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Welcome to White Sulphur Station ...

So far, we found very little information about White Sulphur Station. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added White Sulphur Station to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with White Sulphur Station, please Contact Us.


White Sulphur Station would have been located within present day Hall County<2>.


The location of White Sulphur Station has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>


While we don't have a date for the founding of White Sulphur Station, you might get a feel for it by knowing that during our research the earliest mention that we found (so far) was on a map dated 1911.

A typical abbreviation for White Sulphur Station: White Sulphur Sta. (in Canada, 'Stn.' is the more common abbreviation.)

While the community is gone, the present day location for White Sulphur Station is 1,190 feet [363 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where White Sulphur Station was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

White Sulphur Station would have been located in the (770) area code.

Websites for White Sulphur Station ...

Junior League:   www.gainesvillehalljuniorleague.org/

Communities Also Named White Sulphur Station ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named White Sulphur Station - it's located in Ohio.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for White Sulphur Station.

Communities near White Sulphur Station ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near White Sulphur Station.

  • Gainesville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Gainesville Mills
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gainesville Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gainesville Mills
    • Gainesville Mills is located in Hall County
    • Estimated population in 2019: 43,232 people
  • Dry Pond
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dry Pond have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Pond
    • Dry Pond is located in Jackson County
    • Estimated population in 2019: 15,881 people
  • Braselton
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Jefferson
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Gaines Ferry
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gaines Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaines Ferry
    • Gaines Ferry is located in Hall County
  • Flowery Branch
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Dahlonega
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Cornelia
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Oakwood
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)

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

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

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

Adding White Sulphur Station to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of White Sulphur Station in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for White Sulphur Station was on a map titled Map of Georgia (from Rand McNally, 1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for White Sulphur Station.

The official website for Hall County: www.hallcounty.org/

The official website for State of Georgia: https://georgia.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about White Sulphur Station, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Georgia's counties, including Hall, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>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.
<4>The elevation is an estimate for the area around White Sulphur Station - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.









 

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