Do you know of Hamar (aka 'Hamar Siding') ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Hamar. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Hamar.<1>

Our sources wasn't clear whether Hamar was a community, a post office or a post office located in a community and having the same name.<2> While we don't have its location, we believe that Hamar would be found somewhere in Baraga County, Michigan.

Communities Also Named Hamar ...

We found one communities that share the name Hamar.

Within Michigan, the name Hamar is unique.

Beyond Michigan, there is another community also named Hamar in the United States.

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- North Dakota
  - Eddy County
  - Please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Hamar [Eddy County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Hamar ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Hamar:

Along The Tracks, A Directory of Named Places on Michigan Railroads
Written by: Meints, Graydon M.
Published by Clarke Historical Library, Central Michigan University - 1987
(Available from Amazon.com)

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Great Lakes West
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2005
(Available from Amazon.com)

The FIPS database contains an entry for Hamar.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 26/36060 (Place Name: Hamar)

County: Baraga (FIPS State/County: 26/013)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Hamar) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

More Orphans in Baraga County ...

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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Baraga County.

Footnotes ...

<1>	This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.
<2>	Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.