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Welcome to White Road ...

So far, we found very little information about White Road. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added White Road to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with White Road, please Contact Us.

White Road would have been located within present day Forsyth County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of White Road, you might consider that their post office opened in 1851.

A typical abbreviation for White Road: White Rd.

While the community is gone, the present day location for White Road is 880 feet [268 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where White Road was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Codes where White Road was located: 336 & 743<4>

Communities near White Road ...

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

  • Greensboro
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Winston - Salem
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • High Point
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Kernersville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Clemmons
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Lewisville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Summerfield
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Oak Ridge
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • King
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • King is located in Forsyth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,912 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for King <5>
  • Stokesdale
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)

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

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

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

Adding White Road to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of White Road 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 (so far) for White Road was in the book titled Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851).

For more details, see References and Mentions for White Road.

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about White Road, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of North Carolina's counties, including Forsyth, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around White Road - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>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 336 code has been Overlayed with the 743 area code. New phone numbers in the White Road area will be assigned with one of these codes: 336 or 743. As a result, placing a call in the White Road area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.