Whitney
Encyclopedia
Places
Canada- Whitney, Ontario
United Kingdom
- Whitney-on-WyeWhitney-on-WyeWhitney-on-Wye is a village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England, very close to the border with Wales. It is on the A438 road, and on the River Wye. The village is west of Hereford. The church is dedicated to the Saints Peter and Paul.-History:...
, Herefordshire - WitneyWitneyWitney is a town on the River Windrush, west of Oxford in Oxfordshire, England.The place-name 'Witney' is first attested in a Saxon charter of 969 as 'Wyttannige'; it appears as 'Witenie' in the Domesday Book of 1086. The name means 'Witta's island'....
, Oxfordshire
United States
- Whitney, CaliforniaWhitney, CaliforniaWhitney is an unincorporated community in Placer County, California. Whitney is located on the Southern Pacific Railroad, north-northwest of Roseville. It lies at an elevation of .The name honors a local rancher, Joel Parker Whitney....
, a community in Placer County - Whitney, a neighborhood in Beverly, VisaliaBeverly, VisaliaBeverly Glen is a neighborhood in Visalia, California, United States. It is located around Beverly Drive and is bounded by the Sequoia Freeway on the north, Giddings Street on the east, Tulare Avenue on the south, and Mooney Boulevard on the west...
, California - Whitney, California, former name of Lone Pine Station, CaliforniaLone Pine Station, CaliforniaLone Pine Station is a former settlement in Inyo County, California. It was initially located on the Carson and Colorado Railroad east-northeast of Lone Pine. Later the Southern Pacific Railroad was built to the place.- External links :...
- Whitney, IdahoWhitney, IdahoWhitney is a small unincorporated community in the Cache Valley of Franklin County, Idaho, United States. It is part of the Logan, Utah-Idaho Metropolitan Statistical Area....
- Whitney, MaineWhitney, MaineWhitney is a township in Penobscot County, Maine, United States. It is designated as Township 5 Range 1 of the North of Bingham's Penobscot Purchase...
- Whitney, NebraskaWhitney, NebraskaWhitney is a village in Dawes County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 77 at the 2010 census. Originally called Dawes City, then Earth Lodge, it was renamed in honor of a railroad official...
- Whitney, NevadaWhitney, NevadaWhitney is an unincorporated town in Clark County, Nevada, United States. The population was 18,273 at the 2000 census.-Background:...
- Whitney, OregonWhitney, OregonWhitney is an unincorporated community, also considered a ghost town, located in Baker County, Oregon, United States, on Oregon Route 7 southwest of Sumpter. It is on the North Fork Burnt River, near the Blue Mountains and Wallowa-Whitman National Forest....
- Whitney, TexasWhitney, TexasWhitney is a town in Hill County in Central Texas. The population was 1,833 at the 2000 census.Whitney is a rural lakeside community, and site of the very first bass fishing tournament...
- Lake WhitneyLake WhitneyLake Whitney could be:*Lake Whitney *Lake Whitney...
, a popular lake in Texas named after the nearby town
- Lake Whitney
- Whitney Township, MichiganWhitney Township, MichiganWhitney Township is a civil township of Arenac County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,033 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it is water.-Demographics:As of the census...
- Mount WhitneyMount WhitneyMount Whitney is the highest summit in the contiguous United States with an elevation of . It is on the boundary between California's Inyo and Tulare counties, west-northwest of the lowest point in North America at Badwater in Death Valley National Park...
, the highest peak in the continental United States - Whitney High School (Cerritos, California)Whitney High School (Cerritos, California)Gretchen A. Whitney High School, called Whitney High School or WHS, is a public school in Cerritos, California serving grades 7-12. It is in the ABC Unified School District.-History:...
- Whitney High School (Rocklin, California)Whitney High School (Rocklin, California)Whitney High School is a public magnet school located in the southern Placer County city of Rocklin, California, a settlement in the northern Sacramento metropolitan area. Whitney is one of two high schools in Rocklin Unified School District; its counterpart is Rocklin High School...
- David Whitney BuildingDavid Whitney BuildingThe David Whitney Building is a historic class-A skyscraper on the northern edge of downtown Detroit, Michigan. It is located at 1553 Woodward Avenue, adjacent to Grand Circus Park. The building stands on a wedge-shaped site at the junction of Park Avenue, Woodward Avenue, and Washington Boulevard....
, skyscraper in Detroit, Michigan - David Whitney HouseDavid Whitney HouseThe David Whitney House is located at 4421 Woodward Avenue in Detroit, Michigan. The building was constructed as a private residence, but is open to the public as The Whitney Restaurant...
, historic residence in Detroit, Michigan
Organizations
- J.H. Whitney & CompanyJ.H. Whitney & CompanyJ.H. Whitney & Company is a venture capital firm in the U.S., founded in 1946 by John Hay Whitney and his partner Benno Schmidt. Today the firm focuses primarily on leveraged buyouts, turnarounds, acquisitions, and recapitalizations of more mature companies particularly those it considers to be in...
, the oldest venture capital firm in the U.S. - Pratt & WhitneyPratt & WhitneyPratt & Whitney is a U.S.-based aerospace manufacturer with global service operations. It is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corporation . Pratt & Whitney's aircraft engines are widely used in both civil aviation and military aviation. Its headquarters are in East Hartford, Connecticut, USA...
, aircraft engine maker - Whitney & Company (Leominster, Massachusetts)Whitney & Company (Leominster, Massachusetts)Whitney & Company is a historic site at 142 Water Street in Leominster, Massachusetts.The site was built in 1893 and added to the United States National Historic Register in 1989....
- Whitney Museum of American ArtWhitney Museum of American ArtThe Whitney Museum of American Art, often referred to simply as "the Whitney", is an art museum with a focus on 20th- and 21st-century American art. Located at 945 Madison Avenue at 75th Street in New York City, the Whitney's permanent collection contains more than 18,000 works in a wide variety of...
, in New York City - Whitney National BankWhitney National BankWhitney National Bank is a regional community banking institution headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana. Founded in 1883, it is the oldest continuously operating bank in Louisiana and a major player in the Gulf South banking industry. Whitney branches are distinguished by a characteristic clock,...
, which has branches in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Texas and Florida
Television
- Whitney (TV series)Whitney (TV series)Whitney is an American sitcom that premiered on NBC on September 22, 2011, where it airs in the 9:30 pm /8:30 pm Thursday night timeslot. The show stars Whitney Cummings...
, an American sitcom that premiered on NBC in the fall of 2011
Music
- Whitney HoustonWhitney HoustonWhitney Elizabeth Houston is an American singer, actress, producer and a former model. Houston is the most awarded female act of all time, according to Guinness World Records, and her list of awards include 1 Emmy Award, 6 Grammy Awards, 30 Billboard Music Awards, 22 American Music Awards, among...
, an American contemporary R&B singer and actress - Whitney (album)Whitney (album)Whitney is the second studio album by American pop/R&B singer Whitney Houston, released in the United States on June 2, 1987 by Arista Records as the follow-up to her best selling debut album, Whitney Houston. The album met the expectations of many people and was sensationally popular after its...
, by American singer Whitney Houston
Fictional
- Whitney DeanWhitney DeanWhitney Dean is a fictional character from the BBC One soap opera EastEnders, played by Shona McGarty. The character is the adoptive daughter of long-running character Bianca Jackson , and was introduced in April 2008 when Palmer returned to the series after a six year absence...
, a fictional character in BBC soap opera EastEnders - Whitney (Pokémon), a Gym Leader in the Pokémon series
- Whitney RussellWhitney RussellWhitney Harris-Crane is a fictional character on the NBC/DirecTV soap opera Passions. She is played by Brook Kerr from the series' debut in July 1999 and departed in September 2007 when Whitney moves to New Orleans...
, a fictional character on the NBC soap opera Passions
Other
- Whitney AwardsWhitney AwardsThe Whitney Awards are awards given annually for novels by LDS authors. The Whitney Awards are a semi-independent non-profit organization affiliated with the LDStorymakers, a guild for LDS authors.-Categories:There are currently seven genre categories:...
given for achievement in Mormon fiction - Whitney South Seas ExpeditionWhitney South Seas ExpeditionThe Whitney South Seas Expedition to collect bird specimens for the American Museum of Natural History , under the initial leadership of Rollo Beck, was instigated by Dr Leonard C. Sanford and financed by Harry Payne Whitney, a thoroughbred horse-breeder and philanthropist.Beck, an expert bird...
, scientific expedition to the South Pacific (1920–1932) - Whitney v. CaliforniaWhitney v. CaliforniaWhitney v. California, 274 U.S. 357 , was a United States Supreme Court decision upholding the conviction of an individual who had engaged in speech that raised a threat to society.-Facts:...
274 U.S. 357 (1927), U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding the conviction of a Communist Labor Party official