Hard Luck, Michigan

Hard Luck, Michigan
Ghost town
Hard Luck is located in Michigan
Hard Luck
Hard Luck
Location within the state of Michigan
Hard Luck is located in the United States
Hard Luck
Hard Luck
Location within the United States
Coordinates: 44°04′18″N 84°11′35″W / 44.07167°N 84.19306°W / 44.07167; -84.19306
CountryUnited States
StateMichigan
CountyGladwin
TownshipGrim
Elevation
764 ft (233 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID1617608[1]

Hard Luck is a ghost town in Gladwin County in the U.S. state of Michigan.[1][2]

Hard Luck is located within Grim Township in the Au Sable State Forest about 14 mi (23 km) northeast of Gladwin.

The settlement was involved in the lumber trade.[3]

It had a station along the Michigan Central Railroad and contained its own post office briefly from April 24, 1904 until August 31, 1906.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hard Luck
  2. ^ Sigsby, Rick (2008). Gladwin County. Arcadia. p. 7. ISBN 9780738552477.
  3. ^ Payne, Amy L. (July 21, 2008). "Gladwin County History Chronicled in New Photo Book". MLive.
  4. ^ Romig, Walter (October 1, 1986) [1973]. Michigan Place Names: The History of the Founding and the Naming of More Than Five Thousand Past and Present Michigan Communities (Paperback). Great Lakes Books Series. Detroit, Michigan: Wayne State University Press. p. 251. ISBN 978-0-8143-1838-6.