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Welcome to Whitebead (aka 'White Bead') ...

Whitebead is located in Garvin County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Whitebead, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1895.

Whitebead is 1,010 feet [308 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Whitebead lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

The community of Whitebead has also been called White Bead.

Communities near Whitebead ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Whitebead ...

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

Adding Whitebead to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Whitebead post office opened in 1895.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Whitebead.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Oklahoma's counties, including Garvin, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Whitebead - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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