Tapiola 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 Houghton County,

Michigan Michigan () is a state in the Great Lakes region of the upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the 10th-largest state by population, the 11th-largest by area, and the ...

, United States. Tapiola is located in Portage Township, west of

Keweenaw Bay Keweenaw Bay is an arm of Lake Superior in North America. It is located adjacent to the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan, to the southeast of the Keweenaw Peninsula. Keweenaw Bay is 22 miles long and 12 miles wide at the mouth. The hea ...

History

Tapiola was founded by

Finnish Americans Finnish Americans ( fi, amerikansuomalaiset, ) comprise Americans with ancestral roots from Finland or Finnish people who immigrated to and reside in the United States. The Finnish-American population numbers a little bit more than 650,000. Man ...

; they named the community after the Finnish term for the land of the forest god.

Education

In 1913 the John A. Doelle Agricultural School opened in Tapiola.

References

Unincorporated communities in Houghton County, Michigan Unincorporated communities in Michigan Houghton micropolitan area, Michigan {{HoughtonCountyMI-geo-stub