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Welcome to Whiton ...Whiton is primarily located in Wicomico County<1>. A portion of Whiton extends into Worcester County. The location of Whiton has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> While we don't have a date for the founding of Whiton, you might consider that their post office opened in 1883. Whiton is near sea level<3>. Time Zone: Whiton lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Whiton is served by one (or more) of the following area codes: (410), (443)<4> and (667). Communities Also Named Whiton ...Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Whiton - it's located in Alabama. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Whiton. Communities near Whiton ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Whiton.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Whiton. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Whiton. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Whiton. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Whiton. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Whiton. See our Newspapers Page for Whiton. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Whiton ...Looking for more information about Whiton? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Whiton, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Whiton. Adding Whiton to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Whiton in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Whiton was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> We also found Whiton in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Whiton. Off-the-Road Links ...Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Whiton. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for Wicomico County: www.wicomicocounty.org/ The official website for State of Maryland: www.maryland.gov/ Footnotes ...
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