Do you know of Whitman ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Whitman. 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 Whitman.
We found mention of Whitman as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Marquette County, Michigan.
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.
Communities Also Named Whitman ...
We found fifteen communities that share the name Whitman.
Within Michigan, the name Whitman is unique.
Beyond Michigan, we know of another fifteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Indiana
- Kansas
- Louisiana
- Massachusetts
- Plymouth County
- Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Whitman [Plymouth County].
- Minnesota
- Winona County
- Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Whitman [Winona County].
- Nebraska
- Grant County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Whitman [Grant County].
- New York
- Delaware County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Whitman [Delaware County].
- North Dakota
- Nelson County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Whitman [Nelson County].
- Pennsylvania
- Philadelphia County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Whitman [Philadelphia County].
- Tennessee
- Campbell County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Whitman [Campbell County].
- Texas
- Washington County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Whitman [Washington County].
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Logan County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Whitman [Logan County].
- Wyoming
- Niobrara County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wyoming community of Whitman [Niobrara County].
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Whitman ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Whitman:
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)
Rand McNally Map of Michigan (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
More Orphans in Marquette 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 Marquette County.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Whitman could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |