OUT & ABOUT
Not only is our neighborhood awesome, so is the town it’s nestled in….KELLER!

Located 15 miles northeast of Forth Worth and 25 miles northwest of Dallas, Keller is quickly becoming one of the most desirable places to live in North Tarrant County. With over 36,000 residents, Keller was named one of the best-managed small cities in America.

Check out these links to help you familiarize yourself with our great city:



GARBAGE & RECYCLING

The City of Keller contracts Trinity Waste Services (817-332-7301) for bi-weekly trash pick-up. Trash is picked up on TUESDAY and FRIDAY and recyclables are picked up on FRIDAY only. You are free to use which ever kind of trash container you choose as long as it in not larger than four (4) feet in diameter and must weigh less than fifty (50) pounds. Recycle bins & lids can be obtained at the City of Keller’s Customer Service Department which is located in Keller Town Hall at 1100 Bear Creek Parkway. There is a fee for these items. For information, contact Customer Services at (817) 743-4060. For more information, go to www.cityofkeller.com.

VEHICLE INSPECTION, REGISTRATION AND DRIVER’S LICENSE

Log onto www.texas.dmv.org and click on Applying for a Texas driver’s license. Then, under the Helpful Information column click on Moving to Texas.

Before you can obtain a Texas driver’s license, you must first obtain liability insurance, pass a vehicle safety inspection and then register your vehicle. Once these steps are completed (in the order that they are listed), you may then apply for your driver’s license.

There are several state approved vehicle inspection locations in Keller and you can register your vehicle at the Tarrant County Tax Assessors Office which is located in Southlake Town Hall, 1400 Main Street, Southlake, TX, (817) 481-8141.

The nearest Driver’s License Facility is located at 624 Northeast Loop 820 in Hurst (near the Northeast Mall). Their phone number is (817) 299-1300. Hours of operation are Monday 7:30am-6:00pm, Tuesday-Friday 7:30am-5:30pm.

REGISTER TO VOTE IN TEXAS
Don’t forget to register to vote! Go to www.sos.state.tx.us/elections/ and click on Request a Voter Registration Application.


HIGHWAYS AND, BY THE WAY….
There seem to be several streets in North Texas that have multiple names.
Here are a few you should know.

LOCAL STREETS
Davis Boulevard = FM1938
Southlake Boulevard = FM 1709 = Keller Parkway = Golden Triangle
Highway 26 = Grapevine Highway = Colleyville Boulevard = Ira E. Woods
Highway 377 = Main Street = Denton Highway

FREEWAYS
30 (runs East/West) = Tom Landry Highway
35E / Dallas (runs North/South) = Stemmons Freeway
35W / Fort Worth (runs North/South) = North Freeway north of 30 and South Freeway south of 30

114 (runs East/West) = John Carpenter Freeway
121 = (runs Northeast to Southwest)
183 = Airport Freeway (runs East/West)
190 = George Bush Turnpike
635 = Lyndon B Johnson (LBJ) Freeway

Another great resource for maps in Texas in MAPSCO. www.mapsco.com

HELPFUL WEBSITES

Keller Independent School District: www.kellerisd.com

Texas Department of Motor Vehicles: www.texas.dmv.org

Texas Department of Public Safety: www.txdps.state.tx.us

State of Texas: www.state.tx.us

Tarrant County www.tarrantcounty.com