Welcome to Whetstone ...Whetstone is located in Clay County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Whetstone, you might consider that their post office opened in 1898. Whetstone is 740 feet [226 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Whetstone lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Codes for Whetstone: 304 & 681<3> Communities Also Named Whetstone ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 11 communities that are also named Whetstone - they are located in Arizona, Kentucky (2), Maryland, North Carolina, Ohio (3), South Carolina, Tennessee and Washington. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Whetstone. Communities near Whetstone ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Whetstone.
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 Whetstone. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Whetstone. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Whetstone. 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 Whetstone. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Whetstone. See our Newspapers Page for Whetstone. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Whetstone ...Looking for more information about Whetstone? 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 Whetstone, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Whetstone. Adding Whetstone to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Whetstone 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 Whetstone was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Whetstone. Footnotes ...
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