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Welcome to Pollok (aka 'Pollock') ...

So far, we found very little information about Pollok. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Pollok to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Pollok, please Contact Us.

Pollok would have been located within present day Ingham County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Pollok, you might consider that their post office opened in 1899.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Pollok is 920 feet [280 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Pollok was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Code where Pollok was located: 517

The community of Pollok has also been called Pollock.

Communities Also Named Pollok ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Pollok - it's located in Texas.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Pollok.

Communities near Pollok ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Pollok.

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Pollok. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Pollok.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Pollok. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pollok.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Pollok. See our Newspapers Page for Pollok.

Adding Pollok to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Pollok in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Pollok was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Pollok post office opened in 1899. The Pollok post office closed in 1900.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Pollok.

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Pollok, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Michigan's counties, including Ingham, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Pollok - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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