Welcome to Dollarville ...
Dollarville is located in the eastern region of Michigan's Upper Peninsula (UP).
Dollarville is located in Luce County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Dollarville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1887.
The origin (or the toponymy) of Dollarville: Named after Captain Robert Dollar, founder of the Dollar Steamship Company - see also Dollarton, British Columbia.
Dollarville is 720 feet [219 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Dollarville lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Code for Dollarville: 906
Communities near Dollarville ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Dollarville.
- Roberts Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lencel
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lencel. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lencel
- Lencel is located in Luce County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Lencel
- From Dollarville to Lencel
- McMillan
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Laketon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Laketon. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laketon
- Laketon is located in Luce County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Laketon
- From Dollarville to Laketon
- Helmer
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Helmer. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helmer
- Helmer is located in Luce County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Helmer
- From Dollarville to Helmer
- Carpenter Landing
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Danaher
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Curtis
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Engadine
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Engadine have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Engadine
- Engadine is located in Mackinac County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Engadine <4>
- Hulbert
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
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 Dollarville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Dollarville.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Dollarville. 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 Dollarville.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Dollarville. See our Newspapers Page for Dollarville.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Dollarville ...
Looking for more information about Dollarville? 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 Dollarville, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Dollarville.
Adding Dollarville to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Dollarville 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 Dollarville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
From that list, the Dollarville post office opened in 1887.
We also found Dollarville in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Dollarville.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Michigan's counties, including Luce, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Dollarville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <6> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |