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Welcome to Whitnel ...

Whitnel is located in Caldwell County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Whitnel, you might consider that their post office opened in 1908.

Whitnel is 1,280 feet [390 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Whitnel: 828

Communities near Whitnel ...

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

  • Hickory
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Hickory is located in Catawba County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 41,473 people
  • Morganton
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Sawmills
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Sawmills is located in Caldwell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawmills
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,156 people
  • Long View
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Long View is located in Catawba County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long View
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,951 people
  • Granite Falls
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Valdese
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Gamewell
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Gamewell is located in Caldwell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gamewell
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,993 people
  • Hudson
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Hudson is located in Caldwell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,703 people
    • Former name for Hudson:
    • Hudsonville
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hudson <3>
  • Taylorsville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Hildebran
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Whitnel ...

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

Adding Whitnel to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Whitnel post office opened in 1908. The Whitnel post office closed in 1956.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Whitnel.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of North Carolina's counties, including Caldwell, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Whitnel - 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>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/