Do you know of Whitmire ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Whitmire. 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 Whitmire.<1>
Our sources for Whitmire (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 Whitmire other than they indicate that Whitmire would be found somewhere in Cherokee County, Oklahoma.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1897 and closed in 1913.
Communities Also Named Whitmire ...
We found three communities that share the name Whitmire.
There is one other community in Oklahoma which is also named Whitmire.
Beyond Oklahoma, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Oklahoma ...
- Adair County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Whitmire [Adair County].
- Adair County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Whitmire ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Whitmire:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
George#&160;F. Cram Map (1922)
Published by George F. Cram& Co.
Rand McNally Map of Oklahoma (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
More Orphans in Cherokee 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 Cherokee County.
| Ahniwake | Park Hill Mission |
| Pitts | |
| Carter | |
| Crittenden | Ray |
| Danielsville | Sleeper |
| Etta | Tuscania |
| Hadley | Wharton |
| Hardon | Winthorp |
| Melvin | Yonkers |
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/ |