Welcome to Whitney ...

Whitney is located in the central region of Michigan's Upper Peninsula (UP).

Whitney is located in Menominee County<1>.

The location of Whitney has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Whitney, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1883.

Whitney is 850 feet [259 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Note: If you travel east from Whitney (for example, toward Gladstone), you will soon leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Whitney lies within the (906) area code.

Communities Also Named Whitney ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 25 communities that are also named Whitney - they are located in Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Idaho (2), Mississippi, Nebraska, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas (2), Washington, West Virginia and Wyoming.

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

Communities near Whitney ...

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

• Escanaba
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Escanaba
  • Escanaba is located in Delta County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,101 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Escanaba <4>
• Gladstone
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladstone
  • Gladstone is located in Delta County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,659 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gladstone <4>
• Powers
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Powers have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powers
  • Powers is located in Menominee County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 403 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Powers <4>
• Carney
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carney
  • Carney is located in Menominee County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 181 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Carney <4>
• LaBranche
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LaBranche
  • LaBranche is located in Menominee County
• Schaffer
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schaffer
  • Schaffer is located in Delta County
• Bark River
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bark River have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bark River
  • Bark River is located in Delta County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bark River <4>
• Harris
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harris have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
  • Harris is located in Menominee County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Harris <4>
• Wilson
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
  • Wilson is located in Menominee County
• Cornell
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cornell have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornell
  • Cornell is located in Delta County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cornell <4>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Whitney ...

Looking for more information about Whitney? 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 Whitney, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Whitney.

Adding Whitney to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Whitney 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 for Whitney was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Whitney post office opened in 1883.

We also found Whitney in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Whitney.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Whitney. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Menominee County: www.menomineecounty.com/

The official website for State of Michigan: https://www.michigan.gov/