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Garfield Township, Mackinac County, Michigan
Garfield Township is a civil township of Mackinac County, Michigan, Mackinac County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,146 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census, and 1,166 in 2020. Geography The township is in western Mackinac County. It is bordered by Portage Township, Mackinac County, Michigan, Portage Township and Newton Township, Mackinac County, Michigan, Newton Township to the west and Hudson Township, Mackinac County, Michigan, Hudson Township to the east, all in Mackinac County, and by Pentland Township, Michigan, Pentland Township in Luce County, Michigan, Luce County to the north. The southern border of the township is the shore of Lake Michigan. Garfield Township is the location of the northernmost point of Lake Michigan. The location, near Naubinway, Michigan, Naubinway, was designated as a Michigan State Historic Preservation Office, Michigan State Historic Site named "the Northernmost Point of Lake Michigan" on April 14, 1964. This point ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garfield Township, Michigan (other)
Garfield Township is the name of some places in the U.S. state of Michigan: * Garfield Township, Bay County, Michigan * Garfield Township, Clare County, Michigan * Garfield Township, Grand Traverse County, Michigan (Garfield Charter Township, Michigan) * Garfield Township, Kalkaska County, Michigan * Garfield Township, Mackinac County, Michigan * Garfield Township, Newaygo County, Michigan See also * Garfield, Michigan (other) * Garfield Township (other) {{Geodis Michigan township disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portage Township, Mackinac County, Michigan
Portage Township is a civil township of Mackinac County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, its population was 907, down from 981 in 2010. Geography Portage Township occupies the northwest corner of Mackinac County, northwest of St. Ignace, the county seat. The township is bordered to the north by Luce County and to the west by Schoolcraft County. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which are land and (23.29%) are water. Major highways * * Communities *Curtis is an unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ... located on an isthmus between Manistique Lake and South Manistique Lake at . Demographics As of 2020, its population was 907. Gallery File:Curtis, Michigan (June 2021).j ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garnet, Michigan
Garnet ( ) is an unincorporated community in Mackinac County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The community is located within Hudson Township. As an unincorporated community, Garnet has no legally defined boundaries or population statistics of its own. History A railway line was constructed through the area as early as 1888, and the area soon received a railway depot. The Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad opened a railway stop under the name "Welch" in 1891. The community began to grow and included a sawmill and general store. A post office was opened on November 4, 1898. George Donaldson, who owned the general store, served as the community's first postmaster. By 1900, the population of Welch was around 500. The name of the post office was changed to Garnet on December 31, 1904. The community grew around the sawmill and also became a dairy producing area, as well as including its own school, hotel, saloon, and other businesses. In 1906, the Hudson Lumbe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
H-40 (Michigan County Highway)
The county-designated highways in Michigan comprise a system of primary county roads across the US state of Michigan. Unlike the State Trunkline Highway System, these highways have alphanumeric designations with letters that correspond to one of eight lettered zones in the state. The County-Designated Highway System (CDH System) was created in 1970 in response to the business concerns of a woman from Saugatuck. Her one-woman crusade in the 1960s started after the highway in front of her motel was turned over to local control as a county road and removed from state highway maps when the nearby freeway opened. After nearly a decade of efforts, the first two test highways were designated, one each in the Lower and Upper peninsulas of the state and included on the 1970 state highway map. The system was created and expanded in scope , after it was approved by the County Road Association of Michigan and the State Highway Commission. The system uses eight lettered zones which are div ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
M-117 (Michigan Highway)
M-117 is a Michigan Highway System, state trunkline highway in the eastern Upper Peninsula of Michigan, Upper Peninsula (UP) of the US state of Michigan. The highway connects U.S. Route 2 in Michigan, US Highway 2 (US 2) with M-28 (Michigan highway), M-28 west of Newberry, Michigan, Newberry. The designation has been used twice in the UP, once in 1941 for a former section of US 2 between Rexton, Michigan, Rexton and Epoufette, Michigan, Epoufette, and the second in 1949 for the current corridor. The second version included a section that ran north of Newberry along what is now M-123 (Michigan highway), M-123, but it was truncated to its current routing in the 1960s. Since 1993, the trunkline has been dedicated to the 117th Quartermaster Battalion, a former National Guard unit from Kingsford, Michigan, Kingsford. Route description The highway begins at US 2, one mile (1.6 km) south of Engadine, Michigan, Engadine and crosses the Canadian National Railwa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unincorporated Area
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as the military). There are many unincorporated communities and areas in the United States and Canada, but many countries do not use the concept of an unincorporated area. By country Argentina In Argentina, the provinces of Chubut Province, Chubut, Córdoba Province (Argentina), Córdoba, Entre Ríos Province, Entre Ríos, Formosa Province, Formosa, Neuquén Province, Neuquén, Río Negro Province, Río Negro, San Luis Province, San Luis, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina, Santa Cruz, Santiago del Estero Province, Santiago del Estero, Tierra del Fuego Province, Argentina, Tierra del Fuego, and Tucumán Province, Tucumán have areas that are outside any municipality or commune. Australia Unlike many other countries, Australia has only local go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indiana Territory
The Indiana Territory, officially the Territory of Indiana, was created by an organic act that President of the United States, President John Adams signed into law on May 7, 1800, to form an Historic regions of the United States, organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from July 4, 1800, to December 11, 1816, when the remaining southeastern portion of the territory was admitted to the United States, Union as the U.S. state, state of Indiana. The territory originally contained approximately of land, but its size was decreased when it was subdivided to create the Michigan Territory (1805) and the Illinois Territory (1809). The Indiana Territory was the first new territory created from lands of the Northwest Territory, which had been organized under the terms of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787. The territorial capital was the settlement around the old French fort of Vincennes, Indiana, Vincennes on the Wabash River, until transferred to Corydon, Indiana, C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michigan Territory
The Territory of Michigan was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from June 30, 1805, until January 26, 1837, when the final extent of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Michigan. Detroit was the territorial capital. History and government The earliest European explorers of Michigan saw it mostly as a place to control the fur trade. Small military forces, Jesuit missions to Native American tribes, and isolated settlements of trappers and traders accounted for most of the non-native inhabitants of what would become Michigan. Early government in Michigan After the arrival of Europeans, the area that became the Michigan Territory was first under French and then British control. The first Jesuit mission, in 1668 at Sault Saint Marie, led to the establishment of further outposts at St. Ignace (where a mission began work in 1671) and Detroit, first occupied in 1701 by the garrison of the former Fort de Buade under the leade ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michigan State Historic Preservation Office
The Michigan State Historic Preservation Office is one of 59 state historic preservation offices established according to the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 that plays a role in implementing federal historic preservation policy in the United States. The purposes of a SHPO include surveying and recognizing historic properties, reviewing nominations for properties to be included in the National Register of Historic Places, reviewing federal and state undertakings for their impact on historic resources, and supporting federal organizations, state and local governments, and private sector in historic preservation matters. The organization was formerly involved in the listing of state historic sites and operating the state's historical marker program; that function is now performed by the Michigan History Center and Eastern Michigan University. Administration The Michigan State Historic Preservation Office has administered by the Michigan Economic Development Corporati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Michigan
Lake Michigan ( ) is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. It is the second-largest of the Great Lakes by volume () and depth () after Lake Superior and the third-largest by surface area (), after Lake Superior and Lake Huron. To the east, its basin is conjoined with that of Lake Huron through the wide and deep Straits of Mackinac, giving it the same surface elevation as its eastern counterpart; hydrologically, the two bodies are Lake Michigan–Huron, a single lake that is, by area, the largest freshwater lake in the world. Lake Michigan is the only Great Lake located fully in the United States; the other four are shared between the U.S. and Canada. It is the world's List of lakes by area, largest lake, by area, located fully in one country, and is shared, from west to east, by the U.S. states of Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan. Ports along its shores include Chicago, Illinois, Gary, Indiana, Gary, Indiana, Milwaukee and Green Bay, Wisconsin, Green Bay, Wis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luce County, Michigan
Luce County ( ) is a county located in the Upper Peninsula in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the population was 5,339, making it the second-least populous county in Michigan (behind Keweenaw County). The county seat is Newberry, Luce County's only incorporated community. The county was set off and organized in 1887 and named after former Michigan Governor Cyrus G. Luce. In 2002, Newberry was designated as the moose capital of Michigan by the state legislature. Luce County is served by The Newberry News, a weekly community newspaper that began in 1886. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (53%) is water. Luce County is part of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. It has a northern border with Canada across Lake Superior. McMillan Township, the largest municipality in Michigan by land area (at of total land area), is part of Luce County. Major highways * is Michigan's longest state trunklin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
