Welcome to Whitney ...

Whitney is located in Walton County<1>.

The location of Whitney has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Whitney, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1888.

Whitney is 830 feet [253 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Whitney lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Whitney is served by one (or more) of the following area codes: (470)<4>, (678) and (770).

Websites for Whitney ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.waltonchamber.org/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Whitney, the following might be of interest:

Communities Also Named Whitney ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 25 communities that are also named Whitney - they are located in Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, California, Florida, Idaho (2), Michigan, Mississippi, Nebraska, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas (2), Washington, West Virginia and Wyoming.

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

Communities near Whitney ...

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

• Milstead
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Milstead have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milstead
  • Milstead is located in Rockdale County
  • Estimated population in 2018: 39,217 people
• Winder
  (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winder
  • Winder is located in Barrow County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,273 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Winder <5>
• Conyers
  (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conyers
  • Conyers is located in Rockdale County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,107 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Conyers <5>
• Covington
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covington
  • Covington is located in Newton County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,386 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Covington <5>
• Monroe
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
  • Monroe is located in Walton County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,979 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Monroe <5>
• Loganville
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Loganville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loganville
  • Loganville is located in Gwinnett County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,310 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Loganville <5>
• Centerville
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
  • Centerville is located in Gwinnett County
  • Estimated population in 2019: 7,884 people
• East Wood
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Wood have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Wood
  • East Wood is located in Newton County
  • Estimated population in 2019: 6,725 people
• Cumberland
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cumberland have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland
  • Cumberland is located in Oconee County
  • Estimated population in 2019: 6,547 people
• Social Circle
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Social Circle
  • Social Circle is located in Walton County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,630 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Social Circle <5>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Whitney ...

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

Adding Whitney to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Whitney post office opened in 1888.

We also found Whitney in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Whitney.

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

The official website for Walton County: www.waltoncountyga.org/

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