Whitman is an

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in northeastern

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, United States. It lies along

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, east of the village of Hyannis, the

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of Grant County. The

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Gudmundsen Sandhills Laboratory lies just north of the community. Although Whitman is unincorporated, it has a

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, with the ZIP code of 69366.

History

Whitman was established in the 1860s when the railroad was extended to that point. It was named after the town of

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by a railroad official.
1925 edition
is available for download a
University of Nebraska—Lincoln Digital Commons.
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References

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