Do you know of West Pontiac ???

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

Our source wasn't clear whether West Pontiac was a community, a post office or a post office located in a community and having the same name.<2> While we don't have its location, we believe that West Pontiac would be found somewhere in Oakland County, Michigan.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for West Pontiac ...

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

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)

The FIPS database contains an entry for West Pontiac.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 26/86180   (Place Name: West Pontiac)

County: Oakland     (FIPS State/County: 26/125)

Class: U4

Identifies a populated place (ie- West Pontiac) which is wholly or substantially located within the boundaries of an incorporated place with a different name. The Part of Code identifies the incorporated place.

More Orphans in  Oakland 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 Oakland County.