[2] Founded in 1850, it is named after John Whitton (1820–98), Engineer-in-Charge of the New South Wales Government Railways.

[1] Whitton was originally named "Hulong" and is the oldest town in the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area.

[3] It developed on a main teamster route transporting goods to the South-West of New South Wales.

They won the competition in 1998 and 2001, and reached numerous Grand Finals around this period, before folding in the mid 2000s.

The ground is located on the Whitton-Darlington Point Road, about 100 metres south of the intersection on the bend of the Irrigation Way.