Welcome to Whitney ...

Whitney is located in Clark County<1>.

The location of Whitney has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Whitney, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1932.

Whitney is 1,940 feet [591 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Whitney lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you leave Whitney and travel east, you will leave Pacific Time and cross into the Mountain Standard Time Zone (MST). In addition, you will be moving from an area that observes daylight saving time to one that does not.

Whitney lies within the (702) area code.

Communities Also Named Whitney ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 25 communities that are also named Whitney - they are located in Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Idaho (2), Michigan, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Brunswick, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas (2), Washington, West Virginia and Wyoming.

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

Communities near Whitney ...

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

• Las Vegas
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Las Vegas
  • Las Vegas is located in Clark County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 662,368 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Las Vegas <4>
• Henderson
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henderson
  • Henderson is located in Clark County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 329,172 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Henderson <4>
• North Las Vegas
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Las Vegas
  • North Las Vegas is located in Clark County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 260,098 people
• Boulder City
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boulder City
  • Boulder City is located in Clark County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,410 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Boulder City <4>
• Winchester
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchester
  • Winchester is located in Clark County
• Boulder Junction
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Boulder Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boulder Junction
  • Boulder Junction is located in Clark County
• Bracken ‑ Historic
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bracken have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bracken
  • Bracken is located in Clark County
• Victory Village
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Victory Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory Village
  • Victory Village is located in Clark County
• Arden
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arden
  • Arden is located in Clark County
• Enterprise
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Enterprise have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
  • Enterprise is located in Clark County

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Whitney ...

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

Adding Whitney to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Whitney post office opened in 1932.

We also found Whitney mentioned on a train schedule titled Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (January 1950).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Whitney.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Whitney. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Clark County: www.accessclarkcounty.com/

The official website for State of Nevada: nv.gov/