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Welcome to Alabaster ...

Alabaster is located in Iosco County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Alabaster, you might consider that their post office opened in 1864.

Alabaster is 590 feet [180 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Alabaster lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Alabaster: 989

Communities Also Named Alabaster ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Alabaster - it's located in Alabama.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Alabaster.

Communities near Alabaster ...

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

  • East Tawas
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Tawas City
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Au Gres
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Whittemore
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Omer
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Omer is located in Arenac County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omer
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 288 people
  • Prescott
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Twining
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Twining is located in Arenac County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twining
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 168 people
  • Turner
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Turner is located in Arenac County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
  • White Rock ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • White Rock is located in Iosco County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rock
  • National City
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)

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 Alabaster. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Alabaster.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Alabaster. 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 Alabaster.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Alabaster ...

Looking for more information about Alabaster? 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 Alabaster, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Alabaster.

Adding Alabaster to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Alabaster 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 (so far) for Alabaster was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Alabaster post office opened in 1864. The Alabaster post office closed in 1962.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Alabaster.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Michigan's counties, including Iosco, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Alabaster - 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>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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