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Skanee, Michigan
Skanee is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Baraga County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The CDP had a population of 102 at the 2020 census. Skanee is located in Arvon Township on the shore of Huron Bay, a bay of Lake Superior. As an unincorporated community, Skanee has no legal autonomy of its own, however it does have its own post office with the 49962 ZIP Code. The community is home to the historic Arvon Township Hall. History Skanee was established in 1870 when Captain Walfred Been sailed into Huron Bay during a storm, and settled in the area. Been named the settlement after Skåne in Sweden, his home province. For the 2020 census, Skanee was included as a newly-listed census-designated place. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Skanee CDP has a total area of , of which is land and (2.1%) is water. Skanee is located in Arvon Township, in northeastern Baraga County. The community is located at the base of the Huron M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Census-designated Place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, such as self-governing cities, towns, and villages, for the purposes of gathering and correlating statistical data. CDPs are populated areas that generally include one officially designated but currently unincorporated community, for which the CDP is named, plus surrounding inhabited countryside of varying dimensions and, occasionally, other, smaller unincorporated communities as well. CDPs include small rural communities, edge cities, colonias located along the Mexico–United States border, and unincorporated resort and retirement communities and their environs. The boundaries of any CDP may change from decade to decade, and the Census Bureau may de-establish a CDP after a period of study, then re-establish it some decades later. Most unin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arvon Township Hall
The Arvon Township Hall is a public building located on Park Road in Skanee, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981. History The Huron Bay Iron and Slate Company, located in Arvon, was a major employer in the area in the late 1800s. The Township offices were located in its headquarters from 1874 to 1878. In 1878, a one-room schoolhouse with associated township office was constructed just in front of where the current township hall stands. However, the community continue to grow, and by the turn of the century there were 650 male voters on the rolls; with women and children the actual township population was likely far higher. A new school was constructed in 1910, and in 1914, the community decided to build a new town hall. In 1915, this hall was constructed by Fred Carlson of Hancock, Michigan, based on a design by Charles W. Maass, also from Hancock. At the time the hall was built, the area was still a sparsely settled frontier, and the towns ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |