Whitharral, Texas
Encyclopedia
Whitharral is an unincorporated community
in Hockley County, Texas
, United States
.
ranchlands. The town was named by an early settler by the name of Whitfield Harral, or possibly Harold Whitfield.
A school was founded in 1925, and a post office the following year. Cotton gin
s, three churches, a garage, and a general store followed soon after.
Tornado
es have hit the town twice. The first occurred on Easter Sunday of 1957, causing some residential damage. The second one hit in 1970, causing heavy damage to the school.
serves area students. The high school football team has played in the UIL
six-man football
state championship three times, winning in 1981 and 2001.
Unincorporated area
In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality.To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city, town, or village with its own government. An unincorporated community is usually not subject to or taxed by a municipal government...
in Hockley County, Texas
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
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History
Whitharral was founded in 1924 after the sale of the LittlefieldGeorge W. Littlefield
George Washington Littlefield was a Confederate officer, cattleman, banker, and regent of the University of Texas. Born in Mississippi, Littlefield moved to Texas with his family as a boy.-Early life:George W...
ranchlands. The town was named by an early settler by the name of Whitfield Harral, or possibly Harold Whitfield.
A school was founded in 1925, and a post office the following year. Cotton gin
Cotton gin
A cotton gin is a machine that quickly and easily separates cotton fibers from their seeds, a job formerly performed painstakingly by hand...
s, three churches, a garage, and a general store followed soon after.
Tornado
Tornado
A tornado is a violent, dangerous, rotating column of air that is in contact with both the surface of the earth and a cumulonimbus cloud or, in rare cases, the base of a cumulus cloud. They are often referred to as a twister or a cyclone, although the word cyclone is used in meteorology in a wider...
es have hit the town twice. The first occurred on Easter Sunday of 1957, causing some residential damage. The second one hit in 1970, causing heavy damage to the school.
Education
The Whitharral Independent School DistrictWhitharral Independent School District
Whitharral Independent School District is a public school district based in the community of Whitharral, Texas .The district has one school that serves students in grades kindergarten through twelve....
serves area students. The high school football team has played in the UIL
University Interscholastic League
The University Interscholastic League is an organization that creates rules for and administers almost all athletic, music, and academic contests for public primary and secondary schools in the American state of Texas....
six-man football
Six-man football
Six-man football is a variant of American football that is played with six players per team, instead of 11.-History:6-man football was developed in 1934 by Chester High School coach Stephen Epler as an alternative means for small high schools to field a football team during the Great Depression...
state championship three times, winning in 1981 and 2001.