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Welcome to Dryads ...

So far, we found very little information about Dryads. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Dryads to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Dryads, please Contact Us.


Dryads would have been located within present day Menominee County<2>.


We aren't confident of the location of Dryads, so consider the above location as an estimate.<3>


While we don't have a date for the founding of Dryads, you might get a feel for it by knowing that during our research the earliest mention that we found (so far) was in a book dated 1895.

Time Zone: The area where Dryads was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from Dryads (for example, toward Gladstone), you will soon leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

If Dryads still existed, it would have been in the (906) area code.

Communities near Dryads ...

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

  • Escanaba
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Gladstone
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Powers
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Powers have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powers
    • Powers is located in Menominee County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 403 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Powers <4>
  • Carney
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Perronville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perronville
    • Perronville is located in Menominee County
  • Schaffer
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schaffer
    • Schaffer is located in Delta County
  • Wilson
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
    • Wilson is located in Menominee County
  • Cornell
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cornell have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornell
    • Cornell is located in Delta County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cornell <4>
  • Harris
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harris have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
    • Harris is located in Menominee County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Harris <4>
  • Bark River
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bark River have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bark River
    • Bark River is located in Delta County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bark River <4>

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

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

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

Adding Dryads to Our Gazetteer ...

The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Dryads was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

We also found Dryads on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Michigan (1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Dryads.

The official website for Menominee County: www.menomineecounty.com/

The official website for State of Michigan: https://www.michigan.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Dryads, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Michigan's counties, including Menominee, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<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.









 

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