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On October 14, 2005, city leaders, citing hurdles in attracting businesses, [18] announced a plan to have local voters decide on a possible name change for the town from White Settlement to West Settlement. In the November 8 election, the name change was overwhelmingly rejected by a vote of 2,388 to 219.
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White Settlement may refer to one of the following places: White Settlement, Nova Scotia; White Settlement, Texas; See also. European colonization of the Americas
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Students in White Settlement typically perform close to local region and statewide averages on standardized tests. In 2015-2016 State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) results, 78% of students in White Settlement ISD met Level II Satisfactory standards, compared with 77% in Region 11 and 75% in the state of Texas. [3]
White City is situated near Cedar Lake. It was settled in 1939, after voters passed the sale of alcohol. A post office operated from 1940 or 1941, to the 1950s. Oilfields supported the town during the 1930s. From the 1940s, the town declined, being abandoned by the 1950s. [2] [3]
The settlement was established in 1878, when New York investor and financier William Whitewright Jr. (1815–1898), after whom the community was named, purchased a tract of land in the path of the Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad, which was then extending its tracks across the county from Sherman to Greenville. Whitewright had the land ...