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The Lower Peninsula is a part of the Great Lakes Plain, which include large parts of Wisconsin and Ohio. [8] At its widest points, the Lower Peninsula is 277 miles (446 km) long from north to south and 195 miles (314 km) from east to west. It contains nearly two-thirds of Michigan's total land area.
This means that, for example, the number 001 is shared by Alcona County, Michigan, Adams County, Wisconsin, and Adair County, Iowa. To uniquely identify Alcona County, Michigan, one must use the state code of 26 plus the county code of 001; therefore, the unique nationwide identifier for Alcona County, Michigan is 26001.
Area code 989 covers about half of the Thumb: Huron, Tuscola, and far northern Sanilac County (and the Marlette area). The Thumb's other half is covered by area code 810, which takes in most of Sanilac, Lapeer, Genesee and Saint Clair counties. All of Macomb County is served by area code 586, as is a small part of south-western Saint Clair County.
1947: Area codes 313, 517 and 616 are three of the original 86 area codes in the North American Numbering Plan. 1961: Area code 906 was created in the first split of 616. 1993: Area code 810 was created in the first split of 313. 1997: Area code 734 was created in the second split of 313. and area code 248 was created in the first split of 810.
State of Michigan. Upper Peninsula. Copper Country; Keweenaw Peninsula; Lower Peninsula. Northern Michigan; Mid-Michigan Central Michigan; Flint/Tri-Cities; The Thumb; Southern Michigan; West Michigan. Southern Michigan; Michiana; Southeast Michigan. Metro Detroit; ZIP code range: 48001-49971 (1752 zip codes) [4]
The first of these revised assignments were shown on the 1971 state highway map; A-2 retained its number but B-1 was renumbered to H-40 in the Upper Peninsula. [6] Earl Rogers, the engineer-director of the County Road Association of Michigan stated at the time that the county road commissions would gradually phase in signage over the coming years.
The Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) approved Consumers' pilot to spend $3.7 million to bury power lines, a process known as undergrounding, in six Michigan counties: Genesee, Livingston ...
The Lower Peninsula, shaped like a mitten, is 277 miles (446 km) long from north to south and 195 miles (314 km) from east to west and occupies more than two-thirds of the state's land area. The surface of the peninsula is generally level, broken by conical hills and glacial moraines usually not more than a few hundred feet tall.