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Welcome to Whitehead ...

Whitehead is located in Lauderdale County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Whitehead, you might consider that their post office opened in 1891.

Whitehead is 730 feet [223 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Whitehead: 256 & 938<3>

Communities Also Named Whitehead ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 15 communities that are also named Whitehead - they are located in Kansas, Manitoba, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New Brunswick, New Jersey (2), North Carolina, Nova Scotia, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas (2) and Utah.

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

Communities near Whitehead ...

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

  • Liberty Grove
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Liberty Grove is located in Lawrence County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Grove
    • Estimated population in 2014: 7,825 people
  • Loretto
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Loretto is located in Lawrence County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loretto
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,781 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Loretto <4>
  • Rogersville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Rogersville is located in Lauderdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogersville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,293 people
    • Former name for Rogersville:
    • Rodgersville
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rogersville <4>
  • Town Creek
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Killen
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Saint Joseph
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Saint Florian
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Saint Florian is located in Lauderdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Florian
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 780 people
  • Leighton
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Lexington
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • North Courtland
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • North Courtland is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Courtland
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 621 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Whitehead ...

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

Adding Whitehead to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Whitehead 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 (so far) for Whitehead was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Whitehead post office opened in 1891. The Whitehead post office closed in 1907.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Whitehead.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Lauderdale, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Whitehead - 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 256 code has been Overlayed with the 938 area code. New phone numbers in the Whitehead area will be assigned with one of these codes: 256 or 938. As a result, placing a call in the Whitehead 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/