About the town » Burleson, Johnson County, Texas, United States

Burleson is a city in Johnson and Tarrant counties in the U.S. state of Texas. It is considered a suburb of Fort Worth and is located in the rapidly growing suburban expanse just south of the city. As of the 2010 census, the population was 36,690, having increased from the 20,976 residents counted during the 2000 census. Burleson is named for Rufus Columbus Burleson, a former president of Baylor University in Waco. A historical marker is also pending outside Burleson at the location of a stagecoach robbery by the notorious frontier outlaw Sam Bass.