| Official Name: | Attica, Michigan |
| Settlement Type: | Census-designated place (CDP) & unincorporated community |
| Pushpin Map: | Michigan#USA |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| Pushpin Label: | Attica |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within the state of Michigan##Location within the United States |
| Mapsize: | 250 |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Michigan |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Lapeer |
| Subdivision Type3: | Township |
| Subdivision Name3: | Attica |
| Established Title: | Settled |
| Established Date: | 1851 |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 12.87 |
| Area Land Km2: | 12.37 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.50 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 4.97 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 4.78 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.19 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 962 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 201.26 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Elevation Ft: | 896 |
| Coordinates: | 43.0303°N -83.1661°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code(s) |
| Postal Code: | 48412 |
| Area Code: | 810 |
| Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank Info: | 620309 |
Attica is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Attica Township, Lapeer County, Michigan, United States. Its population was 994 as of the 2010 census.[2] Attica has a post office with ZIP code 48412.[3] [4]
Attica is in southeastern Lapeer County, north of the center of Attica Township. It is north of Interstate 69, with access from Exit 163 (Lake Pleasant Road). I-69 leads east to Port Huron and west to Flint. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Attica CDP has an area of, of which are land and, or 3.88%, are water.[2]
In 1851, William Williams from New York 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.[5] 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.