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Mason is a city and the county seat of Ingham County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 8,252 at the 2010 census . [ 4 ] Mason was named after Stevens T. Mason , the state's first governor .
English: This is a locator map showing Mason County in Michigan. For more information, see Commons:United States county locator maps. Date: 12 February 2006: Source:
Mason is a small unincorporated community in Houghton County, Michigan [1] that is the remainder of past stamp mill operations at the Quincy Mining Company Stamp Mills. [2] Still standing and mostly occupied are 23 mining company houses, all along M-26. Mason has been dubbed by some locals "shutter town," because each house had its own distinct ...
A detail from A New Map of Michigan with its Canals, Roads & Distances (1842) by Henry Schenck Tanner, showing Mason County as "Notipeskago" (a misspelling of Notipekago, the county's name from 1840 to 1843. [4]) Several nearby counties are also shown with names that would later be changed.
Michigan Place Names: The History of the Founding and the Naming of More Than Five Thousand Past and Present Michigan Communities. Detroit, Michigan: Wayne State University Press. ISBN 978-0-8143-1838-6. Vogel, Virgil J. (1986). Indian Names in Michigan. Ann Arbor, Michigan: University of Michigan Press. pp. 244, 8 B&W photographs & 3 maps.
The township was first settled in 1836 by the Rolfe family. The Michigan legislature approved the creation of Vevay Township from a portion of Aurelius Township on March 6, 1838. The township received its name from Vevay, Indiana. The village of Mason was part of Vevay Township until it incorporated as a city in 1875. Since then, the city has ...
The township is in northwestern Mason County. U.S. Route 31 runs north to south along the township's eastern border. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 36.50 square miles (94.53 km 2), of which 35.93 square miles (93.06 km 2) are land and 0.57 square miles (1.48 km 2), or 1.56%, are water. [1]
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