unincorporated community
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Michigan
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. The community is located within McMillan Township just west of the village of
Newberry
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along County Road 405. As an unincorporated community, Dollarville has no legally defined boundaries or population statistics of its own.
The settlement developed around the mill and general store of the American Lumber Company in 1882. It was named for
Robert Dollar
Robert Dollar, also known as Captain Robert Dollar (1844–1932), was a Scots-American industrialist born in Bainsford, Falkirk, Scotland. The title "Captain" was honorary and he was called the "Grand Old Man of the Pacific". Both were bestowed ...
, the general manager, who later made a fortune in the shipping industry. Dollarville was a station on the
Detroit, Mackinac and Marquette Railroad
The Detroit, Mackinac and Marquette Railroad was a land grant railroad that was built and operated briefly (1881–1886) in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. Incorporated in 1879, the -long railroad began operations in 1881. It w ...
.
A post office opened August 17, 1883 and closed October 14, 1903. The office reopened from June 3, 1904 until April 30, 1919.
Dollarville sits at 722 feet above sea level.MI Home Town Locator /ref>