Community Information

Kalkaska Genealogy Society
P.O. Box 353
Kalkaska, MI 49646-0353

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Local History

In 1872, Albert A., Abbott came hear from Decateur, Michigan.  He bought 1000 acres and built a sawmill, he platted the village and on May 12, 1873, became its first postmaster.

A station on the Chicago & Western Michigan (now Pere Marquette) Railroad.  Incorporated as a village in 1887.  Kalkaska is a Chippewa word of uncertain meaning.

Informational excerpts from Michigan Place Names, by Walter Romig, L.H.D.

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