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Welcome to LaBranche ...

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

LaBranche is located in Menominee County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of LaBranche, you might consider that their post office opened in 1902.

LaBranche is 940 feet [287 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Area Code for LaBranche: 906

Communities near LaBranche ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for LaBranche ...

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

Adding LaBranche to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the LaBranche post office opened in 1902. The LaBranche post office closed in 1948.

For more details, see References and Mentions for LaBranche.

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 LaBranche - 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/