Welcome to the City of White Settlement! We are glad
you’re here!
White Settlement’s neighborly community takes pride in
the 14 dedicated scenic parks encompassing 203 acres,
the many award-winning programs offered to residents and
visitors alike and the several superior businesses
throughout our city. Our beautiful city is safely
nestled in 5 square miles bordered by I-30 on the south,
I-820W to the west, portions of SH 183 and the Naval Air
Station Joint Reserve Base on the east and north.
Incorporated in 1941, White Settlement comfortably
houses approximately 16,200 residents who enjoy small
town living while utilizing the convenience of big city
neighbors.
We welcome you here!
Exemplary City services include our award-winning
Senior Services Center
which offers daily lunches, free transportation,
musical groups, activities, group outings, and various
fundraiser events. Our
Community
Library houses over 72,000 items, offers a
computer center for patrons, many children’s programs,
adult GED classes and serves as the polling location for
city elections. The newly remodeled
Community Recreation
Facility features the only public
gymnasiums in the area offering basketball, volleyball,
futsal soccer and a dance studio. This Facility also
offers classes and activities throughout the year for
children ages 1 to 100 including summer camps, archery,
yoga, dance, cooking, guitar and several others. These
facilities are centrally located at the City’s
Municipal Complex
connected by scenic walkways and a beautiful bridge
crossing over Farmer’s Branch Creek, making family
outings leisurely, educational and enjoyable.
A
brief walk across the Farmer’s Branch Creek Bridge will
bring you to our Historical Museum, City Hall and
Volunteer Fire Department. The City is proud of our
local Historical Museum
and the members of the
Historical Society who keep the City’s rich
history alive with various activities, educational
reenactments and celebrations White Settlement’s history
dates back to the 1840’s when the area was home to seven
Indian villages and one non-Indian settlement, hence the
name White Settlement was given to our community by the
Indian villages. This settlement became a trading post
that was patronized by both the Indians and the settlers
eventually growing into the warm community we call home
today. City Hall
houses Municipal Courts, Utility Department, Customer
Service, Permits Department, Code Enforcement and
Municipal Administration including the City Council
Chambers and Mayor’s office. Our
Volunteer Fire Department
provides fire protection and safety services to the
community and mutual aid support to neighboring
communities. The 36 member volunteer fire department
also serves our community by attending school events and
community festivals, participating in community parades,
providing educational tours, conducting weekly training
for volunteer fire personnel and utilizes the Fire
Station Conference Room for EMT Classes.
Our
203 acres of beautiful dedicated parks include Veteran’s
Park, Central Park, Saddle Hills Park, Raymond Street
Splash Park and John Griggs Park among several others.
Being a fairly new complex,
Veteran’s Park a
68 acre community sports park, that offers a convenient
location for softball and baseball tournaments. The park
also includes a 2 acre pond with a fishing pier and a
Veterans Memorial Wall, a 4 pavilions, sand volleyball
court, two playgrounds and hike-n-bike trails, and
horseshoe pits. Central
Park named for its central location within
the city, is a 64 acre community park that has a
beautiful duck pond, several covered picnic tables,
covered pavilions, 5 baseball fields, 2 softball fields,
1 football field, Skate Park, outdoor basketball courts,
sand volleyball, a large playground. It is home to the
White Settlement Youth Association (WSYA) and White
Settlement Youth Football Association (WSYFA). The Plans
are currently being discussed to make improvement to the
park to better serve the children and citizens of our
community and neighboring communities.
Saddle Hills Park
a 22 acre neighborhood leisure park that has one of our
newest park features – Disc Golf! A 9 hole 3 par course
that is utilized by residents, local business employees
who enjoy a quick game at lunch and professionals who
attend tournaments at the park, Saddle Hills Park has
become a “must go to” park within our community. Also a
great place to host a disc golf tournament.
Raymond Park is
a newly renovated pocket park that has a large
playground and spray park for children of all ages;
along with a covered pavilion for parties.
John Griggs Park
offers non-lit Tennis Courts and Basketball Courts as
well as picnic seating areas and a nature area with
informal trails.
In
June 2009, the City opened our new
Animal Control and Pet
Adoption Facilities (ACO) Facility located in
the backyard of Veteran’s Park. Staff works with over
400 volunteers of all ages to care for and find homes
for over 1000 animals each year, and provides various
services and hosts fundraising events including Dog Days
of Fall and Dog Days of Summer.
The
Police Department
is located 8900 Clifford St. across from our Veteran’s
Park pond and fishing pier in a 15,400 square foot
facility. The Police Department currently has 30 sworn
officers and 17 civilian employees. The police
department stays involved in the community by providing
educational programs including the Junior Police
Academy, Open House and National Night Out and
participating in our community parades and festivals.
White Settlement has prime land located along IH30 and
I-820W available for commercial development. White
Settlement offers an ideal location with easy access to
major thoroughfares and neighboring cities while
providing big city business corridors and maintaining
its small town charm. The White Settlement Area Chamber
of Commerce and the Economic Development Department will
be happy to assist you with your commercial development
needs within our community. The
White Settlement Area
Chamber of Commerce sponsors monthly
luncheons for area businesses and the annual White
Settlement Day Parade, held on the Saturday following
the Brewer High School Homecoming celebration.
Our
children attend schools in the
White Settlement
Independent School District (WSISD). The
school district began as a one-room log cabin originally
located where the WSISD Administration Building now
stands. The school district currently has one high
school, one middle school, one intermediate school, four
elementary schools, one fine arts academy and one
alternative campus. Many of our elected officials, city
employees and business owners are proud to say they
attended White Settlement schools where Friday Night
Football is still a community celebrated event.
Stop by, Stay awhile!
Jerry R. Burns
Mayor, White Settlement, Texas
“I am a Brewer Bear”
