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Welcome to Lacota ...

Lacota is located in Van Buren County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lacota, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1884.

Lacota is 690 feet [210 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Lacota lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Lacota: 269

The ZIP code for Lacota: 49063<3>

Communities Also Named Lacota ...

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

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

Communities near Lacota ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lacota ...

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

Adding Lacota to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Lacota 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 for Lacota was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Lacota post office opened in 1884.

We also found Lacota mentioned on a train schedule titled Michigan Central Railroad Time Tables (May 1892).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lacota.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Michigan's counties, including Van Buren, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Lacota - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a community (such as Lacota). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Lacota or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/