Welcome to Whittlesey ...

Whittlesey is located in Taylor County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Whittlesey, you might consider that their post office opened in 1882.

Whittlesey is 1,470 feet [448 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Whittlesey: 715 & 534<3>

Communities Also Named Whittlesey ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Whittlesey - it's located in Ohio.

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

Communities near Whittlesey ...

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

• Medford
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Medford is located in Taylor County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medford
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,267 people
• Abbotsford
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Abbotsford is located in Clark County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbotsford
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,225 people
• Athens
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Athens is located in Marathon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athens
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,079 people
• Dorchester
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Dorchester is located in Clark County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorchester
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 864 people
• Rib Lake
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Rib Lake is located in Taylor County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rib Lake
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 861 people
• Stetsonville
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Stetsonville is located in Taylor County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stetsonville
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 518 people
• Curtiss
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Curtiss is located in Clark County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtiss
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 211 people
• Chelsea
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Chelsea is located in Taylor County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelsea
• Westboro
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Westboro is located in Taylor County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westboro
• Interwald
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Interwald is located in Taylor County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Interwald

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

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

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

Adding Whittlesey to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Whittlesey 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 Whittlesey was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Whittlesey post office opened in 1882. The Whittlesey post office closed in 1974.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Whittlesey.