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Welcome to Whitaker ...

Whitaker is located in Wilkinson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Whitaker, you might consider that their post office opened in 1887.

Whitaker is 340 feet [104 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Whitaker lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Whitaker: 601 & 769<3>

Communities Also Named Whitaker ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 14 communities that are also named Whitaker - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky (2), Maryland, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Whitaker ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Whitaker ...

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

Adding Whitaker to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Whitaker 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 Whitaker was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Whitaker post office opened in 1887. The Whitaker post office closed in 1929.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Whitaker.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Mississippi's counties, including Wilkinson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Whitaker - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 601 code has been Overlayed with the 769 area code. New phone numbers in the Whitaker area will be assigned with one of these codes: 601 or 769. As a result, placing a call in the Whitaker area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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