White Deer, Texas

White Deer is a town in Carson County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,000 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Amarillo, Texas Metropolitan Statistical Area.GeographyWhite Deer is located at. It is situated along U.S. Highway 60 in east central Carson County, northeast of Panhandle, the Carson County seat, and northeast of Amarillo.According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 4.5km2, all of it land.ClimateAccording to the Köppen Climate Classification system, White Deer has a semi-arid climate, abbreviated "BSk" on climate maps.HistoryThe community was first settled around 1882, when the British-owned Francklyn Land and Cattle Company, later reorganized as the White Deer Land Company, occupied the area and began stocking it with cattle. George Tyng, general manager of the property, built the headquarters for White Deer or Diamond F Ranch at the site in 1887. Around the same time, the Purcell Company purchased land in the vicinity as a right-of-way for the Southern Kansas Railway of Texas. A depot was built in 1888. The site was initially known as "Paton" (after John Paton), then "Whig", before being renamed White Deer in January 1899 – after nearby White Deer Creek. During the 1890s, British shareholders began selling land for small farms and ranches to settlers. The community moved to its present location near the railroad line in 1908. A year later, Henry Czerner and Ben Urbanczyk established a community of Polish farmers from central Texas at the northeastern edge of town. There were approximately 50 people living in White Deer by 1910.