Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Ontonagon came from various goverment sources (GNIS, US Census, FIPS), we also found mention of Ontonagon in various books, maps and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Ontonagon. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Ontonagon data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

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 Ontonagon:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express Office

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

Ontonagon was listed as Ontonagon Courthouse.

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

Rand McNally Map of Michigan (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

Shell Oil Road Map for Michigan (1956)
Published by Shell Oil Company

Ontonagon is contained in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

We found Ontonagon in these Censuses: 2010-1990. See our Census Page for Ontonagon for more information.

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Ontonagon. See our Misc Page for Ontonagon for more information.

Railroad Mentions of Ontonagon:

Ontonagon was mentioned in the following schedule:

Canadian Pacific Railroad Time Tables (October 1899)