Whitt is an unincorporated community in northwestern Parker County, Texas, United States. Whitt is located at the intersection of Farm Roads 2891 and 52, twenty miles northwest of Weathersford.[1]
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| Coordinates: 32°57′22″N 98°01′08″W / 32.95611°N 98.01889°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Texas |
| County | Parker |
| Government | |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP codes | 76490 |
| Area code | 940 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1350029 |
History edit
The first settlers arrived in the mid-1870s, and it became a popular retail and social center for farmers due to its location on the stage line between Weathersford and Jacksboro.[2] Postal service began in 1877.[3] The Methodist Conference of Churches selected Whitt as its site for its district high school, Parker Institute.[4] In the mid-1880s, Whitt had an estimated 150 residents, three churches, a school, a weekly newspaper called the Whitt Moon, and twenty businesses.[5] Whitt continued to grow quickly and by 1900 it had a population of 500.[6] Whitt's population dwindled in the early 1900s due new railroads that bypassed many small towns in Parker County coupled with effects of the Great Depression.[7]
The Whitt Seminary was founded in 1880, when elders of the Christian Church at Whitt purchased five acres of land to build a community school.[8] The Seminary offered elementary through high school education with a robust music department, serving close to 200 students from local and surrounding communities.[9] The school served the community until 1990.[10] The old seminary building functioned as a Christian church until 1937, and was then converted into a community center.[11] The original Seminary school acreage was deeded to the Whitt Cemetery Association in 1976.[12] The Cemetery has a historical marker [13] and serves as an important cultural landmark in Whitt.
Education edit
Public schools edit
The Perrin-Whitt Consolidated Independent School District serves area students.
References edit
- ^ "WHITT, TX". Texas State Historical Association.
- ^ "WHITT, TX". Texas State Historical Association.
- ^ "WHITT, TX". Texas State Historical Association.
- ^ "WHITT, TX". Texas State Historical Association.
- ^ "WHITT, TX". Texas State Historical Association.
- ^ "WHITT, TX". Texas State Historical Association.
- ^ "WHITT, TX". Texas State Historical Association.
- ^ "Whitt, Texas". Texas History Archives. Retrieved July 25, 2020.
- ^ "Whitt, Texas". Texas History Archives. Retrieved July 25, 2020.
- ^ "Whitt, Texas". Texas History Archives. Retrieved July 25, 2020.
- ^ "Whitt, Texas". Texas History Archives. Retrieved July 25, 2020.
- ^ "Whitt, Texas". Texas History Archives. Retrieved July 25, 2020.
- ^ "TX-5797 Whitt Seminary". Historical Markers. Retrieved July 25, 2020.
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