Do you know of Ottawa Lake ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Ottawa Lake. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Ottawa Lake.<1>

Our sources for Ottawa Lake (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Ottawa Lake other than they indicate that Ottawa Lake would be found somewhere in Monroe County, Michigan.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1846.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Ottawa Lake ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Ottawa Lake:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

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 Ottawa Lake - Services available: had a Post Office, Railroad Station, Express Office

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

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

U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers

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

The FIPS database contains an entry for Ottawa Lake.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 26/61720   (Place Name: Ottawa Lake)

County: Monroe     (FIPS State/County: 26/115)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Ottawa Lake) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

More Orphans in  Monroe County ...

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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Monroe County.