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Welcome to Whitesville ...

Whitesville is located in Marshall County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Whitesville, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1890.

Whitesville is 950 feet [290 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you travel east from Whitesville (for example, toward Etna (GA)), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Codes for Whitesville: 256 & 938<3>

Communities Also Named Whitesville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 15 communities that are also named Whitesville - they are located in Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey (2), New York, South Carolina, Vermont, Virginia (2) and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Whitesville ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Whitesville ...

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

Adding Whitesville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Whitesville 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 Whitesville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

X2X - From that list, the Whitesville post office opened in 1890.

We also found Whitesville on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Alabama (1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Whitesville.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Whitesville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Marshall County: www.marshallco.org/www/

The official website for State of Alabama: https://www.alabama.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Marshall, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Whitesville - 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 Whitesville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 256 or 938. As a result, placing a call in the Whitesville 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>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>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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




 

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