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Do you know of Pine Lake ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Pine 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 Pine Lake.<1>

We found mention of Pine Lake as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Oakland County, Michigan.

It's common that the post office is named the same as the community in which it's located (although that's not always case). In this case, we can't match this post office to any of the existing communities in our gazetteer.<2>

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1832 and closed  in 1856.

Communities Also Named Pine Lake ...

We found sixteen communities that share the name Pine Lake.

There are two communities within Michigan that are also named Pine Lake.

Beyond Michigan, we know of another fourteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these fourteen communities, fifteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Michigan ...
    • Allegan County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Pine Lake [Allegan County].
    • Ingham County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Pine Lake [Ingham County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alberta
      • Please visit our profile page for the Alberta community of Pine Lake.
    • Florida
      • Hillsborough County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Pine Lake [Hillsborough County].
    • Georgia
      • Clarke County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Pine Lake [Clarke County].
      • DeKalb County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Pine Lake [DeKalb County].
      • Harris County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Pine Lake [Harris County].
    • Indiana
      • LaPorte County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Pine Lake [LaPorte County].
    • Massachusetts
      • Middlesex County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Pine Lake [Middlesex County].
    • Mississippi
      • Simpson County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Pine Lake [Simpson County].
    • Nebraska
      • Lancaster County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Pine Lake [Lancaster County].
    • New York
      • Fulton County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Pine Lake [Fulton County].
    • South Carolina
      • Richland County
      • Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Pine Lake [Richland County].
    • Texas
      • Montgomery County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Pine Lake [Montgomery County].
    • Washington
      • King County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Pine Lake [King County].
    • Wisconsin
      • Iron County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Pine Lake [Iron County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Pine Lake ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

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

More Orphans in  Oakland 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 Oakland County.

AlertJudah Lake
Algerville 
AmyKeatington
Anderson SettlementKensington
AuburnKent
Austin 
AvonLa Salle Gardens
 Lake Elizabeth
Bagley's CornerLake Sherwood
Baileys WyeLincoln
BakerLittle Springs
Bald EagleLong Lake Shores
Bald MountainLoon Lake
Ball MountainLyon
Banks Park 
Bay City CrossingMahopac
BeddowMarion
Belford StationMeadow Lake Farms
BelfordMount Pleasant
Belt LineMyrtle
Benson 
Big PineryNiles Corner
Birmingham FarmsNiles
Bloomfield CenterNorth Oxford
Bloomfield GlensNorthfield Hills
Bloomfield HighlandsNorthland Center
Bloomfield VillageNovi Corners
Boomers 
BrandonOak Hill
BrooklandsOak Island
BuckhornOlive Branch
 Orchard Beach
Cass LakeOrion Junction
Chase's Corners 
ChittendensPerrysburg Settlement
Circle CityPerrysburg
CirclePerryville Mill
Clark's CornersPerryville
Clarkston StationPiety Hill
Co-Tu-Ma-Bi BluffsPlainville
Colberry ParkPontiac Lake
Cole 
ColerainQuakertown North
Cottage Corners 
Council CornersRandall Beach
CranbrookRochester Junction
Crawford's CornersRose Center
 Rose
DemingsburgRudds
Durkee 
 Seymour Lake
Eagle LakeShoup
Eames SettlementSibley's Corners
Eames StationSlaters Pit
EamesSly Farms
East FarmingtonSolome
East White LakeSouth Grand Blanc
Eastover FarmsSouthfield Center
Eco CitySpring Mills
Elizabeth LakeStearn Mill
 Stiles
FairbanksStone Shop
FairfieldStony Run
Farmington JunctionStraights
Federal StationStraits Lake
FortunevilleStraits
Four CornersStyles
Franklin KnollsSummit
  
GardnersvilleTaylorsville
GilbertThayer
GingellThompson's Corners
GingellmontTrombley
Goodison StationTroy Center
Goodison's CrossingTroy Corners
Groveland CottageTwin Beach
Groveland 
GroverUnion Corners
 Urbanrest
Halsey 
Hamilton's CornerValley Mills
Harmon 
HastingsWalnut Lake
Hersey's MillWalnut
Hickory HeightsWalter's Lake
HickvilleWashington Heights
Highland CornersWest Bloomfield
Highland Spring MillsWest Farmington
Highland StationWest Novi
HollisterWest Pontiac
Holly MillsWest Utica
Hopkin's MillWestchester Village
Hunter's CornerWestwood
Huron GardensWheeler
Huron HeightsWhite Lake Center
Husted SettlementWillit's Corner
 Windiate
IndependenceWing Lake Shores
 Wixom Station
Jenks 
JerseyYate's Crossing

Footnotes ...

<1>This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.
<2>Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.
<3>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Pine Lake could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<4>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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