Do you know of Whitewood ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Whitewood. 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 Whitewood.<1>

We found mention of Whitewood as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Wayne County, Michigan.

It's common that the post office is named the same as the community in which it's located (although that's not always case). In this case, we can't match this post office to any of the existing communities in our gazetteer.<2>

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1873 and closed  in 1889.

Communities Also Named Whitewood ...

We found five communities that share the name Whitewood.

Within Michigan, the name Whitewood is unique.

Beyond Michigan, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, four are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Kentucky
    • Green County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Whitewood [Green County].
  • Pennsylvania
    • Bucks County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Whitewood [Bucks County].
  • Saskatchewan
    • Please visit our profile page for the Saskatchewan community of Whitewood.
  • South Dakota
    • Lawrence County
    • Please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Whitewood [Lawrence County].
  • Virginia
    • Buchanan County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Whitewood [Buchanan County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Whitewood ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

Along The Tracks, A Directory of Named Places on Michigan Railroads
Written by: Meints, Graydon M.
Published by Clarke Historical Library, Central Michigan University - 1987
(Available from Amazon.com)

More Orphans in  Wayne 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 Wayne County.