Whitesboro City

Grayson County, Texas

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Whitesboro City Hall is located at 111 West Main Street, Whitesboro, TX 76273.
Phone: 903‑564‑3311.

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Whitesboro [1] — Settlers moved to this site after Ambrose B. White (1811-1883) camped here on his way West from Illinois in 1848. His Inn here was on the Butterfield Stage Route after 1858. The Post Office opened in 1860, was named for White, who surveyed (1869) the townsite with Dr. W. H. Trolinger (1827-1895), donor of land for a park. When Whitesboro incorporated in 1873, White was elected its first mayor. The Denison & Pacific Railroad, later part of the Missourie, Kansas & Texas Railroad, arrived in 1879; the Texas & Pacific in 1881. Today the area's economy is based on recreational facilities and peanut production.

  1. Texas Historical Commission, Text of Historic Marker, 1975.

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