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Welcome to Five Lakes ...

Five Lakes is located in Lapeer County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Five Lakes, you might consider that their post office opened in 1869.

A typical abbreviation for Five Lakes: Five Lks.

Five Lakes is 840 feet [256 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities near Five Lakes ...

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

  • Lapeer
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Davison
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Imlay City
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Almont
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Capac
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Capac is located in Saint Clair County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capac
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,846 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Capac <3>
  • Marlette
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Brown City
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Millington
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • North Branch
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Dryden
    (14 miles [22.5 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 Five Lakes. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Five Lakes.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Five Lakes ...

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

Adding Five Lakes to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Five Lakes post office opened in 1869. The Five Lakes post office closed in 1909.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Five Lakes.

Footnotes ...

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