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Do you know of Whitt ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Whitt. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Whitt.<1>

Our sources for Whitt (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Whitt other than they indicate that Whitt would be found somewhere in Carter County, Kentucky.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1881 and closed  in 1914.

Communities Also Named Whitt ...

We found one communities that share the name Whitt.

Within Kentucky, the name Whitt is unique.

Beyond Kentucky, there is another community also named Whitt in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Texas
      • Parker County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Whitt [Parker County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Whitt ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Whitt:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Whitt - Services available: had a Post Office, Railroad Station, Express Office

George#&160;F. Cram Map (1905)
Published by George F. Cram& Co.

More Orphans in  Carter County ...

Can you help?

As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Carter County.

Anglin 
AtlasKaty
AttentionKilgore
  
Bell's TraceLittle Fork
BerryLittleton
Bet 
BogheadMary Mines
BradmyerMcDavid
 McGlone
Caves 
CoreyNorton Branch
Cox 
 Oats
De Bard 
Deer CreekReadville
 Resort
EvermanRosedale
 Rush
Fireclay 
FontanaSaulsberry
 Star Furnace
GartrellStraight Creek Mines
Geigerville 
GobleTygart
  
HellmanVincent's
Highland 
 Wardsworth
Jamison 

Footnotes ...

<1>This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.
<2>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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