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Welcome to Whiton ...

Whiton is located in DeKalb County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Whiton, you might consider that their post office opened in 1878.

Whiton is 1,130 feet [344 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Area Codes for Whiton: 256 & 938<3>

Communities Also Named Whiton ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Whiton - it's located in Maryland.

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

Communities near Whiton ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Whiton ...

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

Adding Whiton to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Whiton 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 Whiton was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Whiton post office opened in 1878. The Whiton post office closed in 1905.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Whiton.

Footnotes ...

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