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History
in a Pecan Shell
Settler John Stiles arrived
in the early 1820s and named the place after a noticeably white rock
on the Red River where he entered Texas.
Information on the settlement is scarce for the first 80 or 90 years.
The first population figure wasn’t available until 1910 when it was
reported as 25 residents.
Once again, the community sailed through The Great Depression and
WWII with little
or nothing to report. The 1940 Census count was 40 White Rockers counted
– remaining there until 1986. Both the 1990 and 2000 census reported
85 residents.
Photographer’s Note:
“White Rock is a pleasant, quaint and scenic community located in
rolling East Texas countryside. It
is open agricultural cattle country with only a scattering of residences
and farm buildings. It does have a cemetery that might indicate that
at some time in the past there might have been a church here.” - Gerald
Massey, August 2010 |
White
Rock Highway Sign
Photo courtesy Gerald
Massey, August 2010 |
Red
River County 1940s map
White Rock, 5 miles N of Annona, is
not shown.
From Texas state map #4335
Courtesy
Texas General Land Office |
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