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Welcome to Lucas ...

Lucas is located in Missaukee County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lucas, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1883.

Lucas is 1,290 feet [393 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Lucas: 231

Communities Also Named Lucas ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 22 communities that are also named Lucas - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, British Columbia, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana (2), Manitoba, Mississippi, Missouri, New Mexico, Ohio (2), Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas (2) and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Lucas ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lucas ...

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

Adding Lucas to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Lucas 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 Lucas was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Lucas post office opened in 1883.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lucas.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Michigan's counties, including Missaukee, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Lucas - 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>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.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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