Editing Whitesboro, Texas

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| subdivision_name2  = [[Grayson County, Texas|Grayson]]
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| elevation_ft       = 781
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| postal_code        = 76273
| area_code          = [[Area codes 903 and 430|903, 430]]
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'''Whitesboro''' is a city in [[Grayson County, Texas]], United States. The population was 4,074 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]]. Whitesboro is named for its founder, Ambrose B. White.

It is part of the [[Sherman-Denison metropolitan area]].

==History==
Native Americans had hunted in the area.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.whitesboro.org/community/page/history-whitesboro|title=The History of Whitesboro &#124; Whitesboro, Texas|website=www.whitesboro.org}}</ref>

The area was once known as "Wolfpath". The first settler in the area was Robert Diamond, but the settlement of Wolfpath began with the arrival of Ambrose B. White and his family in 1848. The [[Butterfield Overland Mail]] route used White's Westview Inn as the "Diamond Station" on its trail from the [[Mississippi River]] to the [[West Coast of the United States|Pacific Coast]] from 1858 to 1861. A post office, under the name "Whitesborough", began operations there in 1860.

After the [[American Civil War|Civil War]], Whitesborough grew into a frontier town where female residents were prohibited from leaving their homes on Saturday nights because shootings were so common. Whitesborough had a population of 500, saloons, several stores, and other businesses when it was incorporated on June 2, 1873. By 1879, it had a bank, a newspaper, and train service from [[Denison, Texas|Denison]] on a line from the [[Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad]]. In 1887, it altered the spelling of its name to "Whitesboro".<ref>Brian Hart, "WHITESBORO, TX," Handbook of Texas Online (https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hgw09), accessed May 28, 2011. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.</ref>

In 1903, racial tensions were high in Whitesboro after an "Anti-White Man's Club" left a note threatening to poison local wells and "foully treat" and murder "some white girl".<ref name="Kumler">{{cite thesis | last = Kumler | first = Donna J. | date = 1995 | title = "They Have Gone From Sherman": The Courthouse Riot Of 1930 And Its Impact On The Black Professional Class |type = PhD | publisher = University of North Texas | url = https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc277801/m2/1/high_res_d/1002722875-kumler.pdf}}</ref> Later that year, a black male was held by police for identification following an alleged attempted rape of a white Whitesboro woman.<ref name="Kumler"/> A large mob broke into the man's cell and attempted to hang him from a tree; he was rescued by police.<ref name="TT">{{cite news | date = August 13, 1903 | title = After Being Strung Up | url = https://www.newspapers.com/clip/54749529/attempted-lynching-whitesboro-1903-and/ | work = The Tennessean}}</ref> The mob then fired guns toward homes occupied by blacks, and ordered them to leave town, resulting in the large exodus of a once majority black town.<ref name="TT"/>

It was suspected that threats made from the "Anti-White man's club" were fabricated notes from white residents of Whitesboro created in order to create fake hysteria and further racial tensions.<ref name="Kumler"/>

Whitesboro is believed to have once been a sundown town, meaning only white people were allowed in after dark, and black people found after dark were murdered.<ref name="TT"/>

==Geography==
Whitesboro is located in western Grayson County.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> [[U.S. Route 82 in Texas|U.S. Route 82]] passes through the northern side of the city, and [[U.S. Route 377 in Texas|U.S. Route 377]] passes through the eastern side. US 82 leads east {{convert|17|mi}} to [[Sherman, Texas|Sherman]], the [[county seat]], and west {{convert|13|mi}} to [[Gainesville, Texas|Gainesville]], while US 377 leads north {{convert|15|mi}} to the [[Oklahoma]] border on the [[Red River of the South|Red River]] and south {{convert|41|mi}} to [[Denton, Texas|Denton]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], Whitesboro has a total area of {{convert|8.6|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|0.015|sqkm|order=flip|3}}, or 0.18%, are water.<ref name="Census 2010">{{Cite web |title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Whitesboro city, Texas |url=http://factfinder2.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US4878532 |access-date=March 22, 2017 |work=American Factfinder |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau}}{{dead link|bot=medic|date=April 2020}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
| align = left
| 1880 = 773
| 1890 = 1170
| 1900 = 1243
| 1910 = 1219
| 1920 = 1810
| 1930 = 1535
| 1940 = 1560
| 1950 = 1854
| 1960 = 2485
| 1970 = 2927
| 1980 = 3197
| 1990 = 3209
| 2000 = 3760
| 2010 = 3793
| 2020 = 4074
| footnote = U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}

{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Whitesboro racial composition as of 2020'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US4878532&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2 |access-date=2022-05-22 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref><br> (NH = Non-Hispanic){{efn|Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/|title=Census.gov &#124; U.S. Census Bureau Homepage|website=Census.gov}}{{nonspecific|date=August 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=About the Hispanic Population and its Origin |url=https://www.census.gov/topics/population/hispanic-origin/about.html |website=www.census.gov |access-date=18 May 2022}}</ref>}}
!Race
!Number
!Percentage
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] (NH)
|3,202
|78.6%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] (NH)
|33
|0.79%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] (NH)
|40
|0.98%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] (NH)
|30
|0.74%
|-
|Some Other Race (NH)
|8
|0.2%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed/Multi-Racial]] (NH)
|279
|6.85%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]]
|483
|11.86%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''4,074'''
|
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 4,074 people, 1,593 households, and 1,065 families residing in the city.

==Education==
The city is served by the [[Whitesboro Independent School District]].

==Notable people==

* [[Rayford Barnes]] (1920–2000), actor
* [[Etta Gray]] (1880–1970), physician
* [[Lydia Starr McPherson]] (1827–1903), founded ''Whitesboro Democrat'' newspaper in the late 1870s
* [[Jared L. Patterson]], member of the Texas House of Representatives
* [[Ray Renfro]], professional football player
* [[Grizzly Smith]], professional wrestler

==See also==
{{portal|Texas}}
* [[List of cities in Texas]]

==References==
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{{notelist}}

==External links==
{{commons category|Whitesboro, Texas}}
* {{official website|http://www.whitesborotexas.com}}
* [http://www.whitesborotx.com Whitesboro Chamber of Commerce]

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