Karlin ( ) is an
unincorporated community
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in the U.S. state of
Michigan
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. Part of
Grant Township, Karlin is within
Grand Traverse County, and is considered part of
Northern Michigan
Northern Michigan, also known as Northern Lower Michigan (known colloquially to residents of more southerly parts of the state and summer residents from cities such as Detroit as " Up North"), is a region of the U.S. state of Michigan. A popul ...
. As an unincorporated community, Karlin has no legally defined boundaries or population statistics of its own.
History
An extension of the
Manistee and North-Eastern Railroad
The Manistee and North-Eastern Railroad Railway Equipment and Publication CompanyThe Official Railway Equipment Register June 1917, p. 579 was a short, standard-gauge line in the U.S. state of Michigan. Organized in 1887, it served several counti ...
northeast of
Nessen City was completed in 1890. A station was opened south of
Interlochen
Interlochen ( ') is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Grand Traverse County in the U.S. state of Michigan. At the 2020 census, the population was 694, up from 583 at the 2010 census. The community is located wit ...
known as Horicon, with a
post office
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opening in 1897. Edward Wilson was the first
postmaster
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at Horicon. The name of the community was changed in 1903 to Karlin, after
Karlín
Karlín (german: Karolinenthal) is a cadastral area of Prague, part of Prague 8 municipal district, formerly an independent town (which became part of Prague in 1922). It is bordered by the river Vltava and Holešovice to the north, Vítkov ...
,
Austria-Hungary
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, from whence a number of local settlers originated. The railroad line running through Karlin was removed in 1934.
See also
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List of U.S. places named after non-U.S. places
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References
Unincorporated communities in Michigan
Unincorporated communities in Grand Traverse County, Michigan
Traverse City micropolitan area
Populated places established in 1897
1897 establishments in Michigan
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