A FAUNA natural area

Village Creek Historical Area

Village Creek Historic site Trails

Wooded trails along Village Creek at a site layered with history, connecting neighborhoods to the creek and to each other.

At a glance

135 acres of creek-bottom parkland along Village Creek
One-mile hike & bike trail, fishing pier, picnic areas, and a historical marker
Managed by City of Arlington Parks & Recreation

A little history

The area is named for the Native American villages that once lined the creek — in the 1830s this valley held one of the region’s largest concentrations of Native peoples, and artifacts found nearby date back nearly 9,000 years. On May 24, 1841, it was the site of the Battle of Village Creek, when Republic of Texas militia under Gen. Edward H. Tarrant attacked the Caddo villages here.