Official Name: | Whiton, Alabama |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | USA Alabama |
Pushpin Label: | Whiton |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within Alabama |
Coordinates: | 34.3556°N -86.0786°W |
Coordinates Footnotes: | |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Alabama |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | DeKalb |
Elevation Ft: | 1138 |
Elevation M: | 347 |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Area Code: | 256 |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS ID |
Whiton, also known as Mitchells Mill or Whites Town, is an unincorporated community in DeKalb County, in the U.S. state of Alabama.
The name Whiton was formed from a combination of "White" and "-ton," in honor of the first postmaster, P. White.[1] A post office operated under the name Whiton from 1878 to 1905.[2]