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Welcome to Whittington Place ...

Whittington Place is located in Shasta County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Whittington Place: Whittington Pl. (or less commonly used: Whittington Plc.)

Whittington Place is 4,990 feet [1,521 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Whittington Place is about 1 mile [or ~1½ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Whittington Place lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Whittington Place: 530 & 837<3>

Communities near Whittington Place ...

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

  • Burney
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Hat Creek
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Eudora Colony ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Eudora Colony is located in Shasta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eudora Colony
  • Fern
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Fern is located in Shasta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fern
  • Manzanita Lake
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Manzanita Lake is located in Shasta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manzanita Lake
  • Old Station
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Viola ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Viola is located in Shasta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viola
  • Whitmore
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Johnson Park
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Johnson Park is located in Shasta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson Park
  • Round Mountain
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Whittington Place ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including Shasta, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Whittington Place - 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 530 code has been Overlayed with the 837 area code. New phone numbers in the Whittington Place area will be assigned with one of these codes: 530 or 837. As a result, placing a call in the Whittington Place 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.