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Welcome to North Whitefield ...

North Whitefield is located in Lincoln County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of North Whitefield, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1828.

A typical abbreviation for North Whitefield: N. Whitefield

North Whitefield is 200 feet [61 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for North Whitefield: 207

Communities near North Whitefield ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for North Whitefield ...

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

Adding North Whitefield to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the North Whitefield post office opened in 1828.

We also found North Whitefield in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

For more details, see References and Mentions for North Whitefield.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Maine's counties, including Lincoln, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around North Whitefield - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<5>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.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/