Welcome to Whoopflarea ...

Whoopflarea is located in Owsley County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Whoopflarea, you might consider that their post office opened in 1932.

Whoopflarea is 970 feet [296 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Whoopflarea: 606

Communities near Whoopflarea ...

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

• Manchester
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Manchester is located in Clay County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,277 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Manchester <3>
• Hyden
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Hyden is located in Leslie County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyden
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 323 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hyden <3>
• Booneville
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Booneville is located in Owsley County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booneville
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 155 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Booneville <3>
• Buckhorn
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Buckhorn is located in Perry County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhorn
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Buckhorn <3>
• Oneida
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Oneida is located in Clay County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneida
• Saul
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Saul is located in Perry County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saul
• Sebastian
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Sebastian is located in Owsley County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sebastian
• Teges
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Teges is located in Clay County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teges
• Barcreek
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Barcreek is located in Clay County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barcreek
• Sizerock
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Sizerock is located in Leslie County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sizerock

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Whoopflarea ...

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

Adding Whoopflarea to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Whoopflarea 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 Whoopflarea was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Whoopflarea post office opened in 1932. The Whoopflarea post office closed in 1954.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Whoopflarea.