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Welcome to Ellawhite ...

Ellawhite is located in Perry County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Ellawhite, you might consider that their post office opened in 1906.

Ellawhite is 280 feet [85 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Ellawhite lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Ellawhite: 334 & 483<3>

Communities near Ellawhite ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Ellawhite.

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 Ellawhite. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Ellawhite.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Ellawhite. 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 Ellawhite.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Ellawhite. See our Newspapers Page for Ellawhite.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Ellawhite ...

Looking for more information about Ellawhite? 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 Ellawhite, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Ellawhite.

Adding Ellawhite to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Ellawhite in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Ellawhite was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Ellawhite post office opened in 1906. The Ellawhite post office closed in 1911.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Ellawhite.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Perry, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Ellawhite - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 334 code has been Overlayed with the 483 area code. New phone numbers in the Ellawhite area will be assigned with one of these codes: 334 or 483. As a result, placing a call in the Ellawhite area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/