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Welcome to Helps ...

Helps is located in the central region of Michigan's Upper Peninsula (UP).

Helps is located in Menominee County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Helps, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was on a map dated 1911.

Helps is 1,000 feet [305 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Helps lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from Helps (for example, toward Gladstone), you will soon leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Code for Helps: 906

Communities near Helps ...

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

  • Norway
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Norway is located in Dickinson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norway
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,714 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Norway <3>
  • Powers
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Foster City
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • LaBranche
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • LaBranche is located in Menominee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LaBranche
  • Arnold
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Dryads ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Dryads is located in Menominee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dryads
  • Northland
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Reade
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Reade is located in Marquette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reade
  • Watson ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Watson is located in Marquette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watson
  • Felch
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Helps ...

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

Adding Helps to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Helps 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 Helps was on a map titled Map of Michigan (from Rand McNally, 1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Helps.

Footnotes ...

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