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Whitman, Texas

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were based on the local cotton output. Three churches served the community, and two of them were attended by black people. Whitman had 75 inhabitants by 1884. Whitman was nearly entirely dependent on agriculture by 1945. It only had one company. The population was 25 from 1945 to 2000, a year with no known companies.
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When the settlement opened its post office in 1876, it was given the name Whitman for Walter G. Whitman, its first postmaster. From 1885 until the post office's closure in 1907, Mrs. Kate Ewing served as postmistress. Whitman had a thriving business sector and processing industries by 1883, which
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near Jackson Creek and Farm to Market Road 2193, 14 mi (23 km) northeast of
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U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Whitman, Texas
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Unincorporated communities in Washington County, Texas
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Unincorporated community
Whitman is located in Texas
Whitman is located in the United States
30°14′27″N 96°14′32″W / 30.24083°N 96.24222°W / 30.24083; -96.24222
Texas
County
Washington
Time zone
UTC-6
Central (CST)
DST
UTC-5
Area code
979
GNIS
unincorporated community
Washington County
Handbook of Texas
Greater Houston
Farm to Market Road 1155
Brenham
Brenham Independent School District


U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Whitman, Texas


Whitman, TX
Handbook of Texas
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