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 Weatherford, Texas.[1]

Whitt
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 32°57′22″N 98°01′08″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(s)	940
GNIS feature ID	1350029

History

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 Weatherford, Texas and Jacksboro, TX.[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 then turned 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

Public schools

The Perrin-Whitt Consolidated Independent School District serves area students.

References

External links

• U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Whitt, Texas

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