Wikipedia contributors. (2024, August 1). Whitman County, Washington. In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved August 29, 2024, from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Whitman_County,_Washington&oldid=1237888010
Melville was born in New York City, on August 1, 1819, the third of eight children to Allan Melvill (1782–1832) and Maria (Gansevoort) Melvill (1791–1872), who were of Scottish and Dutch descent.
Lincoln County is generally considered the second-largest producer of wheat in the United States (following Whitman County, Washington), sometimes producing 25 million bushels (680,000 t) per year.
Whitman County, Washington (Wikipedia) Whitman County is a county located in the U.S. state of Washington. As of the 2020 census, the population was 47,973. The county seat is Colfax, and its largest city is Pullman.