Do you know of Hastings ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Hastings. 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 Hastings.

We found mention of Hastings as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Oakland County, Michigan.

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.

Communities Also Named Hastings ...

We found 32 communities that share the name Hastings.

There is one other community in Michigan which is also named Hastings.

Beyond Michigan, we know of another 31 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 31 communities, 30 are located in the United States and three are in Canada.

Communities Located In Michigan ...
- Barry County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Hastings [Barry County].

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Colorado
  - Las Animas County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Hastings [Las Animas County].
- Florida
  - Hillsborough County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Hastings [Hillsborough County].
  - Saint Johns County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Hastings [Saint Johns County].
- Georgia
  - Clayton County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Hastings [Clayton County].
- Illinois
  - Cook County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Hastings [Cook County].
  - Kane County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Hastings [Kane County].
  - Vermilion County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Hastings [Vermilion County].
- Indiana
  - Kosciusko County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Hastings [Kosciusko County].
- Iowa
  - Mills County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Hastings [Mills County].
- Kansas
  - Graham County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Hastings [Graham County].
  - Thomas County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Hastings [Thomas County].
- Maine
  - Oxford County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Hastings [Oxford County].
- Massachusetts
  - Middlesex County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Hastings [Middlesex County].
- Minnesota
  - Dakota County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Hastings [Dakota County].
- Nebraska
  - Adams County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Hastings [Adams County].
- New Hampshire
  - Merrimack County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New Hampshire community of Hastings [Merrimack County].
- New York
  - Oswego County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Hastings [Oswego County].
  - Westchester County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Hastings [Westchester County].
- North Carolina
  - Ashe County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Hastings [Ashe County].
- North Dakota
  - Barnes County
  - Please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Hastings [Barnes County].
- Nova Scotia
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of Hastings.
- Ohio
  - Richland County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Hastings [Richland County].
- Oklahoma
  - Jefferson County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Hastings [Jefferson County].
- Ontario
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Hastings.
- Pennsylvania
  - Allegheny County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Hastings [Allegheny County].
  - Cambria County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Hastings [Cambria County].
  - Forest County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Hastings [Forest County].
- Tennessee
  - Henry County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Hastings [Henry County].
- Texas
  - Brazoria County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Hastings [Brazoria County].
  - Kendall County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Hastings [Kendall County].
- West Virginia
  - Wetzel County
  - Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Hastings [Wetzel County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Hastings ...

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

Shell Oil Road Map for Michigan (1956)
Published by Shell Oil Company

More Orphans in Oakland County ...

Can you help?

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 Oakland County.

Alert	Judah Lake
Algerville
Amy	Keatington
Anderson Settlement	Kensington
Auburn	Kent
Austin
Avon	La Salle Gardens
	Lake Elizabeth
Bagley's Corner	Lake Sherwood
Baileys Wye	Lincoln
Baker	Little Springs
Bald Eagle	Long Lake Shores
Bald Mountain	Loon Lake
Ball Mountain	Lyon
Banks Park
Bay City Crossing	Mahopac
Beddow	Marion
Belford Station	Meadow Lake Farms
Belford	Mount Pleasant
Belt Line	Myrtle
Benson
Big Pinery	Niles Corner
Birmingham Farms	Niles
Bloomfield Center	North Oxford
Bloomfield Glens	Northfield Hills
Bloomfield Highlands	Northland Center
Bloomfield Village	Novi Corners
Boomers
Brandon	Oak Hill
Brooklands	Oak Island
Buckhorn	Olive Branch
	Orchard Beach
Cass Lake	Orion Junction
Chase's Corners
Chittendens	Perrysburg Settlement
Circle City	Perrysburg
Circle	Perryville Mill
Clark's Corners	Perryville
Clarkston Station	Piety Hill
Co-Tu-Ma-Bi Bluffs	Pine Lake
Colberry Park	Pontiac Lake
Cole
Colerain	Quakertown North
Cottage Corners
Council Corners	Randall Beach
Cranbrook	Rochester Junction
Crawford's Corners	Rose Center
	Rose
Demingsburg	Rudds
Durkee
	Seymour Lake
Eagle Lake	Shoup
Eames Settlement	Sibley's Corners
Eames Station	Slaters Pit
Eames	Sly Farms
East Farmington	Solome
East White Lake	South Grand Blanc
Eastover Farms	Southfield Center
Eco City	Spring Mills
Elizabeth Lake	Stearn Mill
	Stiles
Fairbanks	Stone Shop
Fairfield	Stony Run
Farmington Junction	Straights
Federal Station	Straits Lake
Fortuneville	Straits
Four Corners	Styles
Franklin Knolls
	Thayer
Gardnersville	Thompson's Corners
Gilbert	Trombley
Gingell	Troy Center
Gingellmont	Troy Corners
Goodison Station	Twin Beach
Goodison's Crossing
Groveland Cottage	Union Corners
Groveland	Urbanrest
Grover
	Valley Mills
Halsey
Hamilton's Corner	Walnut Lake
Harmon	Walnut
Hersey's Mill	Walter's Lake
Hickory Heights	Washington Heights
Hickville	West Bloomfield
Highland Corners	West Farmington
Highland Spring Mills	West Novi
Highland Station	West Pontiac
Hollister	West Utica
Holly Mills	Westchester Village
Hopkin's Mill	Westwood
Hunter's Corner	Wheeler
Huron Gardens	White Lake Center
Huron Heights	Willit's Corner
Husted Settlement	Windiate
	Wing Lake Shores
Independence	Wixom Station

Jenks	Yate's Crossing
Jersey

Footnotes ...

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If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Hastings could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.