Editing White Settlement, Texas (section)

==History==
Even before the beginnings of a nearby military outpost, Fort Worth, white settlers took up refuge along a creek, later named Farmers Branch Creek.<ref name="wstx.us">{{Cite web |title=History of White Settlement {{!}} White Settlement, TX |url=https://www.wstx.us/1463/History-of-White-Settlement |access-date=2023-12-16 |website=www.wstx.us}}</ref> Before the end of 1841, settlers began arriving from Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky and Tennessee. In 1850 the area's first census showed the population consisted of 599 white Americans and 65 Black enslaved people.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Civil War: "Unheard of Scoundrelism," Secession, and the Great Hanging {{!}} Hometown by Handlebar |url=https://hometownbyhandlebar.com/?p=14788 |access-date=2023-12-09 |website=hometownbyhandlebar.com}}</ref> By the mid-1850s, many more settlers arrived bringing with them more slaves.<ref>{{Cite web |title=THE STORY OF WHITE SETTLEMENT |url=http://www.wsmuseum.com/wshst.htm |access-date=2023-12-09 |website=www.wsmuseum.com}}</ref>

The oldest street in White Settlement is White Settlement Road. This original trail led from the fort to the "white settlement" about eight miles west into Native American territory. As the Native Americans were forced from the area, and the settlement moved westward, the road followed. This was the only public road in White Settlement's early history.<ref name="STREETS NAMED FOR PIONEER AND DEVELOPERS' FAMILIES">{{Cite web|url=http://www.wsmuseum.com/wsstreets.html|title=White Settlement Streets Named For Pioneer And Developer's Families|website=www.wsmuseum.com}}</ref>

While early life was not easy for the settlers with frequent clashes with indigenous populations, White Settlement became a trading outpost. As the migrating settlers carved out homesteads among the various indigenous tribes, outsiders and Native Americans referred to the area as "the white settlement."<ref name="wstx.us"/><ref name="THE STORY OF WHITE SETTLEMENT">{{Cite web |title=THE STORY OF WHITE SETTLEMENT |url=http://www.wsmuseum.com/wshst.htm |access-date=2023-12-16 |website=www.wsmuseum.com}}</ref>

In February 1942, Consolidated Aircraft Company began construction on the [[Consolidated B-24 Liberator|B-24 Liberator]] heavy bomber at Air Force Plant #4. Liberator Village, as it became known, consisted of housing units across the city to house aircraft workers.<ref name="THE STORY OF WHITE SETTLEMENT"/>

In modern times, the city of White Settlement is the gateway to national defense, bordered by [[Lockheed Martin]] and the [[Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth]]. As federal properties, the White Settlement Police Department has concurrent jurisdiction for calls for service and patrols at the military base and aircraft plant.<ref name="ReferenceA">{{Cite web |title=Meet the Chief {{!}} White Settlement, TX |url=https://www.wstx.us/1449/Meet-the-Chief |access-date=2023-12-16 |website=www.wstx.us}}</ref>

Two members of the city's West Freeway Church of Christ [[West Freeway Church of Christ shooting|were killed]] by a gunman on December 29, 2019, during a morning service. The shooter was in turn shot dead by a church security guard.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2020/09/29/918185532/grand-jury-declines-to-indict-church-security-guard-who-killed-gunman-in-texas|title = Grand Jury Declines to Indict Church Security Guard Who Killed Gunman in Texas| website=[[NPR]] | date=September 29, 2020 | last1=Schwartz | first1=Matthew S. }}</ref>

Most recent White Settlement Mayor Ronald White died in office on January 17, 2023. Mayor White was the 19th Mayor of White Settlement. <ref>{{cite news |date=January 17, 2023 |title=White Settlement Mayor Ronald White dies, city says |publisher=WFAA |url=https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/white-settlement-texas-mayor-ronald-white-dies/287-d5c251db-0ec7-419d-9ed6-9921865a82cf |access-date=January 18, 2023}}</ref> Mayor Pro Tem Amber Muñoz took over as the 20th Mayor of White Settlement, becoming the first female Mayor in White Settlement. On May 6, 2023, citizens of White Settlement elected Faron Young in a special election to fill the office for the remainder of White's term.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2023-05-05 |title=Live election results: North Texas May 6 Elections |url=https://www.fox4news.com/election/live-election-results-north-texas-may-6-elections |access-date=2023-08-26 |website=FOX 4 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=City Council |url=https://www.wstx.us/219/City-Council |access-date=2023-08-26 |website=White Settlement, Texas}}</ref>