Local History

Founded about 1878 and named for Charles Whitney, a land surveyor for the Pittsburg & Lake Superior Iron Company.  This village was given a station on the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad and on October 30, 1883, a post office, with John C. Kirkpatrick as its first postmaster.  The office operated until June 30, 1939.

Informational excerpts from Michigan Place Names, by Walter Romig, L.H.D.

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