1920 Census White Oaks
Rob DiPardo
Counted by Frances Wells January 3,1920
Fireman power plant: 2
Engineer power plant: 1 For a time White Oaks delivered electricity to Carrizozo
Farmer: 11
Cattle: 36
Laundry: 1
Lawyer: 2
Coal miner: 8
General labor: 10
Well driller: 1
Wagon driver: 2
Gold miner: 4
Teacher: 2
Carpenter: 1
Fruit grower: 1
Engineer pumping station: 2
Fireman pumping station: 1
Merchant: 4
General labor railroad: 7
Mining engineer: 1
US mail: 2
Boarding house: 1
Gold stamp mill: 1
Edgar Chew had moved to El Paso and was a house electrician
Total population: 357
It is ironic that finally after the town had imploded the railroad had ten men working in White Oaks. What they were doing and what the pumping station was is a mystery.
Most of the cattle men were not counted in the town prior so it is safe to say they came to town from the forest and simply took over an abandoned home. Better to be in what was left of White Oaks then alone in a shack out in the forest.