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34.186822, -79.898120
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We found 29 communities that share the name Whitehall.
There are two communities within South Carolina that are also named Whitehall.
Beyond South Carolina, we know of another 27 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 27 communities, 28 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Communities Located In South Carolina ...
Greenwood County
This Whitehall is located in Greenwood County and lies 132 miles [212.4 km]<1> to the west of the Whitehall that is located in Florence County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenwood County community of Whitehall.
Lexington County
This Whitehall is located in Lexington County and lies 71 miles [114.3 km]<1> to the west of the Whitehall that is located in Florence County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lexington County community of Whitehall.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Arkansas
Lee County
This Whitehall is located in Lee County and lies 607 miles [976.9 km]<1> to the west of the Whitehall that is located in Florence County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lee County community of Whitehall.
Poinsett County
This Whitehall is located in Poinsett County and lies 620 miles [997.8 km] to the west northwest of the Whitehall that is located in Florence County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Poinsett County community of Whitehall.
Yell County
This Whitehall is located in Yell County and lies 746 miles [1,200.6 km] to the west of the Whitehall that is located in Florence County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yell County community of Whitehall.
Georgia
Clarke County
This Whitehall is located in Clarke County and lies 198 miles [318.7 km]<1> to the west of the Whitehall that is located in Florence County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clarke County community of Whitehall.
Illinois
Cook County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Whitehall [Cook County].
Indiana
Owen County
This Whitehall is located in Owen County and lies 509 miles [819.2 km]<1> to the northwest of the Whitehall that is located in Florence County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Owen County community of Whitehall.
Kansas
Cherokee County
This community is historic<3> and although located in Cherokee County, we don't know where within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cherokee County community of Whitehall.
Louisiana
La Salle Parish
This Whitehall is located in La Salle Parish and lies 725 miles [1,166.8 km]<1> to the west of the Whitehall that is located in Florence County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the La Salle Parish community of Whitehall.
Livingston Parish
This Whitehall is located in Livingston Parish and lies 685 miles [1,102.4 km] to the west southwest of the Whitehall that is located in Florence County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Livingston Parish community of Whitehall.
Maryland
Dorchester County
This Whitehall is located in Dorchester County and lies 371 miles [597.1 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Whitehall that is located in Florence County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dorchester County community of Whitehall.
Michigan
Muskegon County
This Whitehall is located in Muskegon County and lies 724 miles [1,165.2 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Whitehall that is located in Florence County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Muskegon County community of Whitehall.
Montana
Jefferson County
This Whitehall is located in Jefferson County and lies 1,867 miles [3,004.6 km]<1> to the northwest of the Whitehall that is located in Florence County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Whitehall.
New Jersey
Sussex County
This Whitehall is located in Sussex County and lies 546 miles [878.7 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Whitehall that is located in Florence County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sussex County community of Whitehall.
New York
Washington County
This Whitehall is located in Washington County and lies 734 miles [1,181.3 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Whitehall that is located in Florence County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Whitehall.
North Carolina
Wayne County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Whitehall [Wayne County].
Ohio
Franklin County
This Whitehall is located in Franklin County and lies 431 miles [693.6 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Whitehall that is located in Florence County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Whitehall.
Ontario
This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Whitehall.
Pennsylvania
Adams County
This Whitehall is located in Adams County and lies 416 miles [669.5 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Whitehall that is located in Florence County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Adams County community of Whitehall.
Allegheny County
This Whitehall is located in Allegheny County and lies 426 miles [685.6 km] to the north of the Whitehall that is located in Florence County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegheny County community of Whitehall.
Lehigh County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Whitehall [Lehigh County].
Montour County
This Whitehall is located in Montour County and lies 510 miles [820.8 km] to the north northeast of the Whitehall that is located in Florence County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montour County community of Whitehall.
Rhode Island
Newport County
This Whitehall is located in Newport County and lies 689 miles [1,108.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Whitehall that is located in Florence County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Newport County community of Whitehall.
Texas
Grimes County
This Whitehall is located in Grimes County and lies 975 miles [1,569.1 km]<1> to the west of the Whitehall that is located in Florence County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grimes County community of Whitehall.
Kaufman County
Although located in Kaufman County, we don't know the location within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kaufman County community of Whitehall.
Virginia
King and Queen County
This Whitehall is located in King and Queen County and lies 292 miles [469.9 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Whitehall that is located in Florence County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the King and Queen County community of Whitehall.
West Virginia
Marion County
This Whitehall is located in Marion County and lies 362 miles [582.6 km]<1> to the north of the Whitehall that is located in Florence County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Whitehall.
Wisconsin
Trempealeau County
This Whitehall is located in Trempealeau County and lies 928 miles [1,493.5 km]<1> to the northwest of the Whitehall that is located in Florence County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Trempealeau County community of Whitehall.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Whitehall ...
As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.
College Park (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for College Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Whitehall to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Whitehall and extending to:
Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 66 miles [106.2 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could walk a straight line from Whitehall to Columbia, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 361 miles [581 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 21 days.
The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,225 miles [10,018.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,916 miles [11,130.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,799 miles [7,723.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Whitehall) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Whitehall. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.1868, Longitude: -79.8981 In this case, the coordinates for Whitehall have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>
If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Whitehall could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<3>
We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Whitehall, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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>
While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day.
<6>
The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Whitehall to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.681 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.782 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.451 degrees.