Do you know of Vista ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Vista. 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 Vista.

We found mention of Vista as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Dickinson County, Michigan.

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.

Communities Also Named Vista ...

We found nineteen communities that share the name Vista.

Within Michigan, the name Vista is unique.

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

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
  - San Diego County
  - Please visit our profile page for the California community of Vista [San Diego County].
- Florida
  - Levy County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Vista [Levy County].
- Iowa
  - Buchanan County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Vista [Buchanan County].
- Manitoba
  - Please visit our profile page for the Manitoba community of Vista.
- Minnesota
  - Waseca County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Vista [Waseca County].
- Missouri
  - Saint Clair County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Vista [Saint Clair County].
- Montana
  - Flathead County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Vista [Flathead County].
  - Lewis and Clark County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Vista [Lewis and Clark County].
- Nevada
  - Washoe County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Vista [Washoe County].
- New Mexico
  - Grant County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Vista [Grant County].
- New York
  - Westchester County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Vista [Westchester County].
- North Carolina
  - Pender County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Vista [Pender County].
- Oklahoma
  - Pottawatomie County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Vista [Pottawatomie County].
- Oregon
  - Marion County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Vista [Marion County].
- Pennsylvania
  - Westmoreland County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Vista [Westmoreland County].
- Texas
  - Hamilton County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Vista [Hamilton County].
- Utah
  - Grand County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Vista [Grand County].
- Washington
  - Benton County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Vista [Benton County].
- West Virginia
  - Raleigh County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Vista [Raleigh County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Vista ...

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

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)

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

More Orphans in Dickinson 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 Dickinson County.

Footnotes ...

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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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Vista 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.