Official Name: | Whiting, Missouri |
Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Mississippi |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 0.68 |
Area Land Km2: | 0.68 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.00 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 0.26 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 0.26 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Total: | 155 |
Population Density Km2: | 229.36 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 593.87 |
Elevation Ft: | 308 |
Coordinates: | 36.7883°N -89.3756°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP Code |
Postal Code: | 63845 (East Prairie) |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 29-79684 |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 2806415 |
Whiting is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Mississippi County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the population was 155.[2]
A post office called Whiting was established in 1889, and remained in operation until 1909.[3] The community has the name of Justin R. Whiting, a businessperson in the local lumber industry.[4]
Whiting is in southwestern Mississippi County and is bordered to the southwest by the city of East Prairie. Missouri Route 105 is the main road through the community, leading southwest into East Prairie and north 9miles to Charleston, the county seat.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Whiting CDP has an area of, all land.[1]