Do you know of Kerston ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Kerston. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Kerston.

We found mention of Kerston as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Alpena County, Michigan.

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Kerston ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Kerston:

Along The Tracks, A Directory of Named Places on Michigan Railroads
Written by: Meints, Graydon M.
Published by Clarke Historical Library, Central Michigan University - 1987
(Available from Amazon.com)

Rand McNally Map of Michigan (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

The FIPS database contains an entry for Kerston.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 26/42920   (Place Name: Kerston)

County: Alpena     (FIPS State/County: 26/007)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Kerston) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

More Orphans in  Alpena County ...

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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Alpena County.