Attica is an

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and

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in Attica Township, Lapeer County,

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, United States. Its population was 962 as of the 2020 census. Attica has a

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with ZIP code 48412.

Geography

Attica is in southeastern Lapeer County, north of the center of Attica Township. It is north of

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, with access from Exit 163 (Lake Pleasant Road). I-69 leads east to

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and west to

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. According to the

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, the Attica CDP has an area of , of which are land and , or 3.88%, are water.

Demographics

History

In 1851, William Williams from

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state built a sawmill here, and most of the settlement developed on his land. I. N. Jenness, a lumberman and also from New York, is considered as co-founder of the community. A post office named "Mill Station" was established on October 9, 1867, with Oscar A. Williams as the first postmaster. The office was renamed "Elk Lake" on September 12, 1870, and became "Attica", after the township, on February 1, 1871. The Attica Hotel, built in Attica, Michigan in the early 1870s, was originally called the Williams House and later the Schirmer House.The Williams family had 14 children, and there are five bedrooms on the second floor wing. The second floor also held a ballroom with a door leading to the second floor porch. At one time, there were a total of nine doors, and four porches, and the hotel held a post office. It was later moved to Crossroads Village in November 1981 and the exterior was restored in 1986.

References

Unincorporated communities in Lapeer County, Michigan Unincorporated communities in Michigan Census-designated places in Lapeer County, Michigan Census-designated places in Michigan Populated places established in 1851 1851 establishments in Michigan {{LapeerCountyMI-geo-stub