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Welcome to White Cottage ...

White Cottage is located in Muskingum County<1>.



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The location of White Cottage has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (the GNIS).<2>


While we don't have a date for the founding of White Cottage, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1839.

White Cottage is 710 feet [216 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Area Codes for White Cottage: 740 & 220<4>

Communities near White Cottage ...

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

  • Zanesville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • New Lexington
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Crooksville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • South Zanesville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Zanesville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Zanesville
    • South Zanesville is located in Muskingum County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,095 people
  • Roseville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • McConnelsville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McConnelsville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McConnelsville
    • McConnelsville is located in Morgan County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,720 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for McConnelsville <5>
  • Dresden
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Frazeysburg
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Frazeysburg have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frazeysburg
    • Frazeysburg is located in Muskingum County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,315 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Frazeysburg <5>
  • Hanover
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hanover. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover
    • Hanover is located in Licking County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,225 people
  • Somerset
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for White Cottage ...

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

Adding White Cottage to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of White Cottage 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 White Cottage was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the White Cottage post office opened in 1839.

We also found White Cottage in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

For more details, see References and Mentions for White Cottage.

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

The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Ohio's counties, including Muskingum, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around White Cottage - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>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 White Cottage area will be assigned with one of these codes: 740 or 220. As a result, placing a call in the White Cottage area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<7>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/




 

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