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Welcome to Lilley ...

Lilley is located in Newaygo County<1>.

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

Lilley is 860 feet [262 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Lilley: 231

Communities Also Named Lilley ...

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

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

Communities near Lilley ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lilley ...

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

Adding Lilley to Our Gazetteer ...

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

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

We also found Lilley in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lilley.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Michigan's counties, including Newaygo, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Lilley - 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>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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