and near the Missouri Pacific Railroad car in Forney.
Forney is a town/city in Kaufman County, Texas, United States and has been titled by the Texas council as the "Antique Capital of Texas".
Forney is positioned at 32 45'5" North, 96 28'2" West (32.751521, -96.467225). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, in 2010 the town/city has a total region of 13.14 square miles (34.0 km2), all land. Forney is approximately four miles southeast of Lake Ray Hubbard, which was formerly known as Forney Lake.
On April 3, 2012, an EF-3 tornado hit the town/city as part of the April 3, 2012 tornado outbreak.
The tornado caused momentous roof damage to Crosby Elementary School in Forney.
Mild damage was reported in downtown Forney and to a dry cleaning business.
A tornado emergency was not called for Forney, but a tornado emergency was called for the close-by cities of Dallas, Greenville, and Arlington. No deaths were reported from either the Forney tornado or any other tornado that day.
The Forney Independent School District serves Forney, Talty, an annex of Mesquite, and part of the improve of Heartland.
Forney is served by a several elementary schools, Warren Middle School, Brown Middle School, Forney High School, and North Forney High School.
Keith Bell - Local Entrepreneur and Philanthropist/ Co Founder to Forney Education Foundation.
According to the Koppen Climate Classification system, Forney has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps. "Forney city, Texas Demographic Profile".
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