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Do you know of Wait ???

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

Our sources for Wait (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 Wait other than they indicate that Wait would be found somewhere in Lapeer County, Michigan.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1899 and closed  in 1904.

Communities Also Named Wait ...

We found one communities that share the name Wait.

Within Michigan, the name Wait is unique.

Beyond Michigan, there is another community also named Wait in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Kentucky
      • Wayne County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Wait [Wayne County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Wait ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

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

More Orphans in  Lapeer 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 Lapeer County.

AmboyMighigan Home Spur
ArkdaleMill Station
 Millville
Carpenter 
CarpentersNepessing
 Nipissing
DeanvilleNorth Lake
Drake 
 Oaklet
EtnaOregon
  
Fish LakePool
  
HaslerReagan
HawkinsRural Vale
  
ImlayStanley
IndexStephens
  
Lake NepessingWeeks
Lake PleasantWhigville
Lapeer JunctionWhiting
 Wilsons Siding
Marathon 

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>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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