WHITFIELD, TEXAS

Texas Ghost Town
Swisher County, Texas Panhandle

Just E of FM 2301 off of FM 145
14.6 Miles E of Kress
22 Miles SE of Tulia the county seat
20 Miles NE of Plainview
Population: 0

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History in a Pecan Shell

Named after one of the early settlers, Whitfield began in the early 1890s.

At one time Whitfield had both Methodist and Baptist churches and a two-room school named Price which consolidated with the school at Kress in 1948. The post office closed in 1919 and the only population figure available was in 1947 when 15 people were living there. The Baptist church moved to Claytonville in the early 60s and only the Methodist church and a community center remained by the 1980s.

Swisher and Briscoe County Texas 1907 Postal map

1907 postal map showing Whitfield
(SE corner of Swisher County, near Briscoe County line)
From Texas state map #2090
Courtesy Texas General Land Office

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Whitfield, Texas Nearby Towns:
Tulia the county seat
Kress
Plainview
See Swisher County | Texas Panhandle

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