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Welcome to Dennison ...

Dennison is located in Ottawa County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Dennison, you might consider that their post office opened in 1866.

Dennison is 630 feet [192 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Dennison: 616

Communities Also Named Dennison ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 9 communities that are also named Dennison - they are located in Arizona, Illinois (2), Kansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska and Ohio.

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

Communities near Dennison ...

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

  • Grand Rapids
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Wyoming
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Muskegon
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Walker
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Norton Shores
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Grandville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Grand Haven
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Muskegon Heights
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Hudsonville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Zeeland
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Dennison ...

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

Adding Dennison to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Dennison 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 Dennison was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Dennison post office opened in 1866. The Dennison post office closed in 1917.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Dennison.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Michigan's counties, including Ottawa, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Dennison - 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/