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Welcome to Witch Lake ...

Witch Lake is located in the central region of Michigan's Upper Peninsula (UP).

Witch Lake is located in Marquette County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Witch Lake, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1910.

A typical abbreviation for Witch Lake: Witch Lk.

Witch Lake is 1,490 feet [454 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Witch Lake lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: While Witch Lake is in the Eastern Time Zone, the area just to the south is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Code for Witch Lake: 906

Communities near Witch Lake ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Witch Lake.

  • Crystal Falls
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Channing
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Republic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Republic
    • Republic is located in Marquette County
  • Turner
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Turner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner
    • Turner is located in Dickinson County
  • Sagola
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Mansfield ‑ Historic
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Mansfield. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mansfield
    • Mansfield is located in Iron County
  • Beacon
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beacon
    • Beacon is located in Marquette County
  • Champion
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Clarksburg
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksburg
    • Clarksburg is located in Marquette County
  • Humboldt
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humboldt
    • Humboldt is located in Marquette County

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Witch Lake. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Witch Lake.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Witch Lake. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Witch Lake.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Witch Lake. See our Newspapers Page for Witch Lake.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Witch Lake ...

Looking for more information about Witch Lake? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Witch Lake, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Witch Lake.

Adding Witch Lake to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Witch Lake in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Witch Lake was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Witch Lake post office opened in 1910.

We also found Witch Lake on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Michigan (1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Witch Lake.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Michigan's counties, including Marquette, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Witch Lake - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/