Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Otter Lake 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 Otter Lake:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express Office

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

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

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

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

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