Whitmer, West Virginia

Whitmer, West Virginia
Census-designated place (CDP)
Whitmer, West Virginia
Coordinates: 38°48′46″N 79°32′56″W / 38.81278°N 79.54889°W / 38.81278; -79.54889Coordinates: 38°48′46″N 79°32′56″W / 38.81278°N 79.54889°W / 38.81278; -79.54889
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
County	Randolph
Area^[1]
• Total	0.423 sq mi (1.10 km²)
• Land	0.423 sq mi (1.10 km²)
• Water	0 sq mi (0 km²)
Elevation	2,762 ft (842 m)
Population (2010)^[2]
• Total	106
• Density	250/sq mi (97/km²)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP code	26296^[3]
Area code(s)	304 & 681
GNIS feature ID	1553440^[4]

Whitmer is a census-designated place (CDP) in Randolph County, West Virginia, USA. 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.^[2]

Notable people

Dewey L. Fleming, journalist and Pulitzer Prize recipient, was born in Whitmer.^[6]

↑ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
1 2 "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2011-05-14.
↑ United States Postal Service (2012). "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code". Retrieved 2012-02-15.
↑ "Whitmer". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
↑ "Postmaster Finder - Post Offices by ZIP Code". United States Postal Service. Retrieved January 1, 2012.
↑ '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

Municipalities and communities of Randolph County, West Virginia, United States

County seat: Elkins

City	Elkins

Towns	Beverly Harman Huttonsville Mill Creek Montrose Womelsdorf (Coalton)

CDPs	Bowden Dailey East Dailey Helvetia Pickens Valley Bend Valley Head Whitmer

Unincorporated communities	Adolph Aggregates Alpena Arnold Hill Bemis Blue Spring Brady Gate Bruxton Canfield Cassity Cheat Bridge Cubana Crystal Springs Czar Dryfork Elkwater Ellamore‡ Evenwood Fairview (near Elkins) Fairview (near Helvetia) Faulkner Fisher Flint Glady Harding Hazelwood Horton Jimtown Job Kerens Lee Bell Little Italy Loda Mabie Mingo Monterville Newlonton Norton Orr Osceola Pumpkintown Read Silica Smith Crossing Spangler Sullivan Sully Suncrest Tigheville Upper Mingo Weaver Weese Whyte Wymer

Ghost towns	Jeff Scotts Kuntzville Lumber Montes Perlytown

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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