unincorporated community
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and
census-designated place
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CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...
Michigan
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. The CDP had a population of 397 at the 2020 census. The community is located near the southern end of the
Keweenaw Bay
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The community was named Zeba (which means river in the
Ojibwa
The Ojibwe (; syll.: ᐅᒋᐺ; plural: ''Ojibweg'' ᐅᒋᐺᒃ) are an Anishinaabe people whose homeland (''Ojibwewaki'' ᐅᒋᐺᐘᑭ) covers much of the Great Lakes region and the northern plains, extending into the subarctic and thro ...
language) because of a small stream that runs southeast of it. A post office operated here from September 3, 1910, until June 30, 1912, and from April 16, 1913, until November 30, 1933. Zeba is where the original hangers are from. The Zeba Indian United Methodist Church is designated as a
Michigan State Historic Site
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.
Zeba has a history very similar to that of nearby L'Anse, since the same missionaries and traders were established in both places. The
American Fur Trading Company
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had a post in Zeba, and was a major shipping point for furs, hides, and sandstone. Zeba was initially founded in 1831 when Father Frederic Baraga, a Catholic priest, arrived and established the area's first mission along the southern shore of Lake Superior's Keweenaw Bay near present-day L'Anse. Early settlers included Peter Marksman Sr, Peter Hall, William Bass, and Benjamin George.
On the bluff overlooking the lake, the Gothic-style Zeba Indian United Methodist church, originally known as the
Kewawenon Mission
The Zeba Indian United Methodist Church is a religious building located at 227 Front Street (between Whirl-I-Gig and Peter Marksman Roads) in Zeba, Michigan, northeast of L'Anse, Michigan, L'Anse. It marks the site of the Kewawenon Mission, bui ...
and constructed in 1888, is listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
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. Two miles inland, the cemetery on Indian Cemetery Road in the Pinery dates from the 1840s, and is unique in its use of ''spirit houses'' instead of the more traditional gravestones. Today, the community is part of the
Keweenaw Bay Indian Community
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census
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of 2010, there were 480 people, 183 households, and 132 families residing in the CDP. The racial makeup of the CDP was 45.2%
White
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Hispanic
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or Latino of any race were 1.3% of the population. The ancestry make up was 10.55%
German
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Canadian
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, 1.85%
Welsh
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, 1.32%
Dutch
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, 1.32%
English
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* English language
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, 1.32%
French
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* The French (band), ...
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