Welcome to Dukes ...Dukes is located in the central region of Michigan's Upper Peninsula (UP). Dukes is located in Marquette County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Dukes, you might consider that their post office opened in 1929. Dukes is 1,080 feet [329 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Dukes lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you leave Dukes and travel south, you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT). Area Code for Dukes: 906 Communities Also Named Dukes ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 7 communities that are also named Dukes - they are located in Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina and West Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Dukes. Communities near Dukes ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Dukes.
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 Dukes. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Dukes. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Dukes. 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 Dukes. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Dukes. See our Newspapers Page for Dukes. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Dukes ...Looking for more information about Dukes? 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 Dukes, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Dukes. Adding Dukes to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Dukes 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 Dukes was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4> For more details, see References and Mentions for Dukes. Footnotes ...
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