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Welcome to Haakwood ...

Haakwood is located in Cheboygan County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Haakwood, you might consider that their post office opened in 1901.

Haakwood is 740 feet [226 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities near Haakwood ...

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

  • Petoskey
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Gaylord
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Pellston
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Onaway
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Onaway is located in Presque Isle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onaway
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 831 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Onaway <3>
  • Alanson
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Vanderbilt
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Boyne Falls
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Wildwood
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Wildwood is located in Cheboygan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
  • Afton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Indian River
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Haakwood ...

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

Adding Haakwood to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Haakwood post office opened in 1901. The Haakwood post office closed in 1908.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Haakwood.

Footnotes ...

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