White Deer

Name taken from nearby creek, so called by an Indian legend of White Deer feeding there. Site of county's first water well, drilled at N Bar N Ranch, 1887. Also headquarters for White Deer Land Co. (formerly Francklyn Land and Cattle Co., a British syndicate with 630,000 acres of Panhandle land), which in 1902 sold its acreage for small farms and ranches. Located .5 mile east on railroad in 1906, it became supply town for settlers. Present townsite founded in 1908. Oil boom came in 1920s. Is shipping point for grain and cattle.

White Deer is a historical marker in White Deer, Carson County, dedicated in 1965. It is one of 42 historical markers documented in Carson County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 49 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 35.4344, -101.1726 near White Deer. The nearest cataloged historic site is Jackson General Store (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Hotel at White Deer, First Baptist Church of White Deer, and First Presbyterian Church.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5065005781. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.