Do you know of Van Decar ???This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Van Decar. 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 Van Decar.<1> Our sources for Van Decar (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 Van Decar other than they indicate that Van Decar would be found somewhere in Isabella County, Michigan. From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1880 and closed in 1905. Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Van Decar ...We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Van Decar: Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2> Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Van Decar - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned Rand McNally Map of Michigan (1911)
More Orphans in Isabella County ...Can you help? 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 Isabella County. Footnotes ...
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