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Hancock is a city in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan.The population of Hancock was 4,501 at the 2020 United States census.The city is located within Houghton County, and is situated upon the Keweenaw Waterway, a channel of Lake Superior that cuts across the Keweenaw Peninsula.
ZIP Code: 49931. Area code: ... of the distance events of the Keweenaw Chain Drive bike races of Houghton and Hancock takes place in ... Houghton, MI. Gray, Dick ...
ZIP code(s) 49930 . Area code: 906: ... GNIS feature ID: 1626429 [2] Hancock Township is a civil township of Houghton County in the U.S. state of Michigan.
The synagogue is located near the north end of the lift bridge which connects the two towns of Houghton and Hancock. It was built on land purchased from the Quincy Mining Company and was dedicated in September 1912. The cornerstone inscribes the building in memory of Jacob, son of Israel Gartner, who was a generous contributor and fundraiser.
Houghton County (/ ˈ h oʊ t ən /; HOH-tən) is a county in the Upper Peninsula in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census , the population was 37,361. [ 2 ] The county seat and largest city is Houghton .
The area is on Quincy Hill, northeast of Hancock, and lying partially within Quincy Township and partially within Franklin Township. Franklin Mine is located at 47°08′24″N 88°34′24″W / 47.14000°N 88.57333°W / 47.14000; -88.57333 and is named after the eponymous
Ransom B. Shelden, Jr. was born on June 10, 1852, the same year his father arrived in Houghton. He was the first child born of a settler in Houghton County. In 1893, Ransom B. Shelden, Jr. purchased several lots on College Avenue from his father's copper company. By 1896, he had built this Queen Anne house for his family. However, the Sheldens ...
Charles F. O'Connell, "Quincy Mining Company: Stamp Mills and Milling Technology, c. 1860–1931", Quincy Mining Company, Hancock, Houghton, MI, HAER MI-2, Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record/Historic American Landscapes Survey, pp. 563– 640