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Whitmer, West Virginia

Census-designated place in West Virginia, United States

38°48′46″N 79°32′56″W / 38.81278°N 79.54889°W / 38.81278; -79.54889CountryUnited StatesStateWest VirginiaCounty RandolphArea

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• Total0.423 sq mi (1.10 km²) • Land0.423 sq mi (1.10 km²) • Water0 sq mi (0 km²)Elevation

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2,763 ft (842 m)Population

(2010)^[3]

• Total106 • Density250/sq mi (97/km²)Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)ZIP code

26296^[4]

Area code(s)304 & 681GNIS feature ID1553440^[2]

Whitmer is a census-designated place (CDP) in Randolph County, West Virginia, United States. It is 7.5 miles (12.1 km) south-southwest of Harman and is situated on the Dry Fork Cheat River. Whitmer had a post office, which closed on May 21, 2011.^[5] As of the 2010 census, its population was 106.^[3]

Notable person

Gae Bennett, agricultural economist, was born in Whitmer.^[6]
Dewey L. Fleming, journalist and Pulitzer Prize recipient, was born in Whitmer.^[7]

References

^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
^ ^a ^b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Whitmer, West Virginia
^ ^a ^b "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 14, 2011.
^ United States Postal Service (2012). "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code". Retrieved February 15, 2012.
^ "Postmaster Finder - Post Offices by ZIP Code". United States Postal Service. Retrieved January 1, 2012.
^ "Entry for Bruce Adamson and Opal Adamson", United States Census, 1920; Allegany, Maryland, United States; roll T625, page 14A, line 20, enumeration district 27, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved on 2023-10-06.
^ 'Complete Biographical Encyclopedia of Pulitzer Prize Winners 1917-2000,' volume 16, Heinz-D. Fischer and Erika J. Fischer, K.G. Saur, Munich, Germany: 2002, Biographical Sketch of Dewey Lee Fleming, pg. 71