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History · Whitlock

Whitlock’s post office opened in 1891, and 100% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1950 on.

1891first post office
0on the National Register
100%homes built before 1940
1famous people
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How Whitlock began

When was Whitlock founded?

1891

The Whitlock post office opened in 1891, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 95135 years
Founding year: the first Whitlock post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Whitlock’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Whitlock are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Whitlock’s history is told.

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The story so far

Whitlock, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Whitlock yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Whitlock is an unincorporated community in Henry County, Tennessee, United States.

Its first post office opened in 1891.

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Whitlock, 1889 to 1969

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1889Born hereMark Stewart is born here
  3. 1891Post officeThe Whitlock post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1950On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  6. 1969Post officeThe Whitlock post office closes
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On the map

Whitlock on the map, 1950 to 1985

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Whitlock. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Whitlock on the 1950 USGS mapWhitlock on the 1985 USGS map1950Paris sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Whitlock.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds

Whitlock had its own post office from 1891 to 1969.

Whitlock
1891–1969
18901960today
Gone or out of use
Whitlock Schoolschool
1cemetery inside Whitlock
Birds Creek

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Whitlock’s history

What year was Whitlock founded?

The Whitlock post office opened in 1891, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.