Welcome to Mansfield ...So far, we found very little information about Mansfield. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Mansfield to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Mansfield, please Contact Us. Mansfield was located in the western region of Michigan's Upper Peninsula (UP). Mansfield would have been located within present day Iron County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Mansfield, you might consider that their post office opened in 1891. While the community is gone, the present day location for Mansfield is 1,380 feet [421 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: The area where Mansfield was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you travel east from Mansfield, you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT). The Area Code where Mansfield was located: 906 Communities Also Named Mansfield ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Michigan communities named Mansfield: This one is located in Iron County and the other is located in Isabella County. Beyond Michigan, there are 34 communities that are also named Mansfield - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas (4), Louisiana, Massachusetts, Minnesota (2), Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, North Carolina, Nova Scotia, Ohio (2), Ontario (3), Pennsylvania (2), South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia (2), Washington and West Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Mansfield. Communities near Mansfield ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Mansfield.
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 Mansfield. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Mansfield. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Mansfield. 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 Mansfield. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Mansfield. See our Newspapers Page for Mansfield. Adding Mansfield to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Mansfield in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Mansfield was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Mansfield. Footnotes ...
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