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Welcome to Laing ...

Laing is located in Michigan's Thumb.

Laing is located in Sanilac County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Laing, you might consider that their post office opened in 1896.

Laing is 760 feet [232 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named Laing ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Laing - they are located in Kansas, Washington and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Laing ...

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

  • Bad Axe
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Sandusky
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Sandusky is located in Sanilac County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandusky
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,494 people
    • Former name for Sandusky:
    • Sanilac Centre
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sandusky <3>
  • Cass City
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Marlette
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Ubly
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Deckerville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Peck
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Peck is located in Sanilac County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peck
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 588 people
  • Carsonville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Kingston
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Gagetown
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Laing ...

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

Adding Laing to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Laing post office opened in 1896. The Laing post office closed in 1906.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Laing.

Footnotes ...

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