Do you know of Windiate ???

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

Our sources wasn't clear whether Windiate 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 Windiate would be found somewhere in Oakland County, Michigan.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Windiate ...

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

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)

Canadian National Railroad Time Tables (October 1960)
Published by Canadian National Railway

The FIPS database contains an entry for Windiate.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 26/87800   (Place Name: Windiate (Windiate Park))

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

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Windiate) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

More Orphans in  Oakland 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 Oakland County.