Welcome to Masonville ...

Masonville is located in the central region of Michigan's Upper Peninsula (UP).

Masonville is located in Delta County<1>.

The location of Masonville has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Masonville, you might get a feel for it by knowing that during our research the earliest mention that we found (so far) was in a book dated 1895.

Masonville is 600 feet [183 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Note: If you travel west from Masonville (for example, toward Norway), you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Masonville is within the boundaries of the (906) area code.

Communities Also Named Masonville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 14 communities that are also named Masonville - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Iowa, Kentucky (2), Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Ontario, Quebec, Virginia and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Masonville ...

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

• Escanaba
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Escanaba
  • Escanaba is located in Delta County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,101 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Escanaba <4>
• Gladstone
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladstone
  • Gladstone is located in Delta County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,659 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gladstone <4>
• Brampton
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brampton
  • Brampton is located in Delta County
• Chaison
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chaison
  • Chaison is located in Delta County
• Maplewood
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maplewood have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
  • Maplewood is located in Delta County
• Perkins
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkins
  • Perkins is located in Delta County
• Beaver
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beaver have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver
  • Beaver is located in Delta County
• Lambert
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambert
  • Lambert is located in Delta County
• Chandler
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandler
  • Chandler is located in Delta County
• Larch
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larch
  • Larch is located in Delta County

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Masonville ...

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

Adding Masonville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Masonville 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 Masonville was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

We also found Masonville on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Michigan (1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Masonville.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Masonville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Delta County: www.deltacountymi.org/

The official website for State of Michigan: https://www.michigan.gov/