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Welcome to Whitley ...So far, we found very little information about Whitley. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Whitley to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Whitley, please Contact Us. Whitley would have been located within present day De Soto Parish<2>. The location of Whitley has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Whitley, you might consider that their post office opened in 1896. While the community is gone, the present day location for Whitley is 330 feet [101 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: The area where Whitley was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Whitley would have been located in the (318) area code. Communities Also Named Whitley ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Whitley - they are located in Kentucky (2) and Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Whitley. Communities near Whitley ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Whitley.
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 Whitley. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Whitley. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Whitley. 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 Whitley. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Whitley. See our Newspapers Page for Whitley. Adding Whitley to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Whitley 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 Whitley was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> We also found Whitley on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Louisiana (1911). For more details, see References and Mentions for Whitley. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for State of Louisiana: louisiana.gov/ Footnotes ...
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