Welcome to Detroit Harbor ...
Detroit Harbor is located in Door County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Detroit Harbor, you might consider that their post office opened in 1892.
A typical abbreviation for Detroit Harbor: Detroit Hbr. (or less commonly used: Detroit Harb. or Detroit Hrbr.)
Detroit Harbor is 600 feet [183 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Detroit Harbor lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Detroit Harbor: 920 & 274<3>
Communities near Detroit Harbor ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Detroit Harbor.
- Sister Bay
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sister Bay
- Sister Bay is located in Door County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 934 people
- Ephraim
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest) - Gills Rock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gills Rock
- Gills Rock is located in Door County
- Ellison Bay
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellison Bay
- Ellison Bay is located in Door County
- Rowleys Bay
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Rowleys Bay. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowleys Bay
- Rowleys Bay is located in Door County
- North Bay
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest) - Baileys Harbor
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baileys Harbor
- Baileys Harbor is located in Door County
- Fish Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fish Creek
- Fish Creek is located in Door County
- Arthur Bay
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Arthur Bay. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthur Bay
- Arthur Bay is located in Menominee County (MI)
- Ford River
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ford River. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ford River
- Ford River is located in Delta County (MI)
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 Detroit Harbor. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Detroit Harbor.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Detroit Harbor. 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 Detroit Harbor.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Detroit Harbor. See our Newspapers Page for Detroit Harbor.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Detroit Harbor ...
Looking for more information about Detroit Harbor? 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 Detroit Harbor, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Detroit Harbor.
Adding Detroit Harbor to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Detroit Harbor 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 Detroit Harbor was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
X2X - From that list, the Detroit Harbor post office opened in 1892.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Detroit Harbor.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Detroit Harbor. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Door County: www.co.door.wi.gov/
The official website for State of Wisconsin: https://www.wisconsin.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Door, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Detroit Harbor - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <3> | When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 920 code has been Overlayed with the 274 area code. New phone numbers in the Detroit Harbor area will be assigned with one of these codes: 920 or 274. As a result, placing a call in the Detroit Harbor area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <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/ |