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Gogebic County, Michigan
Gogebic County ( or ) is a County (United States), county in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 14,380. The county seat is Bessemer, Michigan, Bessemer. Gogebic County is the List of extreme points of U.S. states and territories, westernmost county in Michigan, and is one of four Michigan counties within the Central Time Zone. Gogebic County borders Wisconsin to the south, and has a shoreline on Lake Superior to the north. Gogebic County has long been territory of the Lake Superior Chippewa. The Lac Vieux Desert Indian Reservation is located within Gogebic County. History Gogebic County was organized in 1887, partitioned from Ontonagon County, Michigan, Ontonagon County. The county's name derives from a lake of the same name, which was originally rendered ''Agogebic''. Sources agree that the name is from Ojibwe language, Ojibwe, but differ on the original meanin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bessemer Township, Michigan
Bessemer Township is a civil township of Gogebic County, Michigan, Gogebic County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of 2020, its population was 1,135. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which is land and (1.35%) is water. Communities *Anvil Location is a community established in 1886, associated with an iron mine, the Anvil Mine, operated by Newport Mining Company. Production at this mine spanned from 1887 to 1957, 70 years of production. It had a post office from 1918 to 1971. *The Bessemer, Michigan, City of Bessemer is situated within the township, but is administratively autonomous. *Dunham was an unincorporated community centered on a station on the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad. There was a plant of the Ashland Iron and Steel Company here. It had a Post Office from 1902 until 1911. *Harding Location borders the southern parameters of the township, a farming community. Although some of this land is still us ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ironwood Charter Township, Michigan
Ironwood Charter Township is a charter township of Gogebic County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,805 in 2020. The city of Ironwood borders on the south, but the two are administered autonomously. Ironwood Township is the home of Gogebic Community College, as well as the Gogebic–Iron County Airport. Most of the land in the township is within the Ottawa National Forest. The Montreal River forms the township's western boundary with Wisconsin. The charter township is one of two charter townships in Michigan to have a population less than the 2,000 resident population requirement set by the Charter Township Act of 1947. Ironwood Charter Township is the westernmost municipality in the state of Michigan. It is also the largest charter township by land area, least populated charter township, and the least-densely populated charter township in the state. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau The United States Census Bureau, officially the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Place Names Of Native American Origin In Michigan
Many places throughout the state of Michigan take their names from Native American indigenous languages. This list includes counties, townships, and settlements whose names are derived from indigenous languages in Michigan. The primary Native American languages in Michigan are Ojibwe, Odawa, and Potawatomi, all of which are dialects of Algonquin. Some other places names in Michigan are found to be derived from Sauk, Oneida, Wyandot, Abenaki, Shawnee, Mohawk, Seneca, Seminole, Iroquois, and Delaware, although many of these tribes are not found in Michigan. Municipalities State Michigan – derived from Ottawa "''mishigami''" meaning "large water" or "great water" in reference to the Great Lakes. * Village of Michigan Center * Lake Michigan Counties Some of Michigan's counties have names invented by the ethnologist Henry Schoolcraft, usually adapted from parts of Native American words, but sometimes having parts from Greek, Arabic and Latin roots. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wakefield, Michigan
Wakefield is a city in Gogebic County, Michigan, Gogebic County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,702 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Wakefield is located in the western Upper Peninsula of Michigan, Upper Peninsula about east of the Wisconsin border. The city is mostly surrounded by Wakefield Township, Michigan, Wakefield Township, but the two are administered autonomously. U.S. Route 2 in Michigan, U.S. Route 2 passes through the city, and M-28 (Michigan highway), M-28 has its western terminus in the city. It is home to Sunday Lake, Snow River Mountain Resort, Gogebic County Medical Care Facility, and Gogebic County Community Mental Health Authority. Once a mining town, the economy is now based upon the forest industry, goods and services, and tourism. History Founding George Mix Wakefield, born February 6, 1839, in Henderson, New York, a son of James Patterson Wakefield and Hannah B. Hall, had the town site of Wakefield platted in May 1886; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ironwood, Michigan
Ironwood is a city in Gogebic County, Michigan, Gogebic County in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan, about south of Lake Superior. The city is on U.S. Route 2 in Michigan, US Highway 2 across the Montreal River (Wisconsin-Michigan), Montreal River from Hurley, Wisconsin. It is the westernmost city in Michigan, situated on the same line of longitude (90.2 degrees West) as Clinton, Iowa and St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri. The population was 5,045 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, down from 5,387 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census. The city is bordered by Ironwood Charter Township, Michigan, Ironwood Township to the north, but the two are administered autonomously. While originally an iron mining town, the area is now known for its downhill skiing resorts, including Big Powderhorn, Snowriver, Mount Zion and Whitecap as well as its cross country skiing at the Wolverine Nordic Trail System and the ABR Nordic Center. Ironwood is home of the " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gogebic County, MI Census Map
Gogebic may refer to: * Gogebic Community College in Ironwood, Michigan *Gogebic County, Michigan in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan *Gogebic Range The Gogebic Range is an elongated area of iron ore deposits located within a range of hills in northern Michigan and Wisconsin just south of Lake Superior. It extends from Lake Namakagon in Wisconsin eastward to Lake Gogebic in Michigan, or alm ..., a mountainous area in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan * Gogebic Taconite, an iron-ore mining company * Lake Gogebic in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan * Lake Gogebic State Park in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Gogebic State Park
Lake Gogebic State Park is a public recreation area covering in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The state park sits on the western shore of Lake Gogebic, the largest inland lake in the Upper Peninsula. The land around the park is sparsely populated, and relatively flat. History In 1926, Gogebic County purchased land on Lake Gogebic, which it gave to the State of Michigan. E. J. Stickley and W. Bonafas gave additional land to the state and in 1930 the park opened. Two gravestones discovered in the park in 1962, engraved "1822 JOHN KEY" and "1824 WHITH", are thought by researchers to be those of fur traders or others dealing with Native Americans. Activities and amenities The park offers nearly a mile of beach front access, fishing, swimming, boat launch, camping, picnicking, and a nature trail through the Ottawa National Forest The Ottawa National Forest is a national forest that covers in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. It includes much of Gogebic Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ottawa National Forest
The Ottawa National Forest is a national forest that covers in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. It includes much of Gogebic County, Michigan, Gogebic and Ontonagon County, Michigan, Ontonagon counties, as well as slices of Iron County, Michigan, Iron, Houghton County, Michigan, Houghton, Baraga County, Michigan, Baraga, and Marquette County, Michigan, Marquette counties. The forest is under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Forest Service. The headquarters are in Ironwood, Michigan, on the Wisconsin border, and the principal visitor center is located in Watersmeet, Michigan, in the southern section of the Forest. These and other towns within and adjacent to the Forest are served by U.S. Route 2 in Michigan, U.S. Highway 2, one of the principal highways of the Western Upper Peninsula. There are local National Park Ranger, ranger district offices in Bessemer, Michigan, Bessemer, Iron River, Michigan, Iron River, Kenton, Michigan, Kenton, Ontonagon, Michigan, Ontonag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashland County, Wisconsin
Ashland County is a county located in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census, the population was 16,027. Its county seat is Ashland. The county was formed on March 27, 1860, from La Pointe County. The county partly overlaps with the reservation of the Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians. History Ashland County was named in honor of the Lexington estate of Kentucky Kentucky (, ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north, West Virginia to the ... statesman Henry Clay, as one of the founders of the city of Ashland was an admirer of Clay. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (54%) is water. It is the second-largest county in Wisconsin by total area. The Apostle Islands are a s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iron County, Wisconsin
Iron County is a county (United States), county located in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 6,137, making it the third-least populous county in Wisconsin. Its county seat is Hurley, Wisconsin, Hurley. It was named for the valuable iron ore found within its borders. The county overlaps with small parts of the Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians, Bad River and Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, Lac du Flambeau Indian reservations. The county is considered a high-recreation retirement destination by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (18%) is water. Adjacent counties * Vilas County, Wisconsin, Vilas County - east, southeast * Price County, Wisconsin, Price County - southwest * Ashland County, Wisconsin, Ashland County - west * Gogebic County, Mich ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vilas County, Wisconsin
Vilas County ( ) is a county in the state of Wisconsin, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 23,047. Its county seat is Eagle River. The county partly overlaps the reservation of the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa. The county is considered a high-recreation retirement destination by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. History Native Americans Native Americans have lived in what is now Vilas County for thousands of years. The county contains archaeological sites dating to the prehistoric Woodland period. In the eighteenth century, the area was disputed by the Dakota and Ojibwe people. According to oral histories, the conflict culminated in Ojibwe victory in a battle on Strawberry Island in Flambeau Lake around 1745. Ojibwe people have continued to live in the area ever since, securing the Lac du Flambeau Indian Reservation in the 1854 Treaty of La Pointe. Settlement The first recorded white settler was a man named Ashman who establishe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iron County, Michigan
Iron County is one of two landlocked County (United States), counties in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 11,631. The county seat is Crystal Falls, Michigan, Crystal Falls. History Iron County was organized in 1885, with territory partitioned from Marquette County, Michigan, Marquette and Menominee County, Michigan, Menominee counties. In 1890, the county's population was 4,432. It was named for the valuable iron ore found within its borders. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Census Bureau, the county has an area of , of which is land and (3.7%) is water. Along with its southeastern neighbor Dickinson County, Michigan, Dickinson County, it is one of only two landlocked counties in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, Upper Peninsula. Major highways * – runs east–west through lower part of county. Enters west line at above SW corner ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
