Do you know of Whiteville ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Whiteville. 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 Whiteville.<1>
Our sources for Whiteville (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Whiteville other than they indicate that Whiteville would be found somewhere in Stanly County, North Carolina.
Communities Also Named Whiteville ...
We found nine communities that share the name Whiteville.
There is one other community in North Carolina which is also named Whiteville.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of another eight communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In North Carolina ...
- Columbus County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Whiteville [Columbus County].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Baxter County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Whiteville [Baxter County].
- Florida
- Putnam County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Whiteville [Putnam County].
- Louisiana
- Saint Landry Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Whiteville [Saint Landry Parish].
- Massachusetts
- Bristol County
- Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Whiteville [Bristol County].
- Michigan
- Isabella County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Whiteville [Isabella County].
- Ohio
- Fulton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Whiteville [Fulton County].
- Tennessee
- Hardeman County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Whiteville [Hardeman County].
- Virginia
- Cumberland County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Whiteville [Cumberland County].
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Whiteville ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Whiteville:
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Whiteville - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
More Orphans in Stanly County ...
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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 Stanly 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Whiteville 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. |