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Whiteface dates to 1924

Most of Whiteface was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1978. Below: 1 old photo or paper from 1970 on.

1924founded
0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
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How Whiteface began

When was Whiteface founded?

1924

Whiteface dates its founding to 1924 (Wikidata). Its post office opened in 1926.

2020 census: 375102 years
Founding year: Wikidata. First post office: 1926.The full story ↓

What stands out about Whiteface’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenOnly 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story

How Whiteface came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Whiteface.

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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." By 1924, Slaughter's son-in-law, Ira P. DeLoache, turned the ranch into the new community of Whiteface.

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.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Whiteface, 1924 to 1970

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 20th century
  2. 1924
    FoundingWhiteface is established
  3. 1926Post officeThe Whiteface post office opens
  4. 1970In the archive1970 Whiteface tornado damage
By decade

Whiteface, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1970s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1970s1 item
1970 Whiteface tornado damage19701970 Whiteface tornado damage
1980s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Today3 recent
Whiteface Texas High School 20192019Whiteface Texas High School 2019Whiteface Texas City Hall 20192019Whiteface Texas City Hall 2019Whiteface Texas Museum 20112011Whiteface Texas Museum 2011
Then & now

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1970 Whiteface tornado damage
Retake this view1970 Whiteface tornado damage, 1970

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Famous people

Famous people close to Whiteface

Nobody well known was born in Whiteface itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Waylon JenningsAmerican country musician · b. 1937
Ronny JacksonAmerican physician, politician, and naval offic… · b. 1967
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Sonny CurtisAmerican musician · b. 1937
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Richard E. NisbettAmerican psychologist · b. 1941
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Tom JonesAmerican lyricist and librettist of musical the… · b. 1928
Dan Hewitt OwensAmerican actor · b. 1947

Questions about Whiteface’s history

What year was Whiteface founded?

In 1924, according to Wikidata. Whiteface’s post office opened in 1926.

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (4), Wikipedia, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.