Whiteface, Texas
| Whiteface, Texas | |
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Former Whiteface Hotel, now a museum
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 Whiteface
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| Coordinates: 33°36′00″N 102°36′50″W / 33.60000°N 102.61389°WCoordinates: 33°36′00″N 102°36′50″W / 33.60000°N 102.61389°W | |
| Country |
 United States
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| State |
 Texas
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| County | Cochran |
| Region | Llano Estacado |
| Established | 1924 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.6 sq mi (1.5 km2) |
| • Land | 0.6 sq mi (1.5 km2) |
| • Water | 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2) |
| Elevation | 3,681 ft (1,122 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 449 |
| • Density | 763/sq mi (294.6/km2) |
| Time zone | CST (UTC-6) |
| ZIP code | 79379 |
| Area code | 806 |
Whiteface is a town in Cochran County, Texas, United States. The population was 449 at the 2010 census.
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.
Whiteface is located on the high plains of the Llano Estacado at 33°36′00″N 102°36′50″W / 33.60000°N 102.61389°W (33.6000974, -102.6138084).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.58 square miles (1.5 km2), all of it land.
Whiteface is located on State Highway 114 44 miles (71 km) west of Lubbock and 12 miles (19 km) southeast of Morton, the Cochran County seat.
As of the census of 2000, there were 465 people, 163 households, and 125 families residing in the town. The population density was 799.8 people per square mile (309.5/km²). There were 207 housing units at an average density of 356.0 per square mile (137.8/km²). 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. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 45.16% of the population.
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