Guide: a map of what the Ledger already publishes, arranged for someone choosing where to live. Each fact lives on the page it links to, with its source and the date it was checked.
Moving to Aledo, Texas
Updated Thursday, November 5, 2026A mailing address that says Aledo can sit in several different cities or in none, and that line decides the tax rate, the police, the water and the council you answer to. Work through it in this order: the address, the tax bill, the schools, then what is planned next door.
Once you have the keys: register your car in Parker County, and keep who to call in a power outage handy.
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Which city is it really in
- The Aledo ISD footprint covers 130 square miles and all or part of Aledo, Annetta, Annetta North, Annetta South, Cresson, Fort Worth, Hudson Oaks and Willow Park. Your mailing address can say Aledo while your taxes go to Willow Park or the county.
- Walsh and some nearby subdivisions are inside the City of Fort Worth but in Parker County and in Aledo ISD. City services, permits and police come from Fort Worth; schools come from Aledo.
- Unincorporated addresses answer to Parker County for permits, septic and roads, and to the Parker County Sheriff's Office for law enforcement. Inside Aledo, the new city police department covers days and contracted deputies cover nights.
Type an address to see its city, school district and county. Weighing the two largest cities? Aledo vs. Willow Park, row by row from each city's own records. The longer version of how the lines fall is on New to Aledo.
What the taxes come to
A bill is the sum of every unit that taxes the parcel. These are the 2026 rates the Ledger has documents for, per $100 of taxable value.
| Taxing unit | 2026 rate | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Aledo ISD | $1.1775 | Adopted at a special meeting, late August |
| City of Aledo | $0.352415 | Adopted Aug. 20, unanimous; no-new-revenue rate $0.349703 |
| Parker County (general and lateral road) | $0.284719 | Adopted by Order 26-42, dated Sept. 28, 2026, all five members of the Commissioners Court For (the notice had set the vote for Sept. 22); $0.185698 general fund and $0.049162 lateral road for operations plus $0.049859 debt |
| City of Willow Park | $0.429041 | Adopted Sept. 8, 5-0 on a roll call, by Ordinance 948-26, per the draft minutes in the Sept. 22 packet (minutes not yet approved) |
| City of Hudson Oaks | — | Pending certified notice |
| Weatherford College | — | Pending certified notice |
From the Growth Ledger, where each row links the document that set it. A dash means the unit has not posted an adopted rate the Ledger can point to.
Estimate a whole bill from an appraised value; see what a typical 76008 home pays each unit; and read what a no-new-revenue rate is before the next hearing. Homestead exemptions are not automatic: how and when to file.
The district goes with the address
- Register through the district's site; proof of residency is required. Campus attendance zones shift as new schools open, so confirm your zone rather than assuming it from a neighbor.
Confirm the address is inside Aledo ISD, then: the school calendar, every campus from the record, enrollment by year and campus, and what the board has decided. The Ledger does not rate schools. To see which campus an address is zoned to, start with our guide to Aledo ISD attendance zones, which links the district's official maps and explains how to confirm with the district.
What is planned around it
Plats, rezonings and road work are decided in public long before anything is built. What's changing around Aledo gathers the meetings ahead, the projects and the filings on one page. The matters that take years each have a tracker:
- FM 1187 widening and design
- East Bankhead Highway widening, S Ranch House Road to FM 1187
- Old Weatherford Road, FM 3325 to Coder
- Parker County Public Utility Agency
- Dean Ranch
- Aledo ISD 2023 bond program
- Golf carts and e-bikes in Aledo
- City of Aledo budget and tax rate, fiscal 2027
- Aledo comprehensive plan
By place: what has been decided about each subdivision, and the map of plats, rezonings and road items.
Water, trash, power and the paperwork
Who provides what depends on the same line. Utilities and services, by who provides them sorts it by city, county land and everywhere.
Once you are here
Playgrounds and parks, where to eat, events, the Bearcats, the library, businesses by category and local help the Ledger has verified. The first 90 days on one page: start here.