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Marquette County (/ m ɑːr ˈ k ɛ t / mar-KET) is a county located in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the population was 66,017. [2] It is the most populous county in the Upper Peninsula. The county seat is Marquette. [3] The county is named for Father Marquette, a Jesuit missionary. It was set off in ...
The Marquette County Courthouse is a government building located at 234 West Baraga Ave in Marquette, Michigan. It designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1976 [2] and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. [1] The courthouse was the setting of the 1959 film Anatomy of a Murder, directed by Otto Preminger.
Michigan's 109th House of Representatives district (also referred to as Michigan's 109th House district) is a legislative district within the Michigan House of Representatives located in part of Dickinson County, as well as all of Alger, Baraga, and Marquette counties. [2]
The township is bordered to the southeast by the city of Marquette, the county seat, and to the northeast by Lake Superior.According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 60.86 square metres (0.00 km 2), of which 55.35 square miles (143.36 km 2) are land and 5.50 square metres (0.00 km 2), or 9.04%, are water.
Marquette (/ m ɑːr ˈ k ɛ t / mar-KET) is the county seat of Marquette County and the largest city in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, United States. Located on the shores of Lake Superior , Marquette is a major port known primarily for shipping iron ore from the Marquette Iron Range .
Forsyth Township is a civil township of Marquette County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 6,194 at the 2020 census. [2] The township was named for O. F. Forsyth, general agent for a mining firm in the area. [5]
Michigan: County: Marquette: Government ... 34.8/sq mi (13.4/km 2) Time zone: ... Sands Township is a civil township of Marquette County in the U.S. state of Michigan.
The township is in western Marquette County, bordered to the west by Baraga and Iron counties and to the south by Dickinson County.According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 119.55 square miles (309.63 km 2), of which 111.41 square miles (288.55 km 2) are land and 8.14 square miles (21.08 km 2), or 6.81%, are water. [1]