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Area code 586 is the telephone area code serving much of Macomb County, Michigan, introduced in 2001 as a split from area code 810. Its territory was originally part of area code 313 . History
1997: Area code 734 was created in the second split of 313. and area code 248 was created in the first split of 810. 1999: Area code 231 was created in the second split of 616. 2001: Area code 586 was created in the second split of 810, and area code 989 was created in the first split of 517. 2002: Area code 269 was created in the third split ...
The Ann Arbor News, owned by the Michigan-based Booth Newspapers chain, was the major newspaper serving Ann Arbor and the rest of Washtenaw County. The newspaper ended its 174-year daily print run in 2009 due to economic difficulties, and began producing two printed editions a week under the name AnnArbor.com. [ 166 ] Ann Arbor has been said to ...
537 reserved as a fifth area code for the region. 906: Michigan (Upper Peninsula: Sault Ste. Marie, Escanaba, Houghton, Iron Mountain, Marquette, Menominee, etc.) March 19, 1961: split of 616; 907: Alaska (all, except the lone border town of Hyder which uses the BC, Canada area codes of 236, 250, 672, or 778 depending on its assigned number ...
The Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti Street Railway, Michigan's first interurban, served the city from 1891 to 1929. [27] Amtrak, which provides service to the city at the Ann Arbor Train Station, operates the Wolverine train between Chicago and Pontiac, via Detroit. The present-day train station neighbors the city's old Michigan Central Depot, which ...
The University of Michigan shapes Ann Arbor's economy significantly. It employs about 30,000 workers, including about 12,000 in the medical center. [ 1 ] Other employers are drawn to the area by the university's research and development money, and by its graduates.
The following is a list of the metropolitan statistical areas in the U.S. state of Michigan, as defined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget. Shiawassee County was added to the Lansing metropolitan area in 2018; the county is included in the Lansing MSA 2010 population.
Official name: State of Michigan; Abbreviations and name codes; Postal symbol: MI; ISO 3166-2 code: US-MI; Internet second-level domain: .mi.us. Nicknames The Great Lakes State (previously used on license plates) Pure Michigan (currently used to promote tourism and on highway signs, currently used on license plates)