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Whittier, Alaska Whittier is a city at the head of the Passage Canal in the U.S. state of Alaska, about southeast of Anchorage, Alaska, Anchorage. The city is within the Chugach Census Area, Alaska, Chugach Census Area, one of the two entities established in 201 ...

Whittier Airport Whittier is a city at the head of the Passage Canal in the U.S. state of Alaska, about southeast of Anchorage. The city is within the Chugach Census Area, one of the two entities established in 2019 when the former Valdez–Cordova Census Area ...

* Whittier, California, named for John Greenleaf Whittier ** Whittier College, a private liberal arts college *** Whittier Law School **

Whittier High School Whittier High School (WHS) is a high school located in Whittier, California. It belongs to the Whittier Union High School District. It is the alma mater of President Richard Nixon (class of 1930) and John Lasseter (class of 1975), founder of Pixa ...

**Whittier Hills, a local name for the western end of the

Puente Hills The Puente Hills are a chain of hills, one of the lower Transverse Ranges, in an unincorporated area in eastern Los Angeles County, California, in the United States. The western end of the range is often referred to locally as the Whittier Hills. ...

** Whittier Narrows, a water gap between the Puente Hills and the Montebello Hills * Whittier, Denver, a neighborhood in Denver, Colorado * Whittier, Iowa *

Whittier, Minneapolis Whittier is a neighborhood within the Powderhorn community in the U.S. city of Minneapolis, Minnesota, bounded by Franklin Avenue on the north, Interstate 35W on the east, Lake Street on the south, and Lyndale Avenue on the west. It is known ...

, a neighborhood in Minneapolis, Minnesota *

Whittier, North Carolina Whittier is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Jackson and Swain counties in the western part of the U.S. state of North Carolina. It was first listed as a CDP in the 2020 census with a population of 25. Whittier i ...

People with the surname

* Charles A. Whittier (1840–1908), American Civil War Union brevet brigadier general *

Edward N. Whittier Edward Newton Whittier (July 1, 1840 – June 14, 1902) was a Union Army officer during the American Civil War. He took temporary command of the 5th Maine Battery when Captain Greenlief T. Stevens was wounded at the Battle of Gettysburg. Whit ...

(1840–1902), American soldier *

John Greenleaf Whittier John Greenleaf Whittier (December 17, 1807 – September 7, 1892) was an American Quaker poet and advocate of the abolition of slavery in the United States. Frequently listed as one of the fireside poets, he was influenced by the Scottish poet ...

(1807–1892), American poet and abolitionist *

Max Whittier Max H. Whittier (1867–1925) was an American real estate developer and a pioneer in the early California petroleum industry. Biography Max Whittier (born Mericos Hector Whittier), was born to Charles G. Whittier and Ruth Keech, came to California ...

(1867–1928), American real estate developer *

Nancy Whittier Nancy Whittier is an American sociologist and a professor at Smith College. She has written many books, including ''Feminist Generations'', ''Feminist Frontiers 5'', and ''The Politics of Child Sexual Abuse: Emotion, Social Movements, and the State ...

(born 1966), sociologist *

Pauline Whittier Pauline "Polly" Whittier (December 9, 1876 – March 3, 1946) was an American golfer who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics The 1900 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1900, link=no), today officially known as the Games of ...

(1876–1946), American golfer *

Sumner G. Whittier Sumner Gage Whittier (July 4, 1911 – January 8, 2010) was an American politician who served two two-year terms as the 58th Lieutenant Governor for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts from 1953 to 1957. Career Whittier was an Alderman in the ...

(1911–2010), American politician from Massachusetts

Fictional characters

*Whittier Smith, main protagonist of the film '' Bring It On Again'', played by Anne Judson-Yager *Pollyanna Whittier, title character of Eleanor H. Porter's novel ''

Pollyanna ''Pollyanna'' is a 1913 novel by American author Eleanor H. Porter, considered a classic of children's literature. The book's success led to Porter's soon writing a sequel, ''Pollyanna Grows Up'' (1915). Eleven more ''Pollyanna'' sequels, know ...

'' (1913)

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The Whittier The Whittier (also known as the Whittier Apartments) is a partially renovated high rise residential complex and former hotel located at 415 Burns Drive in Detroit, Michigan, on the Detroit River. It was listed on the National Register of Historic ...

, a high rise residential complex and former hotel in Detroit, Michigan *

Whittier (Pacific Electric) The Whittier Line was a Pacific Electric interurban line which traveled between Los Angeles and Whittier via Huntington Park, Rivera, and Los Nietos. Due to its indirect route, the line was eventually replaced by bus service on Whittier Boulevar ...

, a former train route in California *

Whittier Fire The Whittier Fire was a wildfire in the Santa Ynez Mountains, south of Lake Cachuma, along Highway 154 in Santa Barbara County, California in the United States. The fire was reported on July 8, 2017, at 1:43 pm. Upon containment on July 28, the f ...

, a 2017 wildfire in Santa Barbara County, California *

Whittier Boulevard Whittier Boulevard known as Stephenson Avenue (before 1920) is an arterial street that runs from the Los Angeles River (where it continues into Downtown Los Angeles as 6th Street) to Brea, California. The street is one of the main thoroughfares in ...

, a street in Los Angeles, California *

Whittier (horse) Whittier was a notable Australian Thoroughbred race horse. A son of Woorak (AUS) from the mare Polacca (AUS), he was foaled in 1919 and trained by Harry McCalman. His owner, Ben Chaffey purchased him for 250 guineas when Lachlan Mackinnon dis ...

, an Australian Thoroughbred race horse

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