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Like other Upper Peninsula state forests, Copper Country is made up of clear cut parcels of forest land in thinly settled portions of counties such as Baraga County and Dickinson County. The state of Michigan acquired these land parcels after they had been stripped of their old growth trees in the late 19th and early 20th centuries; today, the ...
This is a list of Superfund sites in Michigan designated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) environmental law.The CERCLA federal law of 1980 authorized the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to create a list of polluted locations requiring a long-term response to clean up hazardous material contaminations. [1]
Census-designated places in Oceana County, Michigan (1 P) Census-designated places in Ogemaw County, Michigan (2 P) Census-designated places in Ontonagon County, Michigan (8 P)
This relatively small area of 3,450 acres (14 km 2), situated on the east shore of Lake Michigan is one of the two designated wilderness areas in Michigan, and one of few in the U.S. with an extensive lake shore dunes ecosystem. Most of the dunes are 3500 to 4000 years old and some stand about 140 feet (43 m) higher than the lake.
In the 2020 census, the state contained 212 CDPs, which is 53 more than reported in the 2010 census. Newly designated CDPs will not have 2010 census information since that CDP did not exist at the time. In the cases where a CDP spans multiple townships or counties, the township and county listed first contains the largest land area for the CDP.
There are a total of 212 distinct units, which account for a total approximate land area of 688,000 acres (278,000 ha) or 1,075 square miles (2,780 km 2). Some units encompass very large areas, with the largest being the Allegan State Game Area at 51,250 acres (20,740 ha) or 80 square miles (210 km 2). The smallest unit is the Mud Creek ...
Michigan County History and atlases, digitized database, including Powers, Perry F., assisted by H.G. Cutler, A History of Northern Michigan and its People (1912) Michigan County names per the Michigan government. Archived July 28, 2009, at the Wayback Machine; Table of dates counties laid out and organized; History of the name Sheboygan
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