| Whitt | |
| Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
| Pushpin Map: | Texas#USA |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within the state of Texas |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Texas |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Parker |
| Leader Name: | Paul Paschall |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Population As Of: | 2000 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone: | Central (CST) |
| Utc Offset: | -6 |
| Timezone Dst: | CDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
| Coordinates: | 32.9561°N -98.0189°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP codes |
| Postal Code: | 76490 |
| Area Code: | 940 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 1350029 |
Whitt is an unincorporated community in northwestern Parker County, Texas, United States. Whitt is located at the intersection of Farm Roads 2891 and 52, twenty miles northwest of Weathersford.[1]
The first settlers arrived in the mid-1870s, and it became a popular retail and social center for farmers due to its location on the stage line between Weathersford and Jacksboro.[2] Postal service began in 1877.[3] The Methodist Conference of Churches selected Whitt as its site for its district high school, Parker Institute.[4] In the mid-1880s, Whitt had an estimated 150 residents, three churches, a school, a weekly newspaper called the Whitt Moon, and twenty businesses.[5] Whitt continued to grow quickly and by 1900 it had a population of 500.[6] Whitt's population dwindled in the early 1900s due new railroads that bypassed many small towns in Parker County coupled with effects of the Great Depression.[7]
The Whitt Seminary was founded in 1880, when elders of the Christian Church at Whitt purchased five acres of land to build a community school.[8] The Seminary offered elementary through high school education with a robust music department, serving close to 200 students from local and surrounding communities.[9] The school served the community until 1990.[10] The old seminary building functioned as a Christian church until 1937, and was then converted into a community center.[11] The original Seminary school acreage was deeded to the Whitt Cemetery Association in 1976.[12] The Cemetery has a historical marker [13] and serves as an important cultural landmark in Whitt.
The Perrin-Whitt Consolidated Independent School District serves area students.