Welcome to Flanders ...Flanders is located in Alpena County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Flanders, you might consider that their post office opened in 1885. Flanders is 760 feet [232 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Flanders lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Flanders: 989 Communities Also Named Flanders ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 11 communities that are also named Flanders - they are located in Alabama, Connecticut (3), Georgia, Louisiana, New Jersey, New York, Ontario, Quebec and Texas. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Flanders. Communities near Flanders ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Flanders.
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 Flanders. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Flanders. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Flanders. 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 Flanders. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Flanders. See our Newspapers Page for Flanders. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Flanders ...Looking for more information about Flanders? 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 Flanders, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Flanders. Adding Flanders to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Flanders 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 Flanders was on a map titled Road Map for Michigan (from Shell Oil, 1956). We also found Flanders in the book titled .<6> X3X - From that list, the Flanders post office opened in 1885. For more details, see References and Mentions for Flanders. Footnotes ...
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