Whittier may refer to:
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Whittier, Alaska
Whittier is a city at the head of the Passage Canal in the Chugach Census Area, Alaska, Chugach Census Area in the Unorganized Borough, Alaska, Unorganized Borough of Alaska, about southeast of Anchorage, Alaska, Anchorage. The city is located ...
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Whittier Airport
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Whittier, California
Whittier () is a city in Los Angeles County, California, and is part of the Gateway Cities. The city had 87,306 residents as of the 2020 United States census, an increase of 1,975 from the 2010 United States census, 2010 census figure. Whittier ...
, named for John Greenleaf Whittier
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Whittier College
Whittier College is a Private university, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Whittier, California. It is a Hispanic-serving institution, Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) and, as of spring 2024, had 815 ...
, a private liberal arts college
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Whittier Law School
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Whittier High School
**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, Los Angeles County, California, in the United States. The western end of the range is often referred to ...
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Whittier Narrows
The Whittier Narrows is a narrows or water gap in the San Gabriel Valley of Los Angeles County, California, United States, between the Puente Hills to the east and the Montebello Hills to the west. The gap is located at the southern boundary o ...
, a water gap between the Puente Hills and the Montebello Hills
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Whittier, Denver, a neighborhood in Denver, Colorado
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Whittier, Iowa
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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 know ...
, a neighborhood in Minneapolis, Minnesota
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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 ...
People with the surname
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Charles A. Whittier (1840–1908), American Civil War Union brevet brigadier general
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Edward N. Whittier (1840–1902), American soldier
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Helen Augusta Whittier (1846–1925), American editor, lecturer, teacher, clubwoman, businesswoman
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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
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Max Whittier
Mericos "Max" Whittier (1867–1925) was a pioneer in the early California oil industry and was instrumental in the development of 3 of California's billion barrel oil fields: Kern River, Midway-Sunset, and South Belridge.
With his partner Burt ...
(1867–1928), American real estate developer
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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
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Pauline Whittier
Pauline "Polly" Whittier (December 9, 1876 – March 3, 1946) was an American golfer who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics on behalf of Switzerland. She was born in Boston, Massachusetts
Boston is the capital and most populous city in ...
(1876–1946), American golfer
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Sumner G. Whittier (1911–2010), American politician from Massachusetts
Fictional characters
*Whittier Smith, main protagonist of the film ''
Bring It On Again
''Bring It On Again'' is a 2004 American cheerleading comedy film directed by Damon Santostefano and starring Anne Judson-Yager and Bree Turner.
This film is a sequel to '' Bring It On series'', but there are no recurring cast members or canon ...
'', 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 soon writing a sequel, ''Pollyanna Grows Up'' (1915). Eleven more ''Pollyanna'' sequels, known a ...
'' (1913)
Other uses
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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 Histor ...
, a high rise residential complex and former hotel in Detroit, Michigan
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Whittier Line
The Whittier Line was a Pacific Electric interurban
The interurban (or radial railway in Canada) is a type of electric railway, with tram-like electric self-propelled railcars which run within and between cities or towns. The term "interurba ...
, a former Pacific Electric train route in California
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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, t ...
, a 2017 wildfire in Santa Barbara County, California
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Whittier Boulevard
Whittier Boulevard 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 both Whittier and East Los Angele ...
, a street in Los Angeles, California
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Whittier (horse)
Whittier was a notable Australian Thoroughbred
The Thoroughbred is a list of horse breeds, horse breed developed for Thoroughbred racing, horse racing. Although the word ''thoroughbred'' is sometimes used to refer to any breed of purebre ...
, an Australian Thoroughbred race horse
See also
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Mount Whittier (disambiguation) Mount Whittier may refer to a mountain in the United States:
* Mount Whittier (New Hampshire)
** Mount Whittier Ski Area, former ski resort
* Mount Whittier (Washington), near Mount St. Helens
See also
* Whittier Peak, in the North Cascades of ...
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Whittier House (disambiguation) Whittier House may refer to one of the following:
*John Greenleaf Whittier House in Amesbury, Massachusetts
*John Greenleaf Whittier Homestead in Haverhill, Massachusetts
*Skolfield-Whittier House in Brunswick, Maine
*Whittier House (Danville, Verm ...
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