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Houghton Micropolitan Area, Michigan
The Houghton Micropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of two counties in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, Upper Peninsula of Michigan, specifically the Keweenaw Peninsula, anchored by the city of Houghton, Michigan, Houghton. As of the United States Census, 2020, 2020 census, the μSA had a population of 39,407. Counties *Houghton County, Michigan, Houghton *Keweenaw County, Michigan, Keweenaw Cities, villages, and townships Cities *Hancock, Michigan, Hancock *Houghton, Michigan, Houghton (Principal city) Villages *Ahmeek, Michigan, Ahmeek *Calumet, Michigan, Calumet *Copper City, Michigan, Copper City *Lake Linden, Michigan, Lake Linden *Laurium, Michigan, Laurium *South Range, Michigan, South Range Townships Unincorporated places *Atlantic Mine, Michigan, Atlantic Mine *Copper Harbor, Michigan, Copper Harbor *Dakota Heights, Michigan, Dakota Heights *Dodgeville, Michigan, Dodgeville *Dollar Bay, Michigan, Dollar Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calumet, Michigan
Calumet ( or ) is a Village (United States), village in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. The village is located within Calumet Charter Township, Michigan, Calumet Township, Houghton County, Michigan, Houghton County, and had a population of 621 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Calumet was once the center of Michigan's Copper mining in Michigan, copper mining industry. The village is home to a unit of Keweenaw National Historical Park, and also includes the Calumet Downtown Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). Most of the village itself is also included within the Calumet Historic District, a larger area which is NRHP-listed and which is a National Historic Landmark District. History What is now Calumet was settled in 1864, originally under the name of Red Jacket, for a Native Americans in the United States, Native American Chief of the Seneca tribe. Until 1895 the name "Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grant Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan
Grant Township is a civil township of Keweenaw County, Michigan, Keweenaw County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 275 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Grant Township is one of the most isolated municipalities in Michigan, as it forms the tip of the Keweenaw Peninsula, which projects into Lake Superior. History Grant Township was one of the original townships of Keweenaw County, Michigan, Keweenaw County, which was organized in 1861. At the time, Grant Township occupied a much smaller centralized area of the county. The township soon expanded and absorbed the townships of Sibley and Copper Harbor, which are now defunct but can be seen on an 1873 map of Keweenaw County. The Keweenaw Rocket Range, located within the township at the easternmost tip of the Keweenaw Peninsula, was used by NASA as a rocket launch site from 1964 until 1971. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franklin Township, Houghton County, Michigan
Franklin Township is a civil township of Houghton County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,507 at the 2020 census. Communities *Backstreet is an unincorporated community in the township, north of Hancock and on the west side of US Highway 41 (US 41). *Frenchtown is an unincorporated community in the township northeast of Hancock on the west side of US Highway 41. *Oneco is an unincorporated community in the township containing Houghton County Memorial Airport. * Ripley is an unincorporated community in the township, just east of Hancock on M-26. *Paavola is an unincorporated community in the township, north and east of Hancock, about east of US 41. The failed Arcadian mine was located a short distance east of here. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which is land and (3.33%) is water. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 1,320 people, 500 households, and 345 families ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elm River Township, Michigan
Elm River Township is a civil township of Houghton County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 204 at the 2020 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which is land and (2.06%) is water. Communities * Donken is an unincorporated community in the township. *Elm River was an area around the operations of the Elm River Copper Company. It had a post office from 1900 until 1907. *Lake Roland is an unincorporated community in the township at . *Twin Lakes is an unincorporated community in the township at . * Winona is an unincorporated community in the township at . A copper mine was first opened in 1864 by the Winona Copper Mining Company identified by a line of Indian pits. The mine could not be profitably operated at the time and little was done with it until the Winona Copper Company was organized in 1898 and assumed ownership of the earlier mine. A post office operated from April 5, 1899 until September ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eagle Harbor Township, Michigan
Eagle Harbor Township is a civil township of Keweenaw County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 217 at the 2020 census. The township is located on the Keweenaw Peninsula and also includes the southwestern portion of Isle Royale National Park. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which is land and (66.78%) is water. Including water area, Eagle Harbor Township is the second-largest municipality in the state by total area after McMillan Township in Luce County. Major highways * runs briefly through the narrow central portion of the township. * runs through the township near the Lake Superior Shoreline. * Brockway Mountain Drive is a scenic roadway that runs through the township parallel south of M-28. Communities *Copper Falls is an unincorporated community located within the township at . The community was settled when the Copper Falls Mine began operating in 1846. The Arnold Mine soon absorbed the area. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duncan Township, Michigan
Duncan Township is a civil township of Houghton County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the township population was 234. Communities * Kenton is an unincorporated community in the southwest part of the township on M-28 and the East Branch of the Ontonagon River at . The ZIP Code is 49967. Kenton was a station on the Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway. A post office was established in February 1889. * Sidnaw is an unincorporated community along M-28, southwest of L'Anse. Sidnaw has a post office with ZIP code 49961. United States Post Office Geography According to the , the township has a total are ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chassell Township, Michigan
Chassell Township is a civil township of Houghton County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,878 at the 2020 census. The township was organized on April 14, 1888, and named after John Chassell, a prominent businessman and farmer whose farmland became the site of the community of Chassell. Communities * Chassell is an unincorporated community in the township located at the southwest end of Portage Lake on Pike Bay. *Klingville is an unincorporated community in the township at . *Portage Entry is an unincorporated community in the township located at on the west side of the Portage River, roughly across from Jacobsville in Torch Lake Township. A post office operated from October 10, 1851, until August 8, 1853. *Singing Sands is an unincorporated community in the township. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which is land and (6.14%) is water. Demographics At the 2000 census, there were 1,822 people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calumet Township, Michigan
Calumet Township ( ), officially the Charter Township of Calumet, is a charter township of Houghton County in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 6,263 at the 2020 census. Even with a decreasing population, the township remains the largest township by population in Houghton County. History Native Americans have mined native copper in Calumet Township beginning thousands of years ago. Calumet Township was created on 27 November 1866 at the Houghton County Clerk's Office; however, the Township did not hold its first meeting until Monday, 17 December 1866 at what was then the headquarters of the Calumet Mining Company. The Wolverine Mine opened in 1882. Large-scale production began in 1890. The mine closed in 1925. The old Wolverine Mine is famous among mineral collectors for copper, silver, epidote, and quartz specimens. Communities Within the Charter Township are the communities of: *Albion Station is an unincorporated community, south of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allouez Township, Michigan
Allouez Township ( ) is a civil township of Keweenaw County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,428 at the 2020 census. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Allouez Township has a total area of , of which is land and (0.13%) is water. The township is in western Keweenaw County, on the northwest side of the Keweenaw Peninsula. It is bordered to the south by Calumet Charter Township in Houghton County, to the southeast by Sherman Township and to the east by Houghton Township in Keweenaw County, and to the northwest by Lake Superior. The Black Creek Nature Sanctuary is also located within the township. Major highways * runs diagonally southwest–northeast through the township. * runs concurrently with US 41 at this point of its route through the township. Communities * Ahmeek is a village within the township at . It is the only incorporated municipality in Keweenaw County. *Allouez is an unincorporated community located along US 41 / M-26 just ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adams Township, Houghton County, Michigan
Adams Township is a civil township of Houghton County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the township population was 2,540. Communities * Atlantic Mine is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in the northeast of the township. *Baltic is an unincorporated community southeast of South Range at . It was a station on the Copper Range Railroad and the settlement was founded by and named after the Baltic Mining Company in 1898. A post office operated here from November 6, 1902, until October 10, 1975. *Champion Mine is an unincorporated community in the township *E-Location is an unincorporated community in the township * Painesdale is an unincorporated community in the township. *Seeberville is an unincorporated community in the township, immediately southwest of Painesdale. * South Range is an incorporated village about one mile (1.6 km) south of Atlantic Mine. * Toivola is an unincorporated community located in the township. * Tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Range, Michigan
South Range is a village in Adams Township, Houghton County, Michigan, Adams Township, Houghton County, Michigan, Houghton County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is bordered on the east by the unincorporated community of Baltic. It is about five miles southwest of Houghton, Michigan, Houghton on M-26 (Michigan highway), M-26. The population was 758 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census. The ZIP code for South Range is 49963. It is a "cooperating community of the Keweenaw National Historical Park." History South Range was platted in 1902 by the Wheal Kate Mining Company, which operated an unsuccessful copper mine nearby. In 1906 the community tried to incorporate as the town of ''Stanton'', but there was already a Stanton, Michigan, Stanton, Michigan, so they incorporated as ''South Range'', because it was at the south end of the Michigan Copper Country, copper range. Italians were the dominant ethnic group in early years.Clarence J. Monette (1995) ''Early South Rang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
