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Welcome to Whitesville ...

Whitesville is located in Ocean County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Whitesville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1884.

Whitesville is 80 feet [24 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named Whitesville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two New Jersey communities named Whitesville: This one is located in Ocean County and the other is located in Monmouth County.

Beyond New Jersey, there are 15 communities that are also named Whitesville - they are located in Alabama, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, New York, South Carolina, Vermont, Virginia (2) and West Virginia.

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

Websites for Whitesville ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.oc-chamber.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Whitesville, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Whitesville ...

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

  • Asbury Park
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Neptune City
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Loch Arbour
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Loch Arbour is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loch Arbour
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 178 people
  • Bennetts Mills
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Glen Cedar City
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Glen Cedar City is located in Ocean County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Cedar City
  • Van Hiseville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Van Hiseville is located in Ocean County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Hiseville
  • Holiday City
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Holiday City is located in Ocean County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday City
  • Leisure Village East
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Leisure Village East is located in Ocean County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure Village East
  • Vista Center
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Vista Center is located in Ocean County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vista Center
  • Maxim
    (7 miles [11.3 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 Whitesville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Whitesville.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Whitesville ...

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

Adding Whitesville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Whitesville 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 Whitesville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the Whitesville post office opened in 1884. The Whitesville post office closed in 1943.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Whitesville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New Jersey's counties, including Ocean, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Whitesville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>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/