Welcome to Stittsville ...
So far, we found very little information about Stittsville. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Stittsville to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Stittsville, please Contact Us.
Stittsville would have been located within present day Missaukee County<2>.
We aren't confident of the location of Stittsville, so consider the above location as an estimate.<3>
While we don't have a date for the founding of Stittsville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1885.
While the community is gone, the present day location for Stittsville is 1,290 feet [393 m] above sea level.<4>.
Time Zone: The area where Stittsville was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time
If Stittsville still existed, it would have been in the (231) area code.
Going back to its beginning, Stittsville was originally named Norwich. For more information about the names of Stittsville, see The Names of Stittsville on our Genealogy Page.
Communities Also Named Stittsville ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Stittsville - it's located in Ontario.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Stittsville.
Communities near Stittsville ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Stittsville.
- Manton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Manton have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manton
- Manton is located in Wexford County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,591 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Manton <6>
- Lake City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake City have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
- Lake City is located in Missaukee County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 837 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lake City <6>
- McBain
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McBain have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McBain
- McBain is located in Missaukee County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 667 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for McBain <6>
- Fife Lake
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fife Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fife Lake
- Fife Lake is located in Kalkaska County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 478 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fife Lake <6>
- Star City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast) - Sharon ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north) - Stratford ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east) - Merritt
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merritt
- Merritt is located in Missaukee County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Merritt <6>
- Deibert
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deibert
- Deibert is located in Kalkaska County
- Tent City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
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 Stittsville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Stittsville.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Stittsville. 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 Stittsville.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Stittsville. See our Newspapers Page for Stittsville.
Adding Stittsville to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Stittsville 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 for Stittsville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>
From that list, the Stittsville post office opened in 1885.
We also found Stittsville in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Stittsville.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Missaukee County: www.missaukee.org/
The official website for State of Michigan: https://www.michigan.gov/
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 Stittsville, 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 Missaukee, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <4> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Stittsville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <5> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <7> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |