Whiteface is a town in Cochran County, Texas, United States. As of the 2020 census, Whiteface had a population of 375.
History
According to the Handbook of Texas, "The name of the town came from rancher C. C. Slaughter's Whiteface Camp and Whiteface Pasture, which were named, in turn, for the cattle on his ranch." By 1924, Slaughter's son-in-law, Ira P. DeLoache, turned the ranch into the new community of Whiteface.
The community was moved several miles the next year to be at the railroad. Oil was discovered near the town in 1937. It was incorporated in 1945.
Geography
Whiteface is located on the high plains of the Llano Estacado at (33.6000974, –102.6138084).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all land.
Whiteface is located on State Highway 114, west of Lubbock and southeast of Morton, the Cochran County seat.