Attica, Michigan
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{{Infobox settlement
|official_name = Attica, Michigan
|settlement_type = Census-designated place (CDP) & unincorporated community
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|pushpin_map_caption =Location within the state of Michigan##Location within the United States
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|map_caption = Location within Lapeer County
|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = United States
|subdivision_type1 = State
|subdivision_name1 = Michigan
|subdivision_type2 = County
|subdivision_name2 = Lapeer
|subdivision_type3 = Township
|subdivision_name3 = Attica
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|established_title = Settled
|established_date = 1851
|unit_pref = Imperial
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|area_total_km2 = 12.87
|area_land_km2 = 12.37
|area_water_km2 = 0.50
|area_total_sq_mi = 4.97
|area_land_sq_mi = 4.78
|area_water_sq_mi = 0.19
|population_as_of = 2020
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|population_total = 962
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|population_density_sq_mi = 201.26
|timezone = Eastern (EST)
|utc_offset = -5
|timezone_DST = EDT
|utc_offset_DST = -4
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|elevation_ft = 896
|coordinates = {{coord|43|01|49|N|83|09|58|W|region:US-MI|display=inline,title}}
|postal_code_type = ZIP code(s)
|postal_code = 48412
|area_code = 810
|blank_name = GNIS feature ID
|blank_info = 620309{{GNIS|620309|Attica}}
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Attica is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Attica Township, Lapeer County, Michigan, United States. Its population was 962 as of the 2020 census. {{Cite web |title=Attica CDP, Michigan|url= https://data.census.gov/profile/Attica_CDP,_Michigan?g=160XX00US2604020|access-date=5 June 2025| website=United States Census Bureau}} Attica has a post office with ZIP code 48412.{{cite web|url=http://tools.usps.com/go/ZipLookupAction!input.action|title=USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code|access-date=May 5, 2018|author=United States Postal Service}}{{cite web|title=Postmaster Finder - Post Offices by ZIP Code|url=http://webpmt.usps.gov/pmt008.cfm|publisher=United States Postal Service|access-date=May 5, 2018|archive-date=October 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201017172656/https://webpmt.usps.gov/pmt008.cfm|url-status=dead}}
Geography
Attica is in southeastern Lapeer County, north of the center of Attica Township. It is {{convert|1|mi}} north of Interstate 69, with access from Exit 163 (Lake Pleasant Road). I-69 leads east {{convert|39|mi}} to Port Huron and west {{convert|27|mi}} to Flint. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Attica CDP has an area of {{convert|4.968|mi2}}, of which {{convert|4.775|mi2}} are land and {{convert|0.193|mi2}}, or 3.88%, are water.{{cite web|title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files - Places: Michigan|url=http://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2010_place_list_26.txt|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=May 5, 2018}}
Demographics
{{US Census population
|2020= 962
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}
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History
In 1851, William Williams from New York state built a sawmill here, and most of the settlement developed on his land. I. N. Jenness, a lumberman and also from New York, is considered as co-founder of the community. A post office named "Mill Station" was established on October 9, 1867, with Oscar A. Williams as the first postmaster. The office was renamed "Elk Lake" on September 12, 1870, and became "Attica", after the township, on February 1, 1871.{{cite book | last = Romig | first = Walter | year = 1986 | title = Michigan Place Names | orig-year= 1973 | publisher = Wayne State University Press | location = Detroit, Michigan | isbn = 0-8143-1838-X}} The Attica Hotel, built in Attica, Michigan in the early 1870s, was originally called the Williams House and later the Schirmer House.The Williams family had 14 children, and there are five bedrooms on the second floor wing. The second floor also held a ballroom with a door leading to the second floor porch. At one time, there were a total of nine doors, and four porches, and the hotel held a post office. It was later moved to Crossroads Village in November 1981 and the exterior was restored in 1986.
References
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{{Lapeer County, Michigan}}
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Category:Unincorporated communities in Lapeer County, Michigan
Category:Unincorporated communities in Michigan
Category:Census-designated places in Lapeer County, Michigan
Category:Census-designated places in Michigan
Category:Populated places established in 1851
Category:1851 establishments in Michigan
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