Whitehead may refer to:
* Whitehead, a blocked sweat/sebaceous duct of the skin known medically as a closed
comedo.
*
Whitehead (bird), a small species of passerine bird, endemic to New Zealand.
*
Whitehead building, heritage listed residence of the principal of the University of Adelaide's Lincoln College.
*
Whitehead (patience), a patience game related to Klondike.
*
Whitehead (surname) Whitehead is a surname. Recorded in a number of spellings including Whithead, Whitehed, Whithed, and Whitsed, this surname is of English language, English origins. It usually derives from the Old English pre–7th century word "hwit" meaning white, ...
, a surname.
*
Whitehead torpedo, the first effective self-propelled torpedo, invented by Robert Whitehead in 1866.
* Whiteheads, another name for the wheat disease
take-all.
*
USS ''Whitehead'' (1861–1865), American Civil War, 136-ton screw steam gunboat.
Places
* Canada:
** The
Rural Municipality of Whitehead, Manitoba
**
Whitehead, Nova Scotia, on Tor Bay
* Hong Kong
**
Whitehead, Hong Kong, a
cape at
Wu Kai Sha
* Northern Ireland
**
Whitehead, County Antrim, a small town in Northern Ireland
* United States:
**
Cape Whitehead,
Cumberland County, Maine 43.3844N 70.1131W
**
Lake Whitehead reservoir,
Napa County, California
Napa County () is a county north of San Pablo Bay located in the northern portion of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 138,019. The county seat is the City of Napa. Napa County was one of the original co ...
38.3529N 122.2755W
**
Whitehead, Alabama,
Lauderdale County, Alabama 34.5317N 87.1938W
**
Whitehead, Mississippi (Tallahatchie County) 33.5055N 90.1755W
**
Whitehead Township, Alleghany County, North Carolina 36.2802N 81.0910W
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Whitehead, Tennessee,
Marshall County, Tennessee 35.2848N 86.4719W
**
Whitehead, Texas,
Hunt County, Texas 32.5205N 96.1536W
**
Whitehead Island Whitehead Island is an island in St. George, Knox County, Maine. Whitehead Light was built on the island in 1807. The island is approximately in area and is known for "bleached, rugged granite shores". It is one of the foggiest places on the Maine ...
, Knox County, Maine
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