DeCordova, Texas
DeCordova is a residential city in Hood County, on the shore of Lake Granbury in North Texas about 31 miles southwest of Fort Worth. It takes its name from the De Cordova Bend of the Brazos River, where the lake was formed by a dam, and it developed as a lakeside community beginning in the late 1960s. The city is organized largely around its lakefront neighborhoods, golf course, and marina.
Place essentials
Official Census snapshot- Census place type
- City
- July 2025 population
- 3,296
- Change from 2020 base
- +9.5%
- Land area
- 1.4 sq. mi.
- County footprint
- Hood County
Place type, county footprint, and land area use the Census Bureau's January 1, 2025 geography. Population uses Vintage 2025 estimates through July 1, 2025; change compares that estimate with the April 1, 2020 estimates base. Geography file | Population file
Property here runs through the appraisal district and tax office for Hood County. The homestead exemption, appraisal cap, protests, and any MUD, PID, or special districts all sit at the parcel level.
Official routes
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County context
What to know around DeCordova
County lines carry much of the property, land, water, and outdoors context around DeCordova.
Historic Landmark
Granbury Saved Its Clock Tower With Coupons and Pocket Change
After a 1968 tornado damaged Granbury's courthouse tower, newspaper coupons and schoolchildren's coins helped turn a repair campaign into a wider preservation movement.
Property Tax Savings
Homestead Exemption Cuts Your Property Tax Bill
A qualifying homeowner may take $140,000 off the value taxed by a school district. Age or disability can add $60,000 more.
County History
Hood County and Granbury Got Their Names as a Pair
In 1866, Texas lawmakers named both Hood County and its new county seat for Confederate generals, putting two names on the local map in one act.
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