Do you know of Lake Cora ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Lake Cora. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Lake Cora.<1>

Our sources for Lake Cora (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Lake Cora other than they indicate that Lake Cora would be found somewhere in Van Buren County, Michigan.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1887 and closed  in 1913.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Lake Cora ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Lake Cora:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

Along The Tracks, A Directory of Named Places on Michigan Railroads
Written by: Meints, Graydon M.
Published by Clarke Historical Library, Central Michigan University - 1987
(Available from Amazon.com)

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Lake Cora - Services available: had a Post Office, Railroad Station

Michigan Central Railroad Time Tables (July 1912)
Published by Michigan Central Railroad

The FIPS database contains an entry for Lake Cora.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 26/44500   (Place Name: Lake Cora)

County: Van Buren     (FIPS State/County: 26/159)

Class: X3

More Orphans in  Van Buren County ...

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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Van Buren County.