Welcome to Giddings (aka 'Gidding') ...

Giddings is located in Baraga County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Giddings, you might consider that their post office opened in 1888.

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

Area Code for Giddings: 906

The community of Giddings has also been called Gidding.

Communities Also Named Giddings ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Michigan communities named Giddings: This one is located in Baraga County and the other is located in Kalkaska County.

Beyond Michigan, there are 5 communities that are also named Giddings - they are located in Colorado, Ohio, South Dakota and Texas.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Giddings.

Adding Giddings to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Giddings in the FIPS-55 file. For more information, see the Referenced FIPS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Giddings was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

From that list, the Giddings post office opened in 1888.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Giddings.

Footnotes ...

<1>	If you're interested in how the shape of Michigan's counties, including Baraga, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/