Do you know of Whitney ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Whitney. 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 Whitney.<1>
Our sources for Whitney (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 Whitney other than they indicate that Whitney would be found somewhere in Itawamba County, Mississippi.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1898 and closed in 1903.
Communities Also Named Whitney ...
We found 26 communities that share the name Whitney.
There is one other community in Mississippi which is also named Whitney.
Beyond Mississippi, we know of another 25 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 25 communities, 24 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Located In Mississippi ...
- Sunflower County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Whitney [Sunflower County].
- Sunflower County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Saint Clair County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Whitney [Saint Clair County].
- Alaska
- Arizona
- Mohave County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Whitney [Mohave County].
- California
- Placer County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Whitney [Placer County].
- Florida
- Lake County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Whitney [Lake County].
- Georgia
- Walton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Whitney [Walton County].
- Idaho
- Michigan
- Menominee County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Whitney [Menominee County].
- Nebraska
- Dawes County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Whitney [Dawes County].
- Nevada
- Clark County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Whitney [Clark County].
- New Brunswick
- Please visit our profile page for the New Brunswick community of Whitney.
- New Mexico
- North Carolina
- Stanly County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Whitney [Stanly County].
- Ohio
- Belmont County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Whitney [Belmont County].
- Ontario
- Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Whitney.
- Oregon
- Baker County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Whitney [Baker County].
- Pennsylvania
- Westmoreland County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Whitney [Westmoreland County].
- South Carolina
- Spartanburg County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Whitney [Spartanburg County].
- South Dakota
- Whitney #1
- Please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Whitney.
- Texas
- Washington
- Skagit County
- Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Whitney [Skagit County].
- West Virginia
- Fayette County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Whitney [Fayette County].
- Wyoming
- Alabama
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Whitney ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Whitney:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>
Rand McNally Map of Mississippi (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
More Orphans in Itawamba 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 Itawamba County.
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> | 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 Whitney 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. |
| <3> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |