Welcome to White Rock ...
White Rock is located White Rock is located in Hunt County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of White Rock, you might consider that their post office opened in 1868. White Rock is 620 feet [189 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: White Rock lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Area codes for White Rock: (903) and (430)<3> While we believe that this White Rock is located in Hunt County, we know of another 6 Texas communities named White Rock. Those communities are located in the following counties: Dallas, Fannin, Red River, Robertson, San Augustine and Trinity County. Beyond Texas, there are 41 communities that are also named White Rock - they are located in Arkansas (2), British Columbia, California, Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas (2), Maine, Maryland (2), Michigan (2), Minnesota, Missouri (2), Nevada, New Mexico (2), Newfoundland and Labrador, North Carolina (2), North Dakota, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Pennsylvania (2), Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Virginia (2) and West Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for White Rock. We have created a list of 10 communities that are near White Rock. We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around White Rock. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for White Rock. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of White Rock. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around White Rock. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around White Rock. See our Newspapers Page for White Rock. Looking for more information about White Rock? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to White Rock, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for White Rock. We originally found mention of White Rock in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for White Rock was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> We also found White Rock in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).
For more details, see References and Mentions for White Rock.
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for White Rock. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for Hunt County: www.huntcounty.net The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/
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From that list, the White Rock post office opened in 1868.Off-the-Road Links ...
Footnotes ...
<1> If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Hunt, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. <2> The elevation is an estimate for the area around White Rock - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. <3> Area code (430) is an overlay for area code (903). <4> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. <5> The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. <6> A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/