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Iron Mountain is a city in and the county seat of Dickinson County, Michigan. The population was 7,518 at the 2020 census , down from 7,624 at the 2010 census . [ 4 ] Located in the state's Upper Peninsula , Iron Mountain was named for the valuable iron ore found in the vicinity.
The Iron Mountain Motel was constructed in 1954-55 by contractors Oscar Leaf and Calvin Calvini for Mr. and Mrs. Michael Fornetti, [2] whose family owned the Moon Lake Cabins north of Iron Mountain. The Fornettis operated the motel until the later 1970s, changing the name to Downtown Motel by 1967.
Dickinson County is a county in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the population was 25,947. [3] The county seat is Iron Mountain. [4] Dickinson is Michigan's newest county, formed in 1891 from parts of Marquette, Menominee, and Iron counties. [2]
Dickinson County was the last of Michigan's counties to be organized. [2] This courthouse and the associated jail were built in 1896 from plans by architect James E. Clancy of Antigo, Wisconsin, a former Iron Mountain resident.
The cities of Iron Mountain and Kingsford are in the southwest of the township, but are administratively autonomous. East Kingsford is a part of the Kingsford urban area, located in the township just east of the city boundary at 45°47′42″N 88°03′52″W / 45.79500°N 88.06444°W / 45.79500; -88.
Channing is on M-95 about 24 miles (39 km) north of Iron Mountain at . It began as a railroad junction called "Ford Siding". In 1892, a post office was established named Channing, after John Parke Channing, a mining engineer who surveyed the area.
Quinnesec is an unincorporated community in Dickinson County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is a census-designated place (CDP) for statistical purposes and has no legally recognized status as a municipality. The population was 1,083 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Iron Mountain, MI–WI Micropolitan Statistical Area.
M-95, designated the Leif Erickson Memorial Highway, [4] is a state trunkline highway in the Upper Peninsula of the US state of Michigan. Running from Kingsford to near Champion in Humboldt Township, it is the main connection between Iron Mountain and Marquette along with US Highway 41 (US 41). M-95 was previously designated as M-45.