The area that is now White House was purchased around 1828 by Richard Stone Wilks, a settler from Virginia.

A trail running from Kentucky to Nashville, originally created by Native Americans, cut through the area.

In the mid-19th century, the Carter, Thomas, and Hough Stagecoach Company traveled the L&N Turnpike carrying passengers.

President Andrew Jackson was even heard to have stayed here during his travels between his home and the White House.

The stage coach drivers began to call this stop and the surrounding area White House.

The reproduction, called the White House Inn Library and Museum, currently sits in the center of town next to the Fire Department.

It contains the library, a museum with artifacts from the area's early years, and the city's Chamber of Commerce.

[9] Currently, the young town is experiencing population growth, economic progress, and community development, with many apartment projects and subdivisions planned for the area.

[10] According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 9.0 square miles (23 km2), all land.