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Welcome to Whitaker ...So far, we found very little information about Whitaker. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Whitaker to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Whitaker, please Contact Us. Whitaker would have been located within present day Geneva County<2>. The location of Whitaker has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Whitaker, you might consider that their post office opened in 1894. While the community is gone, the present day location for Whitaker is 210 feet [64 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: The area where Whitaker was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you travel east from Whitaker (for example, toward Jakin (GA)), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT). The location where Whitaker once stood is in the (334) area code. Communities Also Named Whitaker ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 14 communities that are also named Whitaker - they are located in Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky (2), Maryland, Mississippi, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia and West Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Whitaker. Communities near Whitaker ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Whitaker.
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 Whitaker. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Whitaker. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Whitaker. 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 Whitaker. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Whitaker. See our Newspapers Page for Whitaker. Adding Whitaker to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Whitaker 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 for Whitaker was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> We also found Whitaker on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Alabama (1911). For more details, see References and Mentions for Whitaker. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for State of Alabama: https://www.alabama.gov/ Footnotes ...
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