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Welcome to Whipstown ...

Whipstown is located in Perry County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Whipstown, you might consider that their post office opened in 1852.

Whipstown is 1,000 feet [305 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Whipstown: 740 & 220<3>

Communities near Whipstown ...

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

  • Logan
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Logan is located in Hocking County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,933 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Logan <4>
  • Nelsonville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • New Lexington
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Crooksville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • South Zanesville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • South Zanesville is located in Muskingum County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Zanesville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,095 people
  • Roseville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Glouster
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • McConnelsville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Somerset
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Chauncey
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Chauncey is located in Athens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chauncey
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,038 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Whipstown ...

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

Adding Whipstown to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Whipstown post office opened in 1852. The Whipstown post office closed in 1869.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Whipstown.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Ohio's counties, including Perry, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Whipstown - 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 740 code has been Overlayed with the 220 area code. New phone numbers in the Whipstown area will be assigned with one of these codes: 740 or 220. As a result, placing a call in the Whipstown 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/