Nadeau is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...
in
Menominee County, Michigan, United States. Nadeau is located in
Nadeau Township along
US Highway 41
U.S. Route 41, also U.S. Highway 41 (US 41), is a major north–south United States Numbered Highway that runs from Miami, Florida, to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Until 1949, the part in southern Florida, from Naples to Miami, ...
and the
Canadian National Railway, north of
Carney. Nadeau has a post office with
ZIP code 49863.
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History
Nadeau was settled as a farm owned by Barney Nadeau. In 1878, the Chicago and North Western Railway
The Chicago and North Western was a Class I railroad in the Midwestern United States. It was also known as the "North Western". The railroad operated more than of track at the turn of the 20th century, and over of track in seven states befor ...
opened a station in the community. A post office opened in Nadeau under the name Nadean, with Barney Nadeau serving as postmaster; the name was corrected to Nadeau on February 20, 1890.
Images
File:CarneyNadeauMichiganSchoolUS41.jpg, Carney/Nadeau School
References
Unincorporated communities in Menominee County, Michigan
Unincorporated communities in Michigan
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