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Welcome to Whitelaw ...

Whitelaw is located in Madison County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Whitelaw, you might consider that their post office opened in 1883.

Whitelaw is 430 feet [131 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Whitelaw: 315 & 680<3>

Communities Also Named Whitelaw ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Whitelaw - they are located in Alberta, Kansas and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Whitelaw ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Whitelaw ...

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

Adding Whitelaw to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Whitelaw post office opened in 1883. The Whitelaw post office closed in 1902.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Whitelaw.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Madison, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Whitelaw - 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 315 code has been Overlayed with the 680 area code. New phone numbers in the Whitelaw area will be assigned with one of these codes: 315 or 680. As a result, placing a call in the Whitelaw 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/