Hard Luck, Michigan

Ghost town in Michigan, United States

Hard Luck, Michigan

Ghost town

Hard Luck

Location within the state of Michigan

Show map of Michigan

Hard Luck

Location within the United States

Show map of the United States

Coordinates: 44°04′18″N 84°11′35″W﻿ / ﻿44.07167°N 84.19306°W﻿ / 44.07167; -84.19306
Country| United States
State| Michigan
County| Gladwin
Township| Grim
Elevation

| 764 ft (233 m)
Time zone| UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)| UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID| 1617608[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

[edit]

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.

## External links

[edit]

* Hard Luck, Michigan: A Ghost Town Hidden Within the Au Sable Forest at WFMK

* v
* t
* e

Municipalities and communities of Gladwin County, Michigan, United States

County seat: Gladwin

Cities|

* Beaverton
* Gladwin

Map of Michigan highlighting Gladwin County.svg

Civil townships|

* Beaverton
* Bentley
* Billings
* Bourret
* Buckeye
* Butman
* Clement
* Gladwin
* Grim
* Grout
* Hay
* Sage
* Secord
* Sherman
* Tobacco

Unincorporated
communities|

* Albright Shores
* Billings
* Butman
* Dale
* Estey
* Hockaday
* Lockwood Beach
* Rhodes
* Secord
* Skeels
* Sugar Rapids
* White Star
* Wildwood Shores
* Winegars
* Wooden Shoe Village

Ghost town|

* Hard Luck

* Michigan portal
* United States portal

*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template