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Welcome to Entrican ...

Entrican is located in Montcalm County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Entrican, you might consider that their post office opened in 1887.

Entrican is 890 feet [271 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities near Entrican ...

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

  • Greenville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Belding
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Howard City
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Stanton
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Edmore
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Carson City
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Lakeview
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Sheridan
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Sand Lake
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Morley
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Entrican ...

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

Adding Entrican to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Entrican post office opened in 1887. The Entrican post office closed in 1928.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Entrican.

Footnotes ...

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