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==Name== The city got its name as it was a lone settlement of [[White people|white]] colonists amid several [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] villages in the Fort Worth area in the [[Republic of Texas|Texas Republic]] territory in the 1840s.<ref>{{cite web |title=About Us, History |url=https://www.wstx.us/293/About-Us |website=White Settlement, TX}}</ref><ref name="kxii.com">{{Cite web |title=White Settlement Residents Vote Down Name Change |url=https://www.kxii.com/home/headlines/1958852.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200211173746/https://www.kxii.com/home/headlines/1958852.html |archive-date=2020-02-11 |website=www.kxii.com}}</ref> On October 14, 2005, city leaders, citing hurdles in attracting businesses,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Norris |first=Michele |date=7 November 2005 |title=Voters to Decide on Name for 'White Settlement' |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4993235 |access-date=10 November 2019 |publisher=[[NPR]]}}</ref> 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.<ref name="kxii.com" /><ref>{{Cite news |last=Romero |first=Simon |date=2005-11-13 |title=A Town With a Provocative Name Says No to Change |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/13/us/a-town-with-a-provocative-name-says-no-to-change.html |access-date=2019-12-30 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
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