These are all excellent! Thank you to everyone who has contributed in just the short amount of time. To view the context of these entries, do the following: 1. Go to http://wiki.whitneygen.org/ 2. In the search box, type in "Category:City, State", replacing the city & state with the item on the list. 3. That will probably bring up a page that tells you that that category doesn't exist, but will include a link to create it. Click that red link, and the page which references that location will be listed. 4. Click on the link to the page to view the family group page or other page which references that location. Please do not edit the pages if the locations are spelled wrong, etc. as that is what my project will attempt to do automagically. Tim -----Original Message----- From: whitney-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:whitney-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Ken Whitney Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2007 11:06 AM To: whitney@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [WHITNEY] Location Help Tim, I took a look at the Maine entries and immediately recognized many of the towns from my Maine research. Some are obviously from published sources that I recognized as being inaccurately spelled when I first read them. Here are some answers for you: Belmond is probably Belmont, which is in Waldo County, just east of Belgrade. Broomfield I recognize from Pierce's work on the Whitneys of Moose River, Maine. I believe I am correct in stating that Broomfield should be Brownfield. Farrington is probably Farmington. My family was from Freeman. It is not an incorporated community, and is not on a map that I have seen today. I believe it lies to the northeast of Strong, Maine in Franklin County. Lubec lies near the Canadian border, just south of Eastport in Washington County. Mechanics Falls is in Androscoggin Co., just west of Auburn. New Castle ahould be Newcastle, which overlooks Damariscotta in Lincoln County. Otisfield is in Oxford County, just north of Casco. Philips and Phillips Village should be what today is Phillips, Franklin Co., Maine, south of Rangeley. Sherman Hills should read Sherman Mills, which is on Rt. 95 in Aroostook Co., Maine. Trinity came from Pierce's work on Joel Whitney, and should read Unity, not Trinity. Unity is on Rt. 202 in Waldo Co., Maine. West Gardiner is just to the west of Gardiner in Kennebec Co. If you can give me the context for the places I haven't mentioned, I may be able to figure them out. I hope this is of some help. Ken Whitney, Silver Spring, MD ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Doyle" <tim@greenscourt.com> To: <whitney@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2007 11:13 AM Subject: [WHITNEY] Location Help > We're currently trying to clean up our locality listing on the WRG > website. > Can anyone help to identify the following locations? We need to identify > the > correct spelling for the city/town and the current county that it is > located > in. Any help would be greatly appreciated! > > Thank you! > > Tim > > > Etna Mills, California > Eureka Mills, California > Moore's Station, California > Shellville, California > Byrer, Colorado > Friend, Colorado > Highlands, Colorado > Rock Creek, Colorado > Killingly, Connecticut > Mansfield, Connecticut > West Hamden, Connecticut > Augustine, Florida > Merrick, Florida > Chickamauga Creek, Georgia > Hadden's Ford, Georgia > Peach Tree Creek, Georgia > Osborn, Idaho > Roxbury, Idaho > Big Grove, Illinois > Burnside Crossing, Illinois > Campton, Illinois > Chicago Lawn, Illinois > Coloma, Illinois > Gardiner, Illinois > Hillsborough, Illinois > Hubbard Woods/Winnetka, Illinois > Kendall, Illinois > Mission Point, Illinois > Shockoken, Illinois > West Troy, Illinois > Haughville, Indiana > Koutz, Indiana > Brush Creek, Iowa > Elkhorn, Iowa > Emmettsburg, Iowa > Jessup, Iowa > Lingrove, Iowa > Marshaltown, Iowa > Rolf, Iowa > Rosabach, Iowa > Shellsborough, Iowa > Syracuse, Iowa > Whitneyville, Iowa > Bert, Kansas > Loyal, Kansas > Marengo, Kansas > Onawa, Kansas > Parallel, Kansas > Saratoga, Kansas > Sedgewick, Kansas > Clifton Landing, Kentucky > Bayou Grape, Louisiana > Carrolton, Louisiana > Opelusas, Louisiana > Belmond, Maine > Belmont, Maine > Broomfield, Maine > Concord, Maine > East Branch, Maine > Farrington, Maine > Freeman, Maine > Livingston, Maine > Lubeck, Maine > Mechanic's Falls, Maine > New Castle, Maine > Otisfield, Maine > Pawlet, Maine > Philips, Maine > Phillips Village, Maine > Sacarrappa, Maine > Sherman Hills, Maine > Trinity, Maine > Watertown, Maine > West Gardiner, Maine > Point Lookout, Maryland > Attleborough, Massachusetts > Attleborough Falls, Massachusetts > Baldwinsville, Massachusetts > Blue Hill, Massachusetts > Cheslea, Massachusetts > Cottage City, Massachusetts > Farnumnsville, Massachusetts > Jamaica Plains, Massachusetts > Lyndon, Massachusetts > Lynnfield Center, Massachusetts > Merrimack, Massachusetts > Newton Centre, Massachusetts > North Attleborough, Massachusetts > North Bridgewater, Massachusetts > Roadstown, Massachusetts > South Attleborough, Massachusetts > South Danvers, Massachusetts > South Framingham, Massachusetts > South Framiningham, Massachusetts > South Orange, Massachusetts > Tiverton, Massachusetts > Tolland, Massachusetts > Turner's Falls, Massachusetts > West Gardner, Massachusetts > Westminster Depot, Massachusetts > Westport Harbor, Massachusetts > Avon, Michigan > Brown, Michigan > Caledonia Station, Michigan > Cambria Mills, Michigan > Cannon, Michigan > Church's Corners, Michigan > Coleman Station, Michigan > East Saginaw, Michigan > Gratiot, Michigan > Haselton, Michigan > Klinger Lake, Michigan > Lake Ridge, Michigan > Ottawa Centre, Michigan > Prairie Ronde, Michigan > Sturges, Michigan > Thornapple, Michigan > West Bay City, Michigan > Blue Earth City, Minnesota > Fort Snelling, Minnesota > Lake Pepin, Minnesota > Saint Anthony Park, Minnesota > Saint Anthony's Falls, 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Blythebourne, New York > Brandon, New York > Brockton, New York > Broken Straw, New York > Buck's Bridge, New York > Careyville, New York > Caxton, New York > Chenango, New York > Chili, New York > Clarence Hollow, New York > Columbia, New York > Cornith, New York > Cortlandville, New York > East Clarkson, New York > English Creek, New York > Essex Village, New York > Findley's Lake, New York > Flint Creek, New York > Forrestville, New York > Freedonia, New York > Hall's Corners, New York > Hopewell, New York > Hornellsville, New York > Howard Flats, New York > Howeoge, New York > Jaffrey, New York > Java, New York > Jersey City, New York > LaFayette Station, New York > Mechanicsville, New York > Moores, New York > Moore's Forks, New York > Moreau, New York > Newburgh-on-the-Hudson, New York > Newstead, New York > Niagara, New York > Ninevah, New York > Onondaga, New York > Oswego Falls, New York > Parma, New York > Plasky, New York > Portage, New York > Providence, New York > Ridge 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Re: Roxbury Idaho. There are two possibilities for that time period: 1. Roseberry, Boise County, now Valley County. I doubt this is the town referred to. 2. Rexburg Oneida County, Now Madison County. I believe that the reference for Roxbury Idaho is Rexburg Idaho. Rexburg is a Mormon Settlement. This was a family of Mormon Pioneers who settled the Salt Lake Valley in Utah. Newell K. Whitney father of Orson F. Whitney Married my second great grandmother Henrietta Keyes Whitney after the death of her first husband and paid her expenses to travel west with a Wagon train Company. After a brief time in the Salt Lake Valley many pioneers went out to settle Northern and Central Utah and South Eastern Idaho were Rexburg is located. Orson F. was very likely among them. Also that branch of the Whitney family was in New York for a time. It is probably no coincidence that the Oneida County where Rexburg was located at the time, shared the same name as Oneida County in New York I believe it is a safe bet that Orson F. Whitney son Of Newell K. and other children went to South Eastern Idaho and settled Rexburg, Oneida County, Idaho. This area is much closer to the Salt Lake Valley, (a 3 hour drive while, Roseberry is quite far North and on the Western edge of the state. Today it would be at least 8+ hour drive from Salt Lake City and most likely not settled by early Mormon Pioneers during that time period. Hope this helps a bit Gail Anderson

Tim and WRG: Here's some info on locations from the Green Mountain state: Barnstead, Vermont-Though there is a section of the Vermont town of Manchester called Barnstead, the town of Barnstead is located on the Suncook River in southeastern New Hampshire. Berkshire Center, Vermont-Vermonters call this community simply 'Berkshire'. The hamlets of Berkshire, West Berkshire and East Berkshire are located along route108 in northwestern Vermont. They are all the same political unit sharing a selectboard, road crew and K-8 school system. Excellent dairy farming country Cheshire, Vermont-There is no Cheshire Vermont that I know of, but Cheshire County, New Hampshire is located in the extreme southwestern section of the state. Last summer bad flooding drove many Cheshire County residents from their homes and destroyed property. East Enosburg, Enosburg Falls, North Enosburg, West Enosburg and Enosburg Center are all small sections of the community of Enosburg, located in Franklin County in northwestern Vermont. Every June the Lions Club sponsors the Annual Dairy Festival in Enosburg Falls drawing 4-5 thousand people to celebrate Vermont's dairy farmers. Enosburg Falls is one of several Vermont communities that generates its own power by damming the river. Local dairy farmers are also trying a new technology to generate electricity by using the methane from cow manure. They sell the power back to the grid. Forrestdale, Vermont-This tiny community is located in west central Vermont on route 73 near Brandon. Here in 1834, Orange Alfonso Smalley, a young blacksmith and mechanic living with his parents, and another blacksmith, Thomas Davenport, experimented with electromagnetism and invented the first electric motor. Franklin Center, East Franklin and Franklin, Vermont are all sections of the same community near the Canadian border in northwestern Vermont. In East Franklin, in sight of the border crossing station there is a large cemetery where many Whitneys are buried. My sister preaches during the summer at the East Franklin Methodist Church. Gullup's Mills, Vermont-This must be Gallup Mills, Vermont located in Caledonia County in Vermont's northeast kingdom. None of the roads are paved in Gallup Mills. Jericho Centre, Vermont- Located on route 117, not far from Burlington. Jericho and Jericho Center are two sections of the same town. Vermont's current Speaker of the House, Rep. Gaye Symington, D., lives in Jericho Center. Mallett Bay, Vermont- This is Malletts Bay, part of the town of Colchester and is located on route 127.The bay is a well known area of Lake Champlain and there are many summer camps and homes there along with a large commercial marina. In winter one can see dozens of ice shanties on the ice in Malletts Bay where fishermen try to keep out of the wind as they catch several kinds of native fish, mainly perch. In 1789 Ethan Allen crossed Malletts Bay on the ice with a team of oxen on his way to property he owned in South Hero, one of the islands in Lake Champlain. He died on the trip of an apparent heart attack. Otter Creek, Vermont- Known as the Indian Road, the Otter Creek empties into Lake Champlain near Vergennes. During the 1700's the waterway was a well traveled route for natives escaping with colonial captives from southern Vermont/New Hampshire/Massachusetts. Once they got to Lake Champlain it was relatively easy to get to Montreal, travel by water being much easier than travel over land. The Otter Creek was dammed in Middlebury during the nineteenth century providing power for the mills there. Philadelphia, Vermont-I have never heard of Philadelphia, Vermont and cannot find it on any of my state maps. Pittsford Mills, Vermont-On route 7 in central Vermont, Pittsford and Pittsford Mills are the same political unit. Population in the 2000 census was 3140. Sherburne, Vermont-There is a Sherburne New York, but it is located in the central part of the state, too far from the Vermont border to be considered part of the Green Mountain state. I think this reference must be Shelburne in Chittenden County, south of Burlington. Shelburne is a lovely community on Lake Champlain, home to the Shelburne Museum, a collection of early New England curiosities. Silver Lake, Vermont-This lake is located in Bethel on route 12. There's a nice state park at Silver Lake where camping is allowed from Memorial Day until Labor Day. Townsend, Vermont-West Townsend and Townsend are both located on route 30 in south eastern Vermont. Tyson, Vermont-Not far from Echo Lake, Tyson is near Plymouth, the boyhood home of Calvin Coolidge. Weathersfield, Vermont-In southeastern Vermont, Weathersfield Center lies near the New Hampshire border. There is also Weathersfield Bow on route 5, from which one could throw a softball into New Hampshire. West Derby, Vermont-Derby Line and Derby Center are located on Interstate 91 in northern Vermont. Derby line straddles the Canadian border. West Randolph, Vermont-This must be the community Vermonters refer to as 'Randolf' located on route 12A. Randolph Center, East Randolph, South Randolph and North Randolph are all part of the same town and are near or on the White River. I hope this is helpful. Carolyn Whitney Branagan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Doyle" <tim@greenscourt.com> To: <whitney@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2007 12:21 PM Subject: Re: [WHITNEY] Location Help > These are all excellent! Thank you to everyone who has contributed in just > the short amount of time..............

Speaking of Philadelphia and Coolidge... If this Philadelphia doesn't refer to the city, then a likely candidate is tiny Philadelphia, New York, in Jefferson County, near Watertown, N.Y. and Kingston, Ont. It's only 90 mi. west of Vermont. It's the hometown of the painter Cassius Marcellus Coolidge. You won't know his name but will recognize his work-- he specialized in dogs playing poker. Cheers, Ron Kyser On Aug 14, 2007, at 4:46 AM, Christopher Branagan wrote: > > > Philadelphia, Vermont-I have never heard of Philadelphia, Vermont and > cannot find it on any of my state maps. > Tyson, Vermont-Not far from Echo Lake, Tyson is near Plymouth, the > boyhood > home of Calvin Coolidge. > > > Carolyn Whitney Branagan >