Whitman is an unincorporated community in Logan County, West Virginia, United States.

In the history of Whitman Creek, an early identification was on a 1910 map.

Later in History two coal camps on Whitman Creek would be named for these two sons.

In a 1915 Map of the Logan County, Coal Field in West Virginia, the map shows Whitman Creek areas as part of the United States Coal and Oil Company.

20 site is now where National Armature & Machine shop sits.

These coal camps were established about every half-mile or so apart (as Mining expanded).

Boarding houses were built on Whitman Creek to support mining operations.

Other remnants of the coal mining past is an old cut stone building located between Holden No.