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Welcome to Michigan Bluff ...

Michigan Bluff is located in Placer County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Michigan Bluff, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1854.

A typical abbreviation for Michigan Bluff: Michigan Blf. (or less commonly used: Michigan Bluf.)

Michigan Bluff is 3,510 feet [1,070 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Michigan Bluff is about ¾ mile [or ~1 km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Michigan Bluff lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities near Michigan Bluff ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Michigan Bluff.

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Michigan Bluff. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Michigan Bluff.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Michigan Bluff. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Michigan Bluff.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Michigan Bluff. See our Newspapers Page for Michigan Bluff.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Michigan Bluff ...

Looking for more information about Michigan Bluff? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Michigan Bluff, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Michigan Bluff.

Adding Michigan Bluff to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Michigan Bluff in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Michigan Bluff was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Michigan Bluff post office opened in 1854.

We also found Michigan Bluff in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Michigan Bluff.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including Placer, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Michigan Bluff - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/