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Welcome to Good Hart ...

Good Hart is located in Emmet County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Good Hart, you might consider that their post office opened in 1874.

Good Hart is 690 feet [210 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Good Hart: 231

The ZIP code for Good Hart: 49737<3>

Communities near Good Hart ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Good Hart ...

Looking for more information about Good Hart? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Good Hart, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Good Hart.

Adding Good Hart to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Good Hart 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 Good Hart was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Good Hart post office opened in 1874. The Good Hart post office closed in 1973.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Good Hart.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Michigan's counties, including Emmet, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Good Hart - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a community (such as Good Hart). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Good Hart or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/