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Coordinates: 48°26′52″N 122°28′18″W / 48.44778°N 122.47167°W / 48.44778; -122.47167
Country	United States
State	Washington
County	Skagit
Platted	1882
Time zone	UTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-7 (PDT)

Whitney is an extinct town in Skagit County, in the U.S. state of Washington. The GNIS classifies it as a populated place.

Whitney was originally called Padilla, and under the latter name was platted in 1882. A post office called Padilla was established in 1885, and remained in operation until 1914.

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Whitney
2. Meany, Edmond S. (1923). Origin of Washington geographic names. Seattle: University of Washington Press. p. 348.
3. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved August 27, 2016.

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County seat: Mount Vernon
Cities	Anacortes Burlington Mount Vernon Sedro-Woolley
Towns	Concrete Hamilton La Conner Lyman
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Other communities	Avon Birdsview Dewey Fidalgo Gibraltar Guemes Island Samish Island Snee Oosh Sterling Van Horn
Indian reservation	Swinomish Reservation Upper Skagit Tribe Samish
Ghost towns	Alpine Ehrlich Sauk City Skagit City Whitney
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