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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.
The county is located in far Western North Carolina in the Great Smoky Mountains. It holds more of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park than any other county in North Carolina or Tennessee. The highest point in the county is Kuwohi, elevation 6,643 feet (2,025 m), located on the NC/TN border. Kuwohi is the third-highest peak in North Carolina.
Whittier, California, named for John Greenleaf Whittier Whittier College, a private liberal arts college Whittier Law School; Whittier High School; Whittier Hills, a local name for the western end of the Puente Hills; Whittier Narrows, a water gap between the Puente Hills and the Montebello Hills; Whittier, Denver, a neighborhood in Denver ...
Jackson County, North Carolina – Racial and ethnic composition Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race. Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic) Pop 2000 [12] Pop 2010 [13] Pop 2020 [14 ...
Swain County High School is a result of consolidations in the 1950s and a 1970s building program. It was originally four high schools: Bryson City (1924), Whittier (1936), Alarka (1938), and Almond (1925), but in 1950 additions were made to Bryson City High School and officials named it Swain County High School.
This list includes properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Swain County, North Carolina.Click the "Map of all coordinates" link to the right to view an online map of all properties and districts with latitude and longitude coordinates in the table below.
Wilmot is an unincorporated community in Jackson County, North Carolina, United States.Wilmot is located along U.S. Route 74, West of Dillsboro and East of Whittier.. As the Western North Carolina Railroad constructed the Murphy Branch, Wilmot served as a whistle stop and a point of access to the railroad for area logging companies.
The Formation of the North Carolina Counties, 1663–1943. Raleigh: State Dept. of Archives and History, 1950. Reprint, Raleigh: Division of Archives and History, North Carolina Dept. of Cultural Resources, 1987. ISBN 0-86526-032-X; Powell, William S. The North Carolina Gazetteer. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1968. Reprint ...