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1 hour ago, Uaarkson said:

TDIL there is a town called ‘White Settlement’

I've been there, it sucks. It's just suburbs and gas stations. It's called White settlement because literally it was a white settlement to get away from the "urban" cities after desegregation. Although these days there's just as many Mexicans as there are white people.

 

Edit: my bad. It's called white settlement because of native Americans, but it did blow up during white flight

 


 

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In 1850 the area's first census showed the population consisted of 599 Anglo-Americans and 65 black slaves.[8] By the mid-1850s, many more settlers arrived bringing with them more slaves.[9]

 

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.[10]

 

 

 

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The city got its name as it was a lone settlement of white colonists amid several Native American villages in the Fort Worth area in the Texas Republic territory in the 1840s.[17][18]

 

On October 14, 2005, city leaders, citing hurdles in attracting businesses,[19] 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.[18][20]

 

 

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