Do you know of Atlantic ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Atlantic. 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 Atlantic.

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

Communities Also Named Atlantic ...

We found 21 communities that share the name Atlantic.

Within Michigan, the name Atlantic is unique.

Beyond Michigan, we know of another 21 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 21 communities, twenty are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Colorado
  - Gunnison County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Atlantic [Gunnison County].
- Iowa
  - Cass County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Atlantic [Cass County].
- Maine
  - Hancock County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Atlantic [Hancock County].
- Massachusetts
  - Essex County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Atlantic [Essex County].
  - Norfolk County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Atlantic [Norfolk County].
  - Plymouth County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Atlantic [Plymouth County].
  - Suffolk County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Atlantic [Suffolk County].
- New Hampshire
  - Rockingham County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New Hampshire community of Atlantic [Rockingham County].
- New Jersey
  - Monmouth County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Atlantic [Monmouth County].
- New York
  - Richmond County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Atlantic [Richmond County].
- North Carolina
  - Carteret County
  - Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Atlantic [Carteret County].
- Nova Scotia
  - Please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of Atlantic.
- Pennsylvania
  - Clearfield County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Atlantic [Clearfield County].
  - Crawford County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Atlantic [Crawford County].
  - Fayette County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Atlantic [Fayette County].
  - Somerset County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Atlantic [Somerset County].
  - Westmoreland County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Atlantic [Westmoreland County].
- Virginia
  - Accomack County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Atlantic [Accomack County].
  - Virginia Beach City
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Atlantic [Virginia Beach City].
- West Virginia
  - Mineral County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Atlantic [Mineral County].
  - Preston County
  - Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Atlantic [Preston County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Atlantic ...

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

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.

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Great Lakes West
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2005
(Available from Amazon.com)

The FIPS database contains an entry for Atlantic.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 26/03940 (Place Name: Atlantic)

County: Houghton (FIPS State/County: 26/061)

Class: X3

More Orphans in Houghton County ...

Can you help?

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 Houghton County.

Ahmeek Mill
Albion	Laird
Allouez Mine	Lake Gerald
Arcadian Junction	Lake Junction
Arcadian Mine	Lakewood
	Linwood
Baltic Junction	Lower Pewabic
Baraga
Belt Line Junction	Mayflower
Blue Jacket	Messner
Bootjack	Midway
Boston Junction	Mills
Boyds	Morrisons Spur
Britton Spur	Motley
Brotherton
	Nestor Crossing
Calumet Junction	New Home
Clark	North Kearsarge
Cole Creek	North Tamarack Mine
Concord
Copper Range Junction	Obenhoff
Corbett	Onnela
Craig	Opechee
Crystal Lake	Osceola Mine
	Otter
Danielson
Demmon	Painesdale Junction
Dollar Bay Dock	Phillips
Dow	Point Mills Junction
Dupont Junction	Prickett

Eagle Harbor	Quincy Mine
Eagle River	Quincy
East Houghton	Quinn
Edgemere Junction
Edgemere	Rambaultown
Elm River	Red Jacket Mine
	Redridge Junction
Faleston	Ricedale
Farm
Farnham	Saint Marys Junction
Findley Junction	Shore Line Junction
Florida	Silver
Fouchette	South Kearsarge
Fox	South Lake Linden
Franklin Junction	Stackpole
Franklin Junior Mine	Stantons Spur
Franklin	Stanwood
Freda Park
Frost Junction	Tamarack Mine
	Torch Lake City
Garon	Torch Lake Junction
Glanville
Green	Upper Mills
Grove
Grover	Wolverine Mine
	Woodside
Jones Spur
	Yandell
Kitchie	Yellow Jacket

Footnotes ...

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If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Atlantic could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.