Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Ortonville came from various goverment sources (GNIS, US Census, FIPS), we also found mention of Ortonville 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 Ortonville. We hope that they will be useful to you.

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

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Ortonville:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

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

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

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

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

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

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