Welcome to Whittier ...Whittier is located in Osceola County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Whittier, you might consider that their post office opened in 1892. Whittier is 70 feet [21 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Whittier lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you travel east from Whittier (for example, toward Sebastian), you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT). Area Codes for Whittier: 407 & 689<3> Communities Also Named Whittier ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 9 communities that are also named Whittier - they are located in Alaska, California, Iowa, Maryland, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Oklahoma and Washington. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Whittier. Communities near Whittier ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Whittier.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We're compiling a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Whittier. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Whittier. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Whittier. 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 Whittier. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Whittier. See our Newspapers Page for Whittier. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Whittier ...Looking for more information about Whittier? 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 Whittier, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Whittier. Adding Whittier to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Whittier 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 Whittier was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Whittier. Footnotes ...
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