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Welcome to Jessieville ...

Jessieville is located in the western region of Michigan's Upper Peninsula (UP).

Jessieville is located in Gogebic County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Jessieville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1887.

Jessieville is 1,660 feet [506 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you leave Jessieville and travel east, you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Code for Jessieville: 906

Communities Also Named Jessieville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Jessieville - it's located in Arkansas.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Jessieville.

Communities near Jessieville ...

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

  • Bessemer
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Wakefield
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Montreal
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Montreal is located in Iron County (WI)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montreal
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 752 people
  • North Ironwood
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • North Ironwood is located in Gogebic County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Ironwood
  • Gile
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Gile is located in Iron County (WI)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gile
  • Ramsay
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Ramsay is located in Gogebic County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsay
  • Thomaston
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Thomaston is located in Gogebic County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomaston
  • Connorville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Connorville is located in Gogebic County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Connorville
  • Hartley
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Hartley is located in Gogebic County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartley
    • Hartley has also been known as:
    • Hartleys
  • Cedar
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Cedar is located in Iron County (WI)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Jessieville ...

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

Adding Jessieville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Jessieville post office opened in 1887. The Jessieville post office closed in 1891.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Jessieville.

Footnotes ...

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