Everman is an incorporated city in southeastern Tarrant County, Texas, on the southern edge of Fort Worth. It lies just south of Loop 820 and roughly 12 miles south of downtown Fort Worth, placing it squarely within the Dallas–Fort Worth metropolitan area. With a 2020 population of 6,154, Everman is a compact, mostly residential community that has grown with the metroplex while retaining a small-city government and identity of its own. The community began as a rural settlement and farm trade point, incorporated in 1945 and later adopting a home-rule charter in 1986. Its growth accelerated in the 1960s and 1970s as the Dallas–Fort Worth region expanded and the nearby airport and highway network drew workers and families; the population rose from a few hundred in the mid-1950s to more than 5,000 by the mid-1970s. That pattern of steady, metro-driven growth has continued, and Everman today is fully surrounded by the larger urban fabric of south Fort Worth. Today Everman functions as a family-oriented suburb of Fort Worth. Its residential streets, parks, and the campuses of the Everman Independent School District form the community's core, while Interstate 820 and U.S. Highway 287 connect residents to employment centers across Tarrant County and the wider metroplex. The school district serves Everman along with portions of south Fort Worth, Forest Hill, and Burleson, giving the city an outsized role as an educational hub for its neighbors. Residents value the city's approachability, its proximity to both Fort Worth and Arlington, and the relative value it offers within one of the nation's largest metropolitan regions. Everman suits households seeking a convenient Fort Worth-area address with a smaller, self-governing community feel, where local government remains engaged and neighborhood parks, churches, and school activities sustain a close-knit atmosphere.