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Welcome to White Hall ...

The town of White Hall is located in Lowndes County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of White Hall, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1826.

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, White Hall has a population of 742 people<2> (see below for details).

White Hall is 140 feet [43 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Area Code for White Hall: 334

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, White Hall had an population of 742 people. This is a decrease of 13.52% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 26.82% since the 2000 Census).

At the time of the 2010 Census, White Hall had a population of 858 people (which is 7.6% of the total population of Lowndes County). This makes White Hall the county's 4th most populous community.

The population of White Hall represents 0.02% of the total population of Alabama (which has 4,779,736 people), making it the state's 271st most populous community.

With a 2010 count of 858 people, the population of White Hall decreased 15.38% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 1,014 people).

More information can be found on the Census Page for White Hall.

Communities Also Named White Hall ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 23 communities that are also named White Hall - they are located in Arkansas, California, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana (2), Maryland (3), Massachusetts, Missouri, New Jersey, North Carolina (2), Ohio, South Carolina, Texas (3) and Virginia (2).

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for White Hall.

Communities near White Hall ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for White Hall ...

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

Adding White Hall to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of White Hall 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 White Hall was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the White Hall post office opened in 1826.

We also found White Hall in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for White Hall.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Lowndes, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for White Hall.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around White Hall - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<7>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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