Whiteface, Texas
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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Whiteface, Texas
| native_name =
| settlement_type = Community
| image_skyline = Whiteface Texas Museum 2011.jpg
| image_alt =
| image_caption = Former Whiteface Hotel, now a museum
| map_caption = Location of Whiteface in Texas
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| pushpin_relief = yes
| pushpin_map_alt = Map of Texas
| pushpin_map_caption =
| pushpin_label = Whiteface
| pushpin_label_position = right
| coordinates = {{coord|33|36|00|N|102|36|50|W|display=inline,title}}
| coor_pinpoint =
| coordinates_footnotes = {{cite gnis|id=1371436|name= Whiteface}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = United States
| subdivision_type1 = State
| subdivision_name1 = Texas
| subdivision_type2 = County
| subdivision_name2 = Cochran
| subdivision_type3 = Region
| subdivision_name3 = Llano Estacado
| established_title = Established
| established_date = 1924
| founder =
| unit_pref = Imperial
| elevation_ft = 3681
| area_total_km2 = 1.52
| area_land_km2 = 1.52
| area_water_km2 = 0.00
| population_footnotes =
| population_total = 449
| population_as_of = 2010
| population_density_km2 = 270.32
| timezone1 = CST
| utc_offset1 = -6
| timezone1_DST =
| utc_offset1_DST =
| postal_code_type = ZIP code
| postal_code = 79379
| area_code_type = Area code
| area_code = 806
| website =
| footnotes =
|blank_name = FIPS code
|blank_info = 48-78328
|pop_est_as_of = 2019
|population_est = 412
|area_total_sq_mi = 0.59
|area_land_sq_mi = 0.59
|area_water_sq_mi = 0.00
|population_density_sq_mi = 700.68
}}
Whiteface is a town in Cochran County, Texas, United States. Its population was 449 at the 2010 census.{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4878328| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001): Whiteface town, Texas| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| access-date=July 29, 2015| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213041912/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4878328| archive-date=February 13, 2020| url-status=dead}}
History
According to the Handbook of Texas, "The name of the town came from rancher C. C. Slaughter's Whiteface Camp and Whiteface Pasture, which were named, in turn, for the cattle on his ranch."{{cite web| url= https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hlw30|title=Whiteface, TX|work=Handbook of Texas|access-date=May 26, 2013|author=H. Allen Anderson}} By 1924, Slaughter's son-in-law, Ira P. DeLoache, turned the ranch into the new community of Whiteface.{{cite news|last1=Brown|first1=Steve|title=Real estate promoter DeLoache was a Dallas legend back in the day|url=http://bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com/2012/11/real-estate-promoter-deloache-was-a-dallas-legend-back-in-the-day.html/|access-date=December 12, 2015|work=The Dallas Morning News|date=November 23, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222081224/http://bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com/2012/11/real-estate-promoter-deloache-was-a-dallas-legend-back-in-the-day.html/|archive-date=December 22, 2015|url-status=dead}}
The community was moved several miles the next year to be at the railroad. Oil was discovered near the town in 1937. It was incorporated in 1945.
Geography
Whiteface is located on the high plains of the Llano Estacado at {{coord|33|36|00|N|102|36|50|W|type:city}} (33.6000974, –102.6138084).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of {{convert|1.5|km2|order=flip}}, all land.
Whiteface is located on State Highway 114, {{convert|44|mi}} west of Lubbock and {{convert|12|mi}} southeast of Morton, the Cochran County seat.
Demographics
{{US Census population
|1950= 579
|1960= 535
|1970= 394
|1980= 463
|1990= 512
|2000= 465
|2010= 449
|estyear=2019
|estimate=412
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015}}
}}
=2020 census=
| class="wikitable"
|+Whiteface racial composition{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US4878328&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2 |access-date=May 19, 2022 |website=data.census.gov}} !Race !Number !Percentage |
| White (NH)
|162 |43.2% |
| Black or African American (NH)
|6 |1.6% |
| Native American or Alaska Native (NH)
|4 |1.07% |
| Mixed or multiracial (NH)
|4 |1.07% |
| Hispanic or Latino
|199 |53.07% |
| Total
|375 | |
As of the 2020 United States census, 375 people, 133 households, and 98 families were residing in the town.
=2000 census=
As of the 2000 census,{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=January 31, 2008|title=U.S. Census website}} 465 people, 163 households, and 125 families resided in the town. The population density was {{convert|799.8|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The 207 housing units averaged 356.0 per square mile (137.8/km{{sup|2}}). The racial makeup of the town was 67.53% White, 2.80% African American, 2.58% Native American, 26.45% from other races, and 0.65% from two or more races. Hispanics or Latinos of any race were 45.16% of the population.
Of the 163 households, 47.2% had children under 18 living with them, 59.5% were married couples living together, 10.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.3% were not families. About 22.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.4% had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 2.85 and the average family size was 3.37.
In the town, the population was distributed as 35.1% under 18, 6.7% from 18 to 24, 31.8% from 25 to 44, 16.3% from 45 to 64, and 10.1% who were 65 or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females, there were 91.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.4 males.
The median income for a household in the town was $30,833, and for a family was $37,500. Males had a median income of $27,321 versus $17,500 for females. The per capita income for the town was $15,060. About 10.8% of families and 14.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 20.4% of those under age 18 and 13.7% of those age 65 or over.
Education
The city of Whiteface is served by the Whiteface Consolidated Independent School District and home to the Whiteface High School Antelopes.
See also
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Whiteface, Texas}}
- {{Handbook of Texas|id=hlw30|name= Whiteface, TX}}
- {{Gnis|1371436| Whiteface}}
- {{URL|https://www.lbk.ars.usda.gov/WEWC/llano/estacado.htm|Photos of the Llano Estacado}}
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{{Cochran County, Texas}}
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Category:Towns in Cochran County, Texas