Do you know of Austin Lake ???

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

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

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

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)

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Austin Lake - Services available: had a Railroad Station, Express Office, no Post Office mentioned

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

The FIPS database contains an entry for Austin Lake.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 26/04420   (Place Name: Austin Lake)

County: Kalamazoo     (FIPS State/County: 26/077)

Class: U4

Identifies a populated place (ie- Austin Lake) which is wholly or substantially located within the boundaries of an incorporated place with a different name. The Part of Code identifies the incorporated place.

More Orphans in  Kalamazoo 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 Kalamazoo County.