Kendall-Whittier Names, Spellings & Districts

Kendall-Whittier is the name of the neighborhood.

The hyphen is part of the name. When Kendall Whittier is used to refer to the neighborhood without the hyphen, this website treats it as a misspelling.

Over time, several organizations adopted the unhyphenated form in their official names, including Kendall Whittier, Inc., Kendall Whittier Main Street, and the Kendall Whittier Improvement District. Those organizational names do not change the name of the neighborhood.

When referring to those organizations, this website preserves their official names. When referring to the neighborhood, it uses Kendall-Whittier.

The phrase Kendall Whittier District is also sometimes used for a commercial or organizational district associated with Whittier Square. That district is not the same thing as the entire Kendall-Whittier neighborhood.

Because the unhyphenated spelling appears in organization names, news coverage, websites, and public records, people searching for Kendall Whittier, Kendall Whittier Tulsa, or Kendall Whittier District may still be looking for information about Kendall-Whittier.

This website uses the neighborhood’s hyphenated name consistently.