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. 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 Weathersfor…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. 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. Postal service began in 1877. The Methodist Conference of Churches selected Whitt as its site for its district high school, Parker Institute. In the mid-1880s, Whitt had an estimated 150 residents, three churches, a school, a weekly newspaper called the Whitt Moon, and twenty businesses. Whitt continued to grow quickly and by 1900 it had a population of 500. 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.
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