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<h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading mw-first-heading"><span class="mw-page-title-main">Houghton County, Michigan</span></h1> <div id="p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="Go to an article in another language. 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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houghton_K%C5%ABn_(Michigan)" title="Houghton Kūn (Michigan) – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Houghton Kūn (Michigan)" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%BE%D1%83%D1%82%D1%8A%D0%BD_(%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%8A%D0%B3)" title="Хоутън (окръг) – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Хоутън (окръг)" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bar mw-list-item"><a href="https://bar.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houghton_County,_Michigan" title="Houghton County, Michigan – Bavarian" lang="bar" hreflang="bar" data-title="Houghton County, Michigan" data-language-autonym="Boarisch" data-language-local-name="Bavarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Boarisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houghton_County" title="Houghton County – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Houghton County" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houghton_County" title="Houghton County – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Houghton County" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houghton_County,_Michigan" title="Houghton County, Michigan – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Houghton County, Michigan" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houghton_County" title="Houghton County – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Houghton County" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condado_de_Houghton" title="Condado de Houghton – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Condado de Houghton" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kantono_Houghton" title="Kantono Houghton – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Kantono Houghton" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houghton_konderria_(Michigan)" title="Houghton konderria (Michigan) – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Houghton konderria (Michigan)" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%87%D9%88%DA%AF%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86" title="شهرستان هوگتون – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="شهرستان هوگتون" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comt%C3%A9_de_Houghton" title="Comté de Houghton – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Comté de Houghton" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-glk mw-list-item"><a href="https://glk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%88%DA%AF%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%9A_%D8%B4%D8%A3%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86_(%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B4%D9%8A%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%86)" title="هوگتون ٚ شأرستان (ميشيگان) – Gilaki" lang="glk" hreflang="glk" data-title="هوگتون ٚ شأرستان (ميشيگان)" data-language-autonym="گیلکی" data-language-local-name="Gilaki" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>گیلکی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%98%B8%ED%8A%BC%EA%B5%B0" title="호튼군 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="호튼군" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%80%D5%A1%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%BF%D5%B8%D5%B6_%D5%B7%D6%80%D5%BB%D5%A1%D5%B6_(%D5%84%D5%AB%D5%B9%D5%AB%D5%A3%D5%A1%D5%B6)" title="Հաուտոն շրջան (Միչիգան) – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Հաուտոն շրջան (Միչիգան)" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bpy mw-list-item"><a href="https://bpy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B9%E0%A7%8C%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%A8_%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%BF,_%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8" title="হৌগটন কাউন্টি, মিশিগান – Bishnupriya" lang="bpy" hreflang="bpy" data-title="হৌগটন কাউন্টি, মিশিগান" data-language-autonym="বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী" data-language-local-name="Bishnupriya" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contea_di_Houghton" title="Contea di Houghton – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Contea di Houghton" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houghton_Comitatus" title="Houghton Comitatus – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Houghton Comitatus" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houghton_megye" title="Houghton megye – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Houghton megye" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%88%DA%AF%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86_(%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%B4%DB%8C%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%86)" title="هوگتون شهرستان (میشیگان) – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="هوگتون شهرستان (میشیگان)" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مازِرونی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cdo mw-list-item"><a href="https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houghton_G%C3%B4ng_(Michigan)" title="Houghton Gông (Michigan) – Mindong" lang="cdo" hreflang="cdo" data-title="Houghton Gông (Michigan)" data-language-autonym="閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄" data-language-local-name="Mindong" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houghton_County" title="Houghton County – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Houghton County" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9B%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88%E3%83%B3%E9%83%A1_(%E3%83%9F%E3%82%B7%E3%82%AC%E3%83%B3%E5%B7%9E)" title="ホートン郡 (ミシガン州) – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ホートン郡 (ミシガン州)" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houghton_County" title="Houghton County – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Houghton County" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%81%D9%88%D9%B9%D9%86_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%A4%D9%86%D9%B9%DB%8C" title="ہوٹن کاؤنٹی – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="ہوٹن کاؤنٹی" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houghton_County" title="Houghton County – Low German" lang="nds" hreflang="nds" data-title="Houghton County" data-language-autonym="Plattdüütsch" data-language-local-name="Low German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Plattdüütsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hrabstwo_Houghton" title="Hrabstwo Houghton – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Hrabstwo Houghton" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condado_de_Houghton_(Michigan)" title="Condado de Houghton (Michigan) – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Condado de Houghton (Michigan)" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comitatul_Houghton,_Michigan" title="Comitatul Houghton, Michigan – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Comitatul Houghton, Michigan" data-language-autonym="Română" 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.ib-settlement .maptable{border:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-header,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-below{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-above{font-size:125%;line-height:1.3em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-subheader{background-color:#cddeff;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-native{font-weight:normal;padding-top:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-other-name{font-size:78%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-official{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption{padding:0.3em 0 0 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption-link{padding:0.2em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-nickname{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-fn{font-weight:normal;display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-settlement vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">Houghton County</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><a href="/wiki/County_(United_States)" title="County (United States)">County</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Houghton_County_Courthouse_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Houghton County Courthouse"><img alt="Houghton County Courthouse" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Houghton_County_Courthouse_2.jpg/300px-Houghton_County_Courthouse_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Houghton_County_Courthouse_2.jpg/450px-Houghton_County_Courthouse_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Houghton_County_Courthouse_2.jpg/600px-Houghton_County_Courthouse_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5184" data-file-height="3456" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption"><a href="/wiki/Houghton_County_Courthouse" title="Houghton County Courthouse">Houghton County Courthouse</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data maptable"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1028600610">.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols{text-align:center;display:table;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-row{display:table-row}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cell{display:table-cell;vertical-align:middle}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cellt{display:table-cell;vertical-align:top}</style> <div class="ib-settlement-cols"> <div class="ib-settlement-cols-row"><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Houghton_County,_Michigan_logo.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Official seal of Houghton County"><img alt="Official seal of Houghton County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/0d/Houghton_County%2C_Michigan_logo.png/100px-Houghton_County%2C_Michigan_logo.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="95" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/0d/Houghton_County%2C_Michigan_logo.png/150px-Houghton_County%2C_Michigan_logo.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/0d/Houghton_County%2C_Michigan_logo.png/200px-Houghton_County%2C_Michigan_logo.png 2x" data-file-width="298" data-file-height="284" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link">Seal</div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Michigan_highlighting_Houghton_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Location within the U.S. state of Michigan"><img alt="Map of Michigan highlighting Houghton County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Map_of_Michigan_highlighting_Houghton_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Michigan_highlighting_Houghton_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="351" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Map_of_Michigan_highlighting_Houghton_County.svg/450px-Map_of_Michigan_highlighting_Houghton_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Map_of_Michigan_highlighting_Houghton_County.svg/600px-Map_of_Michigan_highlighting_Houghton_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="962" data-file-height="1127" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Location within the U.S. state of <a href="/wiki/Michigan" title="Michigan">Michigan</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Michigan_in_United_States.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Michigan's location within the U.S."><img alt="Map of the United States highlighting Michigan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Michigan_in_United_States.svg/300px-Michigan_in_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="186" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Michigan_in_United_States.svg/450px-Michigan_in_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Michigan_in_United_States.svg/600px-Michigan_in_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1181" data-file-height="731" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Michigan's location within the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">U.S.</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Houghton_County,_Michigan&params=46.98_N_88.65_W_type:city(37361)"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">46°59′N</span> <span class="longitude">88°39′W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">46.98°N 88.65°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">46.98; -88.65</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span>United States</span></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">State</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Flag_of_Michigan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Michigan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Flag_of_Michigan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Michigan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Flag_of_Michigan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Michigan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="685" data-file-height="457" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Michigan" title="Michigan">Michigan</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1843 (set off)<br />1845 (boundaries described)<br />1846 (organized)<br />1848 (re-organized)<sup id="cite_ref-clarke_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-clarke-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Namesake" title="Namesake">Named for</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Douglass_Houghton" title="Douglass Houghton">Douglass Houghton</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/County_seat" title="County seat">Seat</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Houghton,_Michigan" title="Houghton, Michigan">Houghton</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Largest city</th><td class="infobox-data">Houghton</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">1,502 sq mi (3,890 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Land</th><td class="infobox-data">1,009 sq mi (2,610 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Water</th><td class="infobox-data">492 sq mi (1,270 km<sup>2</sup>)  33%</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(<a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020</a>)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">37,361</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">36/sq mi (14/km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%925" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC−5">UTC−5</a> (<a href="/wiki/Eastern_Time_Zone" title="Eastern Time Zone">Eastern</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%924" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC−4">UTC−4</a> (<a href="/wiki/Eastern_Time_Zone" title="Eastern Time Zone">EDT</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Congressional district</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Michigan%27s_1st_congressional_district" title="Michigan's 1st congressional district">1st</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.houghtoncounty.net/">www<wbr />.houghtoncounty<wbr />.net</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Copper-24624.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Copper-24624.jpg/220px-Copper-24624.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="118" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Copper-24624.jpg/330px-Copper-24624.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Copper-24624.jpg/440px-Copper-24624.jpg 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="385" /></a><figcaption>Old specimen of <a href="/wiki/Native_copper" title="Native copper">native copper</a> from Houghton County. Houghton County hosted a major copper-mining industry in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Houghton County</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'h' in 'hi'">h</span><span title="/oʊ/: 'o' in 'code'">oʊ</span><span title="'t' in 'tie'">t</span><span title="/ən/: 'on' in 'button'">ən</span></span>/</a></span></span>; <a href="/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" title="Help:Pronunciation respelling key"><i title="English pronunciation respelling"><span style="font-size:90%">HOH</span>-tən</i></a>) is a <a href="/wiki/County_(United_States)" title="County (United States)">county</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Upper_peninsula" class="mw-redirect" title="Upper peninsula">Upper Peninsula</a> in the <a href="/wiki/U.S._state" title="U.S. state">U.S. state</a> of <a href="/wiki/Michigan" title="Michigan">Michigan</a>. As of the <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020 census</a>, the population was 37,361.<sup id="cite_ref-QF_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-QF-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/County_seat" title="County seat">county seat</a> and largest city is <a href="/wiki/Houghton,_Michigan" title="Houghton, Michigan">Houghton</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Both the county and the city were named for Michigan State geologist and Detroit Mayor <a href="/wiki/Douglass_Houghton" title="Douglass Houghton">Douglass Houghton</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Houghton County is part of the <a href="/wiki/Houghton_micropolitan_area" class="mw-redirect" title="Houghton micropolitan area">Houghton Micropolitan Statistical Area</a>, which also includes <a href="/wiki/Keweenaw_County,_Michigan" title="Keweenaw County, Michigan">Keweenaw County</a>, and was part of <a href="/wiki/Copper_Country" title="Copper Country">Copper Country</a> during the mining boom of the latter half of the 19th century and the early part of the 20th century. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Houghton_County,_Michigan&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1843, the <a href="/wiki/Upper_Peninsula" class="mw-redirect" title="Upper Peninsula">Upper Peninsula</a> was divided into Mackinac, Chippewa, Marquette, Schoolcraft, Delta, and Ontonagon Counties.<sup id="cite_ref-Sawyer,_p._466_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sawyer,_p._466-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1845, Houghton County boundaries were defined, with areas partitioned from Marquette and Ontonagon Counties. The new county was named after Douglass Houghton, the new state's first <a href="/wiki/Michigan_Geological_Survey" title="Michigan Geological Survey">State Geologist</a>, who extensively explored the Upper Peninsula's mineralogy.<sup id="cite_ref-Sawyer,_p._466_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sawyer,_p._466-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The original boundaries of Houghton County included the future Keweenaw and Baraga Counties.<sup id="cite_ref-Sawyer,_p._467_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sawyer,_p._467-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1846, the county was organized into three townships: <a href="/wiki/Eagle_Harbor_Township,_Michigan" title="Eagle Harbor Township, Michigan">Eagle Harbor</a>, <a href="/wiki/Houghton_Township,_Michigan" title="Houghton Township, Michigan">Houghton</a>, and <a href="/wiki/L%27Anse_Township,_Michigan" title="L'Anse Township, Michigan">L'Anse</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Sawyer,_p._467_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sawyer,_p._467-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Keweenaw_County" class="mw-redirect" title="Keweenaw County">Keweenaw County</a> was set off from Houghton County in 1861 and Baraga County was set off in 1875.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Houghton County's history is heavily marked by immigration. At one of the peaks of its population, the 1910 census had 40.6% of its population of 88,098 as foreign-born, with 89.3% of the population being either foreign-born or having at one or both of their parents as foreign-born. 70.6% of all voters were foreign-born, and only 5.1% of voters were native-born with native parents. This amalgam of immigrants from dozens of countries created a unique culture, especially once population growth stopped, and the county shrank in population to its current numbers. Heavily representative among many ethnicities were the Finnish. The 1910 census listed 13.1% of the residents being Finnish-born (out of the 32.3% total of the residents listed as foreign-born). The 2010 census lists almost the same proportion (32.5%) of the population as having Finnish ancestors.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Finlandia_University_Entrance_Sign_Hancock_Michigan_2021-2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Finlandia_University_Entrance_Sign_Hancock_Michigan_2021-2.jpg/220px-Finlandia_University_Entrance_Sign_Hancock_Michigan_2021-2.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="176" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Finlandia_University_Entrance_Sign_Hancock_Michigan_2021-2.jpg/330px-Finlandia_University_Entrance_Sign_Hancock_Michigan_2021-2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Finlandia_University_Entrance_Sign_Hancock_Michigan_2021-2.jpg/440px-Finlandia_University_Entrance_Sign_Hancock_Michigan_2021-2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5025" data-file-height="4020" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Finlandia_University" title="Finlandia University">Finlandia University</a> in <a href="/wiki/Hancock,_Michigan" title="Hancock, Michigan">Hancock</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Amid the <a href="/wiki/Great_Depression" title="Great Depression">Great Depression</a> of the 1930s, a sharp increase in unemployment among workers in the mining and timber industries caused a pivot to potato production. For a brief time in the 1930s and 1940s, the region became a major exporter of potatoes within the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In June 2018, a major <a href="/wiki/Flash_flood" title="Flash flood">flash flood</a> caused <a href="/wiki/Sinkhole" title="Sinkhole">sinkholes</a> and <a href="/wiki/Washout_(erosion)" title="Washout (erosion)">washouts</a> in the towns of Chassell, Houghton, Ripley, Lake Linden, and Hubbell.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Houghton_County,_Michigan&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Quincy_Street_Hancock_Michigan_2020-1438.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Quincy_Street_Hancock_Michigan_2020-1438.jpg/170px-Quincy_Street_Hancock_Michigan_2020-1438.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="238" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Quincy_Street_Hancock_Michigan_2020-1438.jpg/255px-Quincy_Street_Hancock_Michigan_2020-1438.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Quincy_Street_Hancock_Michigan_2020-1438.jpg/340px-Quincy_Street_Hancock_Michigan_2020-1438.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3456" data-file-height="4838" /></a><figcaption>Quincy Street in <a href="/wiki/Hancock,_Michigan" title="Hancock, Michigan">Hancock, Michigan</a></figcaption></figure> <p>According to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Census_Bureau" title="United States Census Bureau">U.S. Census Bureau</a>, the county has an area of 1,502 square miles (3,890 km<sup>2</sup>), of which 1,009 square miles (2,610 km<sup>2</sup>) is land and 492 square miles (1,270 km<sup>2</sup>) (33%) is water.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Portage_Lake_Lift_Bridge" title="Portage Lake Lift Bridge">Portage Lift Bridge</a> crosses <a href="/wiki/Portage_Lake_(Keweenaw)" class="mw-redirect" title="Portage Lake (Keweenaw)">Portage Lake</a>, connecting <a href="/wiki/Hancock,_Michigan" title="Hancock, Michigan">Hancock</a> and <a href="/wiki/Houghton,_Michigan" title="Houghton, Michigan">Houghton, Michigan</a>, by crossing over <a href="/wiki/Keweenaw_Waterway" title="Keweenaw Waterway">Portage Lake</a>, which is part of the river and canal system that spans the peninsula. The Portage Lift Bridge is the world's heaviest and widest double-decked vertical lift bridge. Its center span "lifts" to provide 100 feet (30 m) of clearance for ships. Since rail traffic was discontinued in the Keweenaw, the lower deck accommodates <a href="/wiki/Snowmobile" title="Snowmobile">snowmobile</a> traffic in the winter. This is the only land-based link between the <a href="/wiki/Keweenaw_Peninsula" title="Keweenaw Peninsula">Keweenaw Peninsula</a>'s north and south sections, making it crucial to local transportation.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Major_highways">Major highways</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Houghton_County,_Michigan&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Major highways"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/US_41.svg/24px-US_41.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/US_41.svg/36px-US_41.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/US_41.svg/48px-US_41.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_41_in_Michigan" title="U.S. Route 41 in Michigan">US 41</a> runs from the southeast corner of the county, north and northwest to Chassell and Houghton, then northeast to Copper Harbor.</li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/M-26.svg/24px-M-26.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/M-26.svg/36px-M-26.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/M-26.svg/48px-M-26.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/M-26_(Michigan_highway)" title="M-26 (Michigan highway)">M-26</a> enters the western portion of county from Mass City and runs northeast through South Range and Houghton to intersect with US 41 at Keweenaw Park.</li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/M-28.svg/24px-M-28.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/M-28.svg/36px-M-28.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/M-28.svg/48px-M-28.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/M-28_(Michigan_highway)" title="M-28 (Michigan highway)">M-28</a> runs east–west across lower portion of county, past Kenton and Sidnaw.</li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/M-38.svg/24px-M-38.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/M-38.svg/36px-M-38.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/M-38.svg/48px-M-38.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/M-38_(Michigan_highway)" title="M-38 (Michigan highway)">M-38</a> runs east–west across center of county, past White, Nisula, and Alston.</li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/M-203_rectangle.svg/30px-M-203_rectangle.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/M-203_rectangle.svg/45px-M-203_rectangle.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/M-203_rectangle.svg/60px-M-203_rectangle.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/M-203_(Michigan_highway)" title="M-203 (Michigan highway)">M-203</a> runs northwest from Houghton, then loops northeast and east to intersect with US 41.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Airport">Airport</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Houghton_County,_Michigan&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Airport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Prickett-Grooms_Field" class="mw-redirect" title="Prickett-Grooms Field">Prickett-Grooms Field</a> (<a href="/wiki/Federal_Aviation_Administration" title="Federal Aviation Administration">FAA</a> <a href="/wiki/Location_identifier" title="Location identifier">LID</a>: <b>6Y9</b>) privately owned public-use general-aviation daytime-access airport at Sidnaw (since 1940s).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Houghton_County_Memorial_Airport" title="Houghton County Memorial Airport">Houghton County Memorial Airport</a> (KCMX) between Hancock and Calumet (since 1948). General-aviation and limited commercial airline service.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Adjacent_counties">Adjacent counties</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Houghton_County,_Michigan&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Adjacent counties"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Keweenaw_County,_Michigan" title="Keweenaw County, Michigan">Keweenaw County</a>, north</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baraga_County,_Michigan" title="Baraga County, Michigan">Baraga County</a>, east</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iron_County,_Michigan" title="Iron County, Michigan">Iron County</a>, south border (on <a href="/wiki/Central_Time_Zone" title="Central Time Zone">Central Time Zone</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ontonagon_County,_Michigan" title="Ontonagon County, Michigan">Ontonagon County</a>, west</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="National_protected_areas">National protected areas</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Houghton_County,_Michigan&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: National protected areas"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Keweenaw_National_Historical_Park" title="Keweenaw National Historical Park">Keweenaw National Historical Park</a> (part)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ottawa_National_Forest" title="Ottawa National Forest">Ottawa National Forest</a> (part)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Climate">Climate</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Houghton_County,_Michigan&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table> <tbody><tr> <td><table class="infobox" style="width: 19.5em; float: left; clear: left; margin-left:0em;margin-right:1em; text-align: center; border: solid 1px silver" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody><tr><th> Houghton County </th></tr> <tr><th style="font-size: 90%">Climate chart (<a href="/wiki/Template:Climate_chart/How_to_read_a_climate_chart" title="Template:Climate chart/How to read a climate chart">explanation</a>)</th></tr> <tr><td><table class="infobox" style="width: 100%; margin: 0; float: left; clear: left; margin-left:0em;margin-right:1em; text-align: center; border: none; font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody><tr> <td><div style="width:1.5em;text-align:center;">J</div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;text-align:center;">F</div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;text-align:center;">M</div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;text-align:center;">A</div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;text-align:center;">M</div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;text-align:center;">J</div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;text-align:center;">J</div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;text-align:center;">A</div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;text-align:center;">S</div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;text-align:center;">O</div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;text-align:center;">N</div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;text-align:center;">D</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="width:1.6em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact;color-adjust: exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:1em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">50</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact;color-adjust: exact;position:absolute;left:.4em;width:0.8em;bottom:5.2em;height:0.4em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:5.6em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">−12</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:3.7em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">−14</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.6em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact;color-adjust: exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:1.5em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">75</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact;color-adjust: exact;position:absolute;left:.4em;width:0.8em;bottom:4.8em;height:1.8em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:6.6em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">−7</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:3.3em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">−16</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.6em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact;color-adjust: exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:1.28em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">64</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact;color-adjust: exact;position:absolute;left:.4em;width:0.8em;bottom:5.6em;height:2em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:7.6em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">−2</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:4.1em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">−12</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.6em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact;color-adjust: exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:2.08em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">104</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact;color-adjust: exact;position:absolute;left:.4em;width:0.8em;bottom:7.6em;height:2.2em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:9.8em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">9</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:6.1em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">−2</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.6em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact;color-adjust: exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:2.22em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">111</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact;color-adjust: exact;position:absolute;left:.4em;width:0.8em;bottom:9em;height:2.4em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:11.4em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">17</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:7.5em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">5</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.6em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact;color-adjust: exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:2.76em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">138</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact;color-adjust: exact;position:absolute;left:.4em;width:0.8em;bottom:10em;height:2.2em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:12.2em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">21</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:8.5em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">10</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.6em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact;color-adjust: exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:2.52em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">126</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact;color-adjust: exact;position:absolute;left:.4em;width:0.8em;bottom:10.8em;height:1.6em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:12.4em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">22</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:9.3em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">14</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.6em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact;color-adjust: exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:1.92em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">96</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact;color-adjust: exact;position:absolute;left:.4em;width:0.8em;bottom:11em;height:1.2em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:12.2em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">21</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:9.5em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">15</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.6em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact;color-adjust: exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:2.06em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">103</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact;color-adjust: exact;position:absolute;left:.4em;width:0.8em;bottom:10em;height:1.8em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:11.8em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">19</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:8.5em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">10</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.6em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact;color-adjust: exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:2.58em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">129</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact;color-adjust: exact;position:absolute;left:.4em;width:0.8em;bottom:8.4em;height:2em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:10.4em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">12</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:6.9em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">2</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.6em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact;color-adjust: exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:2.1em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">105</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact;color-adjust: exact;position:absolute;left:.4em;width:0.8em;bottom:7.4em;height:1.4em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:8.8em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">4</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:5.9em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">−3</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.6em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact;color-adjust: exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:1.18em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">59</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact;color-adjust: exact;position:absolute;left:.4em;width:0.8em;bottom:5.6em;height:0.2em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:5.8em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">−11</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:4.1em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">−12</span></div> </div></td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="12" style="padding: 2px; text-align: left; line-height: 1.5em"><span style="color: red; background-color: red">█</span> Average max. and min. temperatures in °C</td></tr> <tr><td colspan="12" style="padding: 2px; text-align: left; line-height: 1.5em"><span style="color: #aaccee; background-color: #aaccee">█</span> Precipitation totals in mm</td></tr><tr><td colspan="12" style="padding: 2px; text-align: left; line-height: 1.5em">Source: <sup id="cite_ref-nasa_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nasa-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr> <tr><td> <table class="infobox mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width: 100%; margin: 0; float: left; clear: left; margin-left:0em;margin-right:1em; text-align: center; border: none; font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody><tr><th colspan="12">Imperial conversion</th></tr> <tr><td>J</td><td>F</td><td>M</td><td>A</td><td>M</td><td>J</td><td>J</td><td>A</td><td>S</td><td>O</td><td>N</td><td>D</td></tr> <tr> <td><div style="width:1.6em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:1em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">2</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;left:.4em;width:0.8em;bottom:5.2em;height:0.4em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:5.6em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">10</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:3.7em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">7</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.6em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:1.5em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">3</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;left:.4em;width:0.8em;bottom:4.8em;height:1.8em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:6.6em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">19</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:3.3em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">3</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.6em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:1.28em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">2.5</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;left:.4em;width:0.8em;bottom:5.6em;height:2em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:7.6em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">28</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:4.1em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">10</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.6em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:2.08em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">4.1</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;left:.4em;width:0.8em;bottom:7.6em;height:2.2em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:9.8em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">48</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:6.1em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">28</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.6em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:2.22em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">4.4</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;left:.4em;width:0.8em;bottom:9em;height:2.4em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:11.4em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">63</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:7.5em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">41</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.6em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:2.76em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">5.4</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;left:.4em;width:0.8em;bottom:10em;height:2.2em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:12.2em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">70</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:8.5em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">50</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.6em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:2.52em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">5</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;left:.4em;width:0.8em;bottom:10.8em;height:1.6em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:12.4em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">72</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:9.3em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">57</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.6em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:1.92em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">3.8</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;left:.4em;width:0.8em;bottom:11em;height:1.2em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:12.2em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">70</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:9.5em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">59</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.6em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:2.06em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">4.1</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;left:.4em;width:0.8em;bottom:10em;height:1.8em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:11.8em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">66</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:8.5em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">50</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.6em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:2.58em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">5.1</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;left:.4em;width:0.8em;bottom:8.4em;height:2em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:10.4em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">54</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:6.9em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">36</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.6em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:2.1em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">4.1</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;left:.4em;width:0.8em;bottom:7.4em;height:1.4em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:8.8em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">39</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:5.9em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">27</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.6em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:1.18em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">2.3</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;left:.4em;width:0.8em;bottom:5.6em;height:0.2em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:5.8em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">12</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:4.1em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">10</span></div> </div></td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="12" style="padding: 2px; text-align: left; line-height: 1.5em"><span style="color: red; background-color: red">█</span> Average max. and min. temperatures in °F</td></tr> <tr><td colspan="12" style="padding: 2px; text-align: left; line-height: 1.5em"><span style="color: #aaccee; background-color: #aaccee">█</span> Precipitation totals in inches</td></tr> </tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Communities">Communities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Houghton_County,_Michigan&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Communities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Houghton_County,_MI_census_map.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Houghton_County%2C_MI_census_map.png/400px-Houghton_County%2C_MI_census_map.png" decoding="async" width="400" height="579" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Houghton_County%2C_MI_census_map.png/600px-Houghton_County%2C_MI_census_map.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Houghton_County%2C_MI_census_map.png/800px-Houghton_County%2C_MI_census_map.png 2x" data-file-width="1450" data-file-height="2100" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/United_States_Census" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Census">U.S. Census</a> data map showing local municipal boundaries within Houghton County. Shaded areas represent incorporated cities.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cities">Cities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Houghton_County,_Michigan&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Cities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hancock,_Michigan" title="Hancock, Michigan">Hancock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Houghton,_Michigan" title="Houghton, Michigan">Houghton</a> (county seat)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Villages">Villages</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Houghton_County,_Michigan&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Villages"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Calumet,_Michigan" title="Calumet, Michigan">Calumet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Copper_City,_Michigan" title="Copper City, Michigan">Copper City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Linden,_Michigan" title="Lake Linden, Michigan">Lake Linden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laurium,_Michigan" title="Laurium, Michigan">Laurium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Range,_Michigan" title="South Range, Michigan">South Range</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Charter_townships">Charter townships</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Houghton_County,_Michigan&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Charter townships"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Calumet_Charter_Township,_Michigan" title="Calumet Charter Township, Michigan">Calumet Charter Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portage_Charter_Township,_Michigan" title="Portage Charter Township, Michigan">Portage Charter Township</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Civil_townships">Civil townships</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Houghton_County,_Michigan&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Civil townships"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 15em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adams_Township,_Houghton_County,_Michigan" title="Adams Township, Houghton County, Michigan">Adams Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chassell_Township,_Michigan" title="Chassell Township, Michigan">Chassell Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duncan_Township,_Michigan" title="Duncan Township, Michigan">Duncan Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elm_River_Township,_Michigan" title="Elm River Township, Michigan">Elm River Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin_Township,_Houghton_County,_Michigan" title="Franklin Township, Houghton County, Michigan">Franklin Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hancock_Township,_Michigan" title="Hancock Township, Michigan">Hancock Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laird_Township,_Michigan" title="Laird Township, Michigan">Laird Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Osceola_Township,_Houghton_County,_Michigan" title="Osceola Township, Houghton County, Michigan">Osceola Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quincy_Township,_Houghton_County,_Michigan" title="Quincy Township, Houghton County, Michigan">Quincy Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Schoolcraft_Township,_Houghton_County,_Michigan" title="Schoolcraft Township, Houghton County, Michigan">Schoolcraft Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stanton_Township,_Michigan" title="Stanton Township, Michigan">Stanton Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Torch_Lake_Township,_Houghton_County,_Michigan" title="Torch Lake Township, Houghton County, Michigan">Torch Lake Township</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Census-designated_places">Census-designated places</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Houghton_County,_Michigan&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Census-designated places"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Mine,_Michigan" title="Atlantic Mine, Michigan">Atlantic Mine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chassell,_Michigan" title="Chassell, Michigan">Chassell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dodgeville,_Michigan" title="Dodgeville, Michigan">Dodgeville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dollar_Bay,_Michigan" title="Dollar Bay, Michigan">Dollar Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hubbell,_Michigan" title="Hubbell, Michigan">Hubbell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hurontown,_Michigan" title="Hurontown, Michigan">Hurontown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Painesdale,_Michigan" title="Painesdale, Michigan">Painesdale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trimountain,_Michigan" title="Trimountain, Michigan">Trimountain</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_unincorporated_communities">Other unincorporated communities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Houghton_County,_Michigan&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Other unincorporated communities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 15em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alston,_Michigan" class="mw-redirect" title="Alston, Michigan">Alston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portage_Charter_Township,_Michigan" title="Portage Charter Township, Michigan">Askel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baltic,_Michigan" class="mw-redirect" title="Baltic, Michigan">Baltic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beacon_Hill,_Michigan" class="mw-redirect" title="Beacon Hill, Michigan">Beacon Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calumet_Charter_Township,_Michigan" title="Calumet Charter Township, Michigan">Blue Jacket</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Torch_Lake_Township,_Houghton_County,_Michigan" title="Torch Lake Township, Houghton County, Michigan">Bootjack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin_Township,_Houghton_County,_Michigan" title="Franklin Township, Houghton County, Michigan">Boston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Centennial,_Michigan" title="Centennial, Michigan">Centennial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calumet_Charter_Township,_Michigan" title="Calumet Charter Township, Michigan">Centennial Heights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adams_Township,_Houghton_County,_Michigan" title="Adams Township, Houghton County, Michigan">Champion Mine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Torch_Lake_Township,_Houghton_County,_Michigan" title="Torch Lake Township, Houghton County, Michigan">Chickenville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dakota_Heights,_Michigan" title="Dakota Heights, Michigan">Dakota Heights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donken,_Michigan" title="Donken, Michigan">Donken</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dreamland,_Michigan" title="Dreamland, Michigan">Dreamland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portage_Charter_Township,_Michigan" title="Portage Charter Township, Michigan">Elo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calumet_Charter_Township,_Michigan" title="Calumet Charter Township, Michigan">Florida</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin_Mine,_Michigan" title="Franklin Mine, Michigan">Franklin Mine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freda,_Michigan" title="Freda, Michigan">Freda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frost,_Houghton_County,_Michigan" class="mw-redirect" title="Frost, Houghton County, Michigan">Frost</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gregoryville,_Michigan" title="Gregoryville, Michigan">Gregoryville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kearsarge,_Michigan" title="Kearsarge, Michigan">Kearsarge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenton,_Michigan" class="mw-redirect" title="Kenton, Michigan">Kenton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Klingville,_Michigan" title="Klingville, Michigan">Klingville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elm_River_Township,_Michigan" title="Elm River Township, Michigan">Lake Roland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stanton_Township,_Michigan" title="Stanton Township, Michigan">Liminga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mason,_Houghton_County,_Michigan" title="Mason, Houghton County, Michigan">Mason</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nisula,_Michigan" title="Nisula, Michigan">Nisula</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin_Township,_Houghton_County,_Michigan" title="Franklin Township, Houghton County, Michigan">Oneco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calumet_Charter_Township,_Michigan" title="Calumet Charter Township, Michigan">Osceola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stanton_Township,_Michigan" title="Stanton Township, Michigan">Oskar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin_Township,_Houghton_County,_Michigan" title="Franklin Township, Houghton County, Michigan">Paavola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin_Township,_Houghton_County,_Michigan" title="Franklin Township, Houghton County, Michigan">Pewabic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phillipsville,_Michigan" title="Phillipsville, Michigan">Phillipsville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portage_Charter_Township,_Michigan" title="Portage Charter Township, Michigan">Pilgrim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Torch_Lake_Township,_Houghton_County,_Michigan" title="Torch Lake Township, Houghton County, Michigan">Point Mills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laird_Township,_Michigan" title="Laird Township, Michigan">Pori</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portage_Entry,_Michigan" class="mw-redirect" title="Portage Entry, Michigan">Portage Entry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Torch_Lake_Township,_Houghton_County,_Michigan" title="Torch Lake Township, Houghton County, Michigan">Rabbit Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Redridge,_Michigan" class="mw-redirect" title="Redridge, Michigan">Redridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ripley,_Michigan" title="Ripley, Michigan">Ripley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stanton_Township,_Michigan" title="Stanton Township, Michigan">Schmidt Corner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adams_Township,_Houghton_County,_Michigan" title="Adams Township, Houghton County, Michigan">Seeberville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Senter,_Michigan" class="mw-redirect" title="Senter, Michigan">Senter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sidnaw,_Michigan" title="Sidnaw, Michigan">Sidnaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portage_Charter_Township,_Michigan" title="Portage Charter Township, Michigan">Superior</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swedetown,_Michigan" title="Swedetown, Michigan">Swedetown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamarack_City,_Michigan" class="mw-redirect" title="Tamarack City, Michigan">Tamarack City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tapiola,_Michigan" title="Tapiola, Michigan">Tapiola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toivola,_Michigan" title="Toivola, Michigan">Toivola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Schoolcraft_Township,_Houghton_County,_Michigan" title="Schoolcraft Township, Houghton County, Michigan">Traverse Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elm_River_Township,_Michigan" title="Elm River Township, Michigan">Twin Lakes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winona,_Michigan" title="Winona, Michigan">Winona</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wolverine,_Houghton_County,_Michigan" class="mw-redirect" title="Wolverine, Houghton County, Michigan">Wolverine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calumet_Charter_Township,_Michigan" title="Calumet Charter Township, Michigan">Yellow Jacket</a></li></ul></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ghost_towns">Ghost towns</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Houghton_County,_Michigan&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Ghost towns"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 15em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Albion_Station,_Michigan" class="mw-redirect" title="Albion Station, Michigan">Albion Station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin_Township,_Houghton_County,_Michigan" title="Franklin Township, Houghton County, Michigan">Backstreet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laird_Township,_Michigan" title="Laird Township, Michigan">Bishop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Schoolcraft_Township,_Houghton_County,_Michigan" title="Schoolcraft Township, Houghton County, Michigan">Boot Jack Point</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stanton_Township,_Michigan" title="Stanton Township, Michigan">Craig Roy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adams_Township,_Houghton_County,_Michigan" title="Adams Township, Houghton County, Michigan">E-Location</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elm_River_Township,_Michigan" title="Elm River Township, Michigan">Elm River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin_Township,_Houghton_County,_Michigan" title="Franklin Township, Houghton County, Michigan">Frenchtown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jacobsville,_Michigan" class="mw-redirect" title="Jacobsville, Michigan">Jacobsville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laird_Township,_Michigan" title="Laird Township, Michigan">Motley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Torch_Lake_Township,_Houghton_County,_Michigan" title="Torch Lake Township, Houghton County, Michigan">White City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elm_River_Township,_Michigan" title="Elm River Township, Michigan">Wyandotte</a></li></ul></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Houghton_County,_Michigan&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224496135">.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop{border-spacing:1px;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0.3em;font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop caption{background-color:lavender;color:black;padding-right:0.2em;padding-left:0.2em;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-bottom:none}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop th[scope=col]{border-bottom:1px solid black}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(2){text-align:right;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td.us-census-pop-estimate{padding-left:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(3){padding-left:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(4){padding-left:0.5em;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-footnote{border-top:1px solid black;font-size:85%;text-align:center}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-right{float:right;clear:right;margin:0 0 1em 1em}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-left{float:left;clear:left;margin:0 1em 1em 0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-center{float:none;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-none{float:none;margin:0 1em 1em 0}}</style> <table class="us-census-pop us-census-pop-right"> <caption>Historical population</caption> <tbody><tr><th scope="col">Census</th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr></th><th scope="col"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1152813436">.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px;white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="sr-only">Note</span></th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Percent change">%±</abbr></th></tr> <tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1850_United_States_census" title="1850 United States census">1850</a></th><td>708</td><td></td><td>—</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1860_United_States_census" title="1860 United States census">1860</a></th><td>9,234</td><td></td><td>1,204.2%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1870_United_States_census" title="1870 United States census">1870</a></th><td>13,879</td><td></td><td>50.3%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1880_United_States_census" title="1880 United States census">1880</a></th><td>22,473</td><td></td><td>61.9%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1890_United_States_census" title="1890 United States census">1890</a></th><td>35,389</td><td></td><td>57.5%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1900_United_States_census" title="1900 United States census">1900</a></th><td>66,063</td><td></td><td>86.7%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1910_United_States_census" title="1910 United States census">1910</a></th><td>88,098</td><td></td><td>33.4%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1920_United_States_census" title="1920 United States census">1920</a></th><td>71,930</td><td></td><td>−18.4%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1930_United_States_census" title="1930 United States census">1930</a></th><td>52,851</td><td></td><td>−26.5%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_census" title="1940 United States census">1940</a></th><td>47,631</td><td></td><td>−9.9%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1950_United_States_census" title="1950 United States census">1950</a></th><td>39,771</td><td></td><td>−16.5%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_census" title="1960 United States census">1960</a></th><td>35,654</td><td></td><td>−10.4%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1970_United_States_census" title="1970 United States census">1970</a></th><td>34,652</td><td></td><td>−2.8%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_census" title="1980 United States census">1980</a></th><td>37,872</td><td></td><td>9.3%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1990_United_States_census" title="1990 United States census">1990</a></th><td>35,446</td><td></td><td>−6.4%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_census" title="2000 United States census">2000</a></th><td>36,016</td><td></td><td>1.6%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_census" title="2010 United States census">2010</a></th><td>36,628</td><td></td><td>1.7%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020</a></th><td>37,361</td><td></td><td>2.0%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">2023 (est.)</th><td class="us-census-pop-estimate">37,599</td><td><sup id="cite_ref-USCensusEst2023_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USCensusEst2023-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td>0.6%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="us-census-pop-footnote" style="text-align: center">US Decennial Census<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />1790-1960<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 1900-1990<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />1990-2000<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 2010-2018<sup id="cite_ref-QF_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-QF-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2020_census">2020 census</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Houghton_County,_Michigan&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: 2020 census"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As of the <a href="/wiki/Census" title="Census">census</a><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of 2020, there were 37,361 people, 14,173 households and 8,117 families residing in the county. The population density was 37.0 inhabitants per square mile (14.29/km²). There were 18,807 housing units at an average density of 18.63 per square mile (7.19/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 93.9% <a href="/wiki/White_American" class="mw-redirect" title="White American">White</a>, 1.1% <a href="/wiki/African_American" class="mw-redirect" title="African American">Black or African American</a>, 0.8% <a href="/wiki/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States" title="Native Americans in the United States">Native American</a>, 2.5% <a href="/wiki/Asian_American" class="mw-redirect" title="Asian American">Asian</a>, 0.1% from other races, and 1.6% <a href="/wiki/Multiracial_American" class="mw-redirect" title="Multiracial American">from two or more races</a>. <a href="/wiki/Hispanic_and_Latino_Americans" title="Hispanic and Latino Americans">Hispanic or Latino</a> residents of any race were 1.9% of the population. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2010_census">2010 census</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Houghton_County,_Michigan&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: 2010 census"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As of the <a href="/wiki/Census" title="Census">census</a><sup id="cite_ref-AFF_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AFF-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of 2010, there were 36,628 people, 14,232 households and 8,093 families residing in the county. The population density was 36.29 inhabitants per square mile (14.01/km²). There were 18,635 housing units at an average density of 18.46 per square mile (7.13/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 94.5% <a href="/wiki/White_American" class="mw-redirect" title="White American">White</a>, 2.9% <a href="/wiki/Asian_American" class="mw-redirect" title="Asian American">Asian</a>, 0.6% <a href="/wiki/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States" title="Native Americans in the United States">Native American</a>, 0.5% <a href="/wiki/African_American" class="mw-redirect" title="African American">Black or African American</a>, 0.2% from other races and 1.3% <a href="/wiki/Multiracial_American" class="mw-redirect" title="Multiracial American">from two or more races</a>. <a href="/wiki/Hispanic_and_Latino_Americans" title="Hispanic and Latino Americans">Hispanic or Latino</a> residents of any race were 1.9% of the population. The biggest ancestry groups were <a href="/wiki/Finnish_American" class="mw-redirect" title="Finnish American">Finnish</a> at 32.5% of the population, <a href="/wiki/German_American" class="mw-redirect" title="German American">German</a> at 14.0%, <a href="/wiki/French_American" class="mw-redirect" title="French American">French</a> at 9.4%, <a href="/wiki/English_American" class="mw-redirect" title="English American">English</a> at 6.2% and <a href="/wiki/Irish_American" class="mw-redirect" title="Irish American">Irish</a> at 5.1%.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Of the 14,232 households 23.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 45% were <a href="/wiki/Marriage" title="Marriage">married couples</a> living together, 7.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 43.1% were non-families. 32.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.38 and the average family size was 3.01.<sup id="cite_ref-AFF_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AFF-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The county population contained 20.6% under the age of 18, 20.6% from 18 to 24, 20.3% from 25 to 44, 23.6% from 45 to 64, and 15% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33.1 years. The population was 45.9% female and 54.1% male. </p><p>The median income for a household in the county was $34,625, and the median income for a family was $48,506. The <a href="/wiki/Per_capita_income" title="Per capita income">per capita income</a> for the county was $18,556. About 12.6% of families and 22.8% of the population were below the <a href="/wiki/Poverty_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Poverty line">poverty line</a>, including 21.7% of people under the age of 18 and 9.2% of those age 65 or over. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Government">Government</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Houghton_County,_Michigan&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Houghton County voters tend to favor Republican Party nominees. Since 1884, the Republican Party has been selected in 78% (28 of 36) of national elections. The county backed the statewide winner in every election from 1872 to 1996 with the exception of 1932, making it a bellwether for Michigan for the late 19th century and the entirety of the 20th century. </p> <table class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible floatright" style="font-size: 95%;"> <caption>United States presidential election results for Houghton County, Michigan<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" rowspan="2">Year </th> <th scope="col" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </th> <th scope="col" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </th> <th scope="col" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Third_party_(U.S._politics)" title="Third party (U.S. politics)">Third party(ies)</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th>No. </th> <th scope="col">%</th> <th scope="col">No. </th> <th scope="col">%</th> <th scope="col">No. </th> <th scope="col">% </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2024_United_States_presidential_election_in_Michigan" title="2024 United States presidential election in Michigan">2024</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">11,181 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>57.71%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">7,881 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">40.68% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">312 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.61% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_presidential_election_in_Michigan" title="2020 United States presidential election in Michigan">2020</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">10,378 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>56.00%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">7,750 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">41.82% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">405 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">2.19% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2016_United_States_presidential_election_in_Michigan" title="2016 United States presidential election in Michigan">2016</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">8,475 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>53.77%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">6,018 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">38.18% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1,268 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">8.05% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_presidential_election_in_Michigan" title="2012 United States presidential election in Michigan">2012</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">8,196 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>53.36%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">6,801 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">44.27% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">364 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">2.37% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_presidential_election_in_Michigan" title="2008 United States presidential election in Michigan">2008</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">8,101 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>50.72%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">7,476 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">46.81% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">395 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">2.47% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_presidential_election_in_Michigan" title="2004 United States presidential election in Michigan">2004</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">8,889 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>56.08%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">6,731 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">42.46% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">231 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.46% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_presidential_election_in_Michigan" title="2000 United States presidential election in Michigan">2000</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">7,895 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>55.54%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">5,688 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">40.01% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">633 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">4.45% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1996_United_States_presidential_election_in_Michigan" title="1996 United States presidential election in Michigan">1996</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">5,941 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">43.46% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">5,957 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>43.57%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1,773 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">12.97% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1992_United_States_presidential_election_in_Michigan" title="1992 United States presidential election in Michigan">1992</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">5,575 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">36.74% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">6,558 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>43.22%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">3,040 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">20.04% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1988_United_States_presidential_election_in_Michigan" title="1988 United States presidential election in Michigan">1988</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">7,098 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>51.83%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">6,510 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">47.54% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">86 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.63% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1984_United_States_presidential_election_in_Michigan" title="1984 United States presidential election in Michigan">1984</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">8,652 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>57.14%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">6,434 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">42.49% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">55 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.36% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_presidential_election_in_Michigan" title="1980 United States presidential election in Michigan">1980</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">7,926 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>47.94%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">6,858 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">41.48% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1,750 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">10.58% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1976_United_States_presidential_election_in_Michigan" title="1976 United States presidential election in Michigan">1976</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">8,049 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>51.60%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">7,352 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">47.13% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">199 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.28% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1972_United_States_presidential_election_in_Michigan" title="1972 United States presidential election in Michigan">1972</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">9,053 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>58.07%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">6,402 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">41.06% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">135 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.87% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1968_United_States_presidential_election_in_Michigan" title="1968 United States presidential election in Michigan">1968</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">6,639 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">46.94% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">6,988 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>49.41%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">516 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">3.65% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1964_United_States_presidential_election_in_Michigan" title="1964 United States presidential election in Michigan">1964</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">5,024 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">33.97% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">9,761 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>65.99%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">6 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.04% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_presidential_election_in_Michigan" title="1960 United States presidential election in Michigan">1960</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">7,767 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">49.09% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">8,021 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>50.70%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">34 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.21% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1956_United_States_presidential_election_in_Michigan" title="1956 United States presidential election in Michigan">1956</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">9,620 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>58.26%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">6,866 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">41.58% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">25 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.15% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1952_United_States_presidential_election_in_Michigan" title="1952 United States presidential election in Michigan">1952</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">10,563 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>59.57%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">7,100 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">40.04% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">70 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.39% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1948_United_States_presidential_election_in_Michigan" title="1948 United States presidential election in Michigan">1948</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">9,541 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>54.61%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">6,925 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">39.64% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1,005 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">5.75% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1944_United_States_presidential_election_in_Michigan" title="1944 United States presidential election in Michigan">1944</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">9,110 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">47.35% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">10,066 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>52.32%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">62 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.32% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_presidential_election_in_Michigan" title="1940 United States presidential election in Michigan">1940</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">11,030 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>50.31%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">10,815 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">49.33% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">81 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.37% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1936_United_States_presidential_election_in_Michigan" title="1936 United States presidential election in Michigan">1936</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">9,345 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">44.07% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">11,642 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>54.90%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">219 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.03% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1932_United_States_presidential_election_in_Michigan" title="1932 United States presidential election in Michigan">1932</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">12,308 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>59.23%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">7,838 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">37.72% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">634 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">3.05% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1928_United_States_presidential_election_in_Michigan" title="1928 United States presidential election in Michigan">1928</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">11,240 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>62.30%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">6,573 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">36.43% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">229 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.27% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1924_United_States_presidential_election_in_Michigan" title="1924 United States presidential election in Michigan">1924</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">13,833 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>83.02%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">1,045 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">6.27% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1,784 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">10.71% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1920_United_States_presidential_election_in_Michigan" title="1920 United States presidential election in Michigan">1920</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">14,938 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>80.20%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">3,088 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">16.58% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">599 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">3.22% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1916_United_States_presidential_election_in_Michigan" title="1916 United States presidential election in Michigan">1916</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">8,013 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>60.18%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">4,615 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">34.66% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">688 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">5.17% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#C97979"><b><a href="/wiki/1912_United_States_presidential_election_in_Michigan" title="1912 United States presidential election in Michigan">1912</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">3,571 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">29.18% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">2,385 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">19.49% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">6,282 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;"><b>51.33%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1908_United_States_presidential_election_in_Michigan" title="1908 United States presidential election in Michigan">1908</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">9,352 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>73.04%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">2,424 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">18.93% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1,028 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">8.03% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1904_United_States_presidential_election_in_Michigan" title="1904 United States presidential election in Michigan">1904</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">8,857 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>78.43%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">1,471 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">13.03% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">965 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">8.55% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1900_United_States_presidential_election_in_Michigan" title="1900 United States presidential election in Michigan">1900</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">8,019 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>73.39%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">2,422 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">22.17% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">486 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">4.45% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1896_United_States_presidential_election_in_Michigan" title="1896 United States presidential election in Michigan">1896</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">6,141 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>71.85%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">1,996 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">23.35% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">410 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">4.80% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1892_United_States_presidential_election_in_Michigan" title="1892 United States presidential election in Michigan">1892</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">3,316 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>45.84%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">2,607 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">36.04% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1,311 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">18.12% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1888_United_States_presidential_election_in_Michigan" title="1888 United States presidential election in Michigan">1888</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">3,012 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>51.12%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">2,696 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">45.76% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">184 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">3.12% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1884_United_States_presidential_election_in_Michigan" title="1884 United States presidential election in Michigan">1884</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">2,383 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>57.90%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">1,694 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">41.16% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">39 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.95% </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p>The county government operates the <a href="/wiki/County_jail" class="mw-redirect" title="County jail">jail</a>, maintains rural roads, operates the major local courts, records deeds, mortgages, and <a href="/wiki/Vital_records" class="mw-redirect" title="Vital records">vital records</a>, administers <a href="/wiki/Public_health" title="Public health">public health</a> regulations, and participates with the state in the provision of social services. The <a href="/wiki/County_commission" title="County commission">county board of commissioners</a> controls the budget and has limited authority to make laws or ordinances. In Michigan, most local government functions—police and fire, building and zoning, tax assessment, street maintenance, etc.—are the responsibility of individual cities and townships. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Houghton_County_Courthouse" title="Houghton County Courthouse">Houghton County Courthouse</a> "..stood high upon the bluff on Houghton Village facing North and pleasantly overlooking Portage Lake.",<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> and has been inducted in the US Registry of Historic Districts and Buildings of the <a href="/wiki/Upper_Peninsula" class="mw-redirect" title="Upper Peninsula">Upper Peninsula</a>. Construction began in spring 1886. The building had its first addition to the north wing, the addition of a larger jail wing, in 1910, and that was the only renovation until the jail wing was condemned in 1961. A new jail was built in its present location, adjacent to the original. According to the <i>Mining Gazette,</i> "The materials used with the exception of the facing brick are the product of the Upper Peninsula" (July 25, 1886, p. 3). Kathryn Eckert, in her <i>Buildings of Michigan</i>, wrote:<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <dl><dd>"The courthouse is composed of the original structure, a rectangular block from which project central pavilions with parapeted dormers, a four-story tower, and north and west wing additions. The curbed mansard roof, the grouping of windows beneath red sandstone lintels connected by bands that encircle the structure, and the decorative entablature unite the composition. Porches supported with posts and Gothic-arch brackets...The interior is richly finished with wood; red, rich brown, and light yellowish brown floor tiles; ornamental plaster; and oak staircase; and stone fireplaces."</dd></dl> <p>The building section that was once the jail wing is now used for office space. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elected_officials">Elected officials</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Houghton_County,_Michigan&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Elected officials"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 22em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Prosecutor" title="Prosecutor">Prosecuting Attorney</a>: Daniel J. Helmer <small>(from 2023)</small><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheriff" title="Sheriff">Sheriff</a>: Josh Saaranen <small>(from 2021)</small><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/County_Clerk" class="mw-redirect" title="County Clerk">County Clerk</a>/<a href="/wiki/Register_of_Deeds" class="mw-redirect" title="Register of Deeds">Register of Deeds</a>: Jennifer Kelly<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Treasurer" title="Treasurer">County Treasurer</a>: Lisa Mattila<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drain_Commissioner" class="mw-redirect" title="Drain Commissioner">Drain Commissioner</a>: John Pekkala<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Mine Inspector: Murray Giles<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div> <p><small>(information as of June 2024)</small> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Houghton_County,_Michigan&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Michigan_State_Historic_Sites_in_Houghton_County,_Michigan" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Michigan State Historic Sites in Houghton County, Michigan">List of Michigan State Historic Sites in Houghton County, Michigan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Houghton_County,_Michigan" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Houghton County, Michigan">National Register of Historic Places listings in Houghton County, Michigan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_T._Brown_Nature_Sanctuary" title="Robert T. Brown Nature Sanctuary">Robert T. Brown Nature Sanctuary</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Houghton_County,_Michigan&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-clarke-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-clarke_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.cmich.edu/library/clarke/AccessMaterials/Bibliographies/MichiganLocalHistory/Pages/houghton.aspx">"Bibliography on Houghton County"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Clarke_Historical_Library" title="Clarke Historical Library">Clarke Historical Library</a>, <a href="/wiki/Central_Michigan_University" title="Central Michigan University">Central Michigan University</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">September 12,</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Bibliography+on+Houghton+County&rft.pub=Clarke+Historical+Library%2C+Central+Michigan+University&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cmich.edu%2Flibrary%2Fclarke%2FAccessMaterials%2FBibliographies%2FMichiganLocalHistory%2FPages%2Fhoughton.aspx&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHoughton+County%2C+Michigan" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-QF-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-QF_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-QF_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/houghtoncountymichigan/POP010220">"State & County QuickFacts"</a>. 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href="/wiki/County_seat" title="County seat"><span>County seat</span></a>: <b><a href="/wiki/Houghton,_Michigan" title="Houghton, Michigan"><span>Houghton</span></a></b></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/City" title="City">Cities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hancock,_Michigan" title="Hancock, Michigan">Hancock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Houghton,_Michigan" title="Houghton, Michigan">Houghton</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="7" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Map of Michigan highlighting Houghton County.svg"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Map_of_Michigan_highlighting_Houghton_County.svg/85px-Map_of_Michigan_highlighting_Houghton_County.svg.png" 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Michigan">Copper City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Linden,_Michigan" title="Lake Linden, Michigan">Lake Linden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laurium,_Michigan" title="Laurium, Michigan">Laurium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Range,_Michigan" title="South Range, Michigan">South Range</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Charter_township" title="Charter township">Charter<br />townships</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Calumet_Charter_Township,_Michigan" title="Calumet Charter Township, Michigan">Calumet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portage_Charter_Township,_Michigan" title="Portage Charter Township, Michigan">Portage</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Civil_township" title="Civil township">Civil townships</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adams_Township,_Houghton_County,_Michigan" title="Adams Township, Houghton County, Michigan">Adams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chassell_Township,_Michigan" title="Chassell Township, Michigan">Chassell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duncan_Township,_Michigan" title="Duncan Township, Michigan">Duncan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elm_River_Township,_Michigan" title="Elm River Township, Michigan">Elm River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin_Township,_Houghton_County,_Michigan" title="Franklin Township, Houghton County, Michigan">Franklin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hancock_Township,_Michigan" title="Hancock Township, Michigan">Hancock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laird_Township,_Michigan" title="Laird Township, Michigan">Laird</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Osceola_Township,_Houghton_County,_Michigan" title="Osceola Township, Houghton County, Michigan">Osceola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quincy_Township,_Houghton_County,_Michigan" title="Quincy Township, Houghton County, Michigan">Quincy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Schoolcraft_Township,_Houghton_County,_Michigan" title="Schoolcraft Township, Houghton County, Michigan">Schoolcraft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stanton_Township,_Michigan" title="Stanton Township, Michigan">Stanton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Torch_Lake_Township,_Houghton_County,_Michigan" title="Torch Lake Township, Houghton County, Michigan">Torch Lake</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Census-designated_place" title="Census-designated place">CDPs</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Mine,_Michigan" title="Atlantic Mine, Michigan">Atlantic Mine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chassell,_Michigan" title="Chassell, Michigan">Chassell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dodgeville,_Michigan" title="Dodgeville, Michigan">Dodgeville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dollar_Bay,_Michigan" title="Dollar Bay, Michigan">Dollar Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hubbell,_Michigan" title="Hubbell, Michigan">Hubbell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hurontown,_Michigan" title="Hurontown, Michigan">Hurontown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Painesdale,_Michigan" title="Painesdale, Michigan">Painesdale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trimountain,_Michigan" title="Trimountain, Michigan">Trimountain</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Unincorporated_area" title="Unincorporated area">Other<br />communities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alston,_Michigan" class="mw-redirect" title="Alston, Michigan">Alston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portage_Charter_Township,_Michigan" title="Portage Charter Township, Michigan">Askel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baltic,_Michigan" class="mw-redirect" title="Baltic, Michigan">Baltic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beacon_Hill,_Michigan" class="mw-redirect" title="Beacon Hill, Michigan">Beacon Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calumet_Charter_Township,_Michigan" title="Calumet Charter Township, Michigan">Blue Jacket</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Torch_Lake_Township,_Houghton_County,_Michigan" title="Torch Lake Township, Houghton County, Michigan">Bootjack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin_Township,_Houghton_County,_Michigan" title="Franklin Township, Houghton County, Michigan">Boston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Centennial,_Michigan" title="Centennial, Michigan">Centennial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calumet_Charter_Township,_Michigan" title="Calumet Charter Township, Michigan">Centennial Heights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adams_Township,_Houghton_County,_Michigan" title="Adams Township, Houghton County, Michigan">Champion Mine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Torch_Lake_Township,_Houghton_County,_Michigan" title="Torch Lake Township, Houghton County, Michigan">Chickenville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dakota_Heights,_Michigan" title="Dakota Heights, Michigan">Dakota Heights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donken,_Michigan" title="Donken, Michigan">Donken</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dreamland,_Michigan" title="Dreamland, Michigan">Dreamland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portage_Charter_Township,_Michigan" title="Portage Charter Township, Michigan">Elo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calumet_Charter_Township,_Michigan" title="Calumet Charter Township, Michigan">Florida</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin_Mine,_Michigan" title="Franklin Mine, Michigan">Franklin Mine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freda,_Michigan" title="Freda, Michigan">Freda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frost,_Houghton_County,_Michigan" class="mw-redirect" title="Frost, Houghton County, Michigan">Frost</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gregoryville,_Michigan" title="Gregoryville, Michigan">Gregoryville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kearsarge,_Michigan" title="Kearsarge, Michigan">Kearsarge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenton,_Michigan" class="mw-redirect" title="Kenton, Michigan">Kenton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Klingville,_Michigan" title="Klingville, Michigan">Klingville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elm_River_Township,_Michigan" title="Elm River Township, Michigan">Lake Roland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stanton_Township,_Michigan" title="Stanton Township, Michigan">Liminga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mason,_Houghton_County,_Michigan" title="Mason, Houghton County, Michigan">Mason</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nisula,_Michigan" title="Nisula, Michigan">Nisula</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin_Township,_Houghton_County,_Michigan" title="Franklin Township, Houghton County, Michigan">Oneco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calumet_Charter_Township,_Michigan" title="Calumet Charter Township, Michigan">Osceola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stanton_Township,_Michigan" title="Stanton Township, Michigan">Oskar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin_Township,_Houghton_County,_Michigan" title="Franklin Township, Houghton County, Michigan">Paavola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin_Township,_Houghton_County,_Michigan" title="Franklin Township, Houghton County, Michigan">Pewabic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phillipsville,_Michigan" title="Phillipsville, Michigan">Phillipsville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portage_Charter_Township,_Michigan" title="Portage Charter Township, Michigan">Pilgrim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Torch_Lake_Township,_Houghton_County,_Michigan" title="Torch Lake Township, Houghton County, Michigan">Point Mills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laird_Township,_Michigan" title="Laird Township, Michigan">Pori</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portage_Entry,_Michigan" class="mw-redirect" title="Portage Entry, Michigan">Portage Entry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Torch_Lake_Township,_Houghton_County,_Michigan" title="Torch Lake Township, Houghton County, Michigan">Rabbit Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Redridge,_Michigan" class="mw-redirect" title="Redridge, Michigan">Redridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ripley,_Michigan" title="Ripley, Michigan">Ripley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stanton_Township,_Michigan" title="Stanton Township, Michigan">Schmidt Corner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adams_Township,_Houghton_County,_Michigan" title="Adams Township, Houghton County, Michigan">Seeberville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Senter,_Michigan" class="mw-redirect" title="Senter, Michigan">Senter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sidnaw,_Michigan" title="Sidnaw, Michigan">Sidnaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portage_Charter_Township,_Michigan" title="Portage Charter Township, Michigan">Superior</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swedetown,_Michigan" title="Swedetown, Michigan">Swedetown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamarack_City,_Michigan" class="mw-redirect" title="Tamarack City, Michigan">Tamarack City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tapiola,_Michigan" title="Tapiola, Michigan">Tapiola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toivola,_Michigan" title="Toivola, Michigan">Toivola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Schoolcraft_Township,_Houghton_County,_Michigan" title="Schoolcraft Township, Houghton County, Michigan">Traverse Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elm_River_Township,_Michigan" title="Elm River Township, Michigan">Twin Lakes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winona,_Michigan" title="Winona, Michigan">Winona</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wolverine,_Houghton_County,_Michigan" class="mw-redirect" title="Wolverine, Houghton County, Michigan">Wolverine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calumet_Charter_Township,_Michigan" title="Calumet Charter Township, Michigan">Yellow Jacket</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Ghost_town" title="Ghost town">Ghost towns</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Albion_Station,_Michigan" class="mw-redirect" title="Albion Station, Michigan">Albion Station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin_Township,_Houghton_County,_Michigan" title="Franklin Township, Houghton County, Michigan">Backstreet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laird_Township,_Michigan" title="Laird Township, Michigan">Bishop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Schoolcraft_Township,_Houghton_County,_Michigan" title="Schoolcraft Township, Houghton County, Michigan">Boot Jack Point</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stanton_Township,_Michigan" title="Stanton Township, Michigan">Craig Roy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adams_Township,_Houghton_County,_Michigan" title="Adams Township, Houghton County, Michigan">E-Location</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elm_River_Township,_Michigan" title="Elm River Township, Michigan">Elm River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin_Township,_Houghton_County,_Michigan" title="Franklin Township, Houghton County, Michigan">Frenchtown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jacobsville,_Michigan" class="mw-redirect" title="Jacobsville, Michigan">Jacobsville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laird_Township,_Michigan" title="Laird Township, Michigan">Motley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Torch_Lake_Township,_Houghton_County,_Michigan" title="Torch Lake Township, Houghton County, Michigan">White City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elm_River_Township,_Michigan" title="Elm River Township, Michigan">Wyandotte</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow hlist" colspan="3" style="color:inherit;"><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Portal:Michigan_(state)" class="mw-redirect" title="Portal:Michigan (state)"><span>Michigan portal</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portal:United_States" title="Portal:United States"><span>United States portal</span></a></li></ul> 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href="/wiki/Iron_Mountain,_Michigan" title="Iron Mountain, Michigan">Iron Mountain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iron_River,_Michigan" title="Iron River, Michigan">Iron River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marquette,_Michigan" title="Marquette, Michigan">Marquette</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Menominee,_Michigan" title="Menominee, Michigan">Menominee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Munising,_Michigan" title="Munising, Michigan">Munising</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sault_Ste._Marie,_Michigan" title="Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan">Sault Ste. Marie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Ignace,_Michigan" title="St. Ignace, Michigan">St. Ignace</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Counties</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alger_County,_Michigan" title="Alger County, Michigan">Alger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baraga_County,_Michigan" title="Baraga County, Michigan">Baraga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chippewa_County,_Michigan" title="Chippewa County, Michigan">Chippewa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_County,_Michigan" title="Delta County, Michigan">Delta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dickinson_County,_Michigan" title="Dickinson County, Michigan">Dickinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gogebic_County,_Michigan" title="Gogebic County, Michigan">Gogebic</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Houghton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iron_County,_Michigan" title="Iron County, Michigan">Iron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keweenaw_County,_Michigan" title="Keweenaw County, Michigan">Keweenaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luce_County,_Michigan" title="Luce County, Michigan">Luce</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mackinac_County,_Michigan" title="Mackinac County, Michigan">Mackinac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marquette_County,_Michigan" title="Marquette County, Michigan">Marquette</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Menominee_County,_Michigan" title="Menominee County, Michigan">Menominee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ontonagon_County,_Michigan" title="Ontonagon County, Michigan">Ontonagon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Schoolcraft_County,_Michigan" title="Schoolcraft County, Michigan">Schoolcraft</a></li></ul> <ul><li class="mw-empty-elt"></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Geography</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Copper_Country" title="Copper Country">Copper Country</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gogebic_Range" title="Gogebic Range">Gogebic Range</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Island,_Michigan" class="mw-redirect" title="Grand Island, Michigan">Grand Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keweenaw_Peninsula" title="Keweenaw Peninsula">Keweenaw Peninsula</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keweenaw_Waterway" title="Keweenaw Waterway">Keweenaw Waterway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Superior" title="Lake Superior">Lake Superior</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Huron" title="Lake Huron">Lake Huron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Michigan" title="Lake Michigan">Lake Michigan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Menominee_River" title="Menominee River">Menominee River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Arvon" title="Mount Arvon">Mount Arvon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pictured_Rocks" class="mw-redirect" title="Pictured Rocks">Pictured Rocks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Porcupine_Mountains" title="Porcupine Mountains">Porcupine Mountains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Marys_River_(Michigan%E2%80%93Ontario)" title="St. Marys River (Michigan–Ontario)">St. Marys River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Straits_of_Mackinac" title="Straits of Mackinac">Straits of Mackinac</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Transportation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chippewa_County_International_Airport" title="Chippewa County International Airport">Chippewa County International Airport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_County_Airport" title="Delta County Airport">Delta County Airport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ford_Airport_(Iron_Mountain)" title="Ford Airport (Iron Mountain)">Ford Airport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gogebic%E2%80%93Iron_County_Airport" title="Gogebic–Iron County Airport">Gogebic–Iron County Airport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Houghton_County_Memorial_Airport" title="Houghton County Memorial Airport">Houghton County Memorial Airport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sault_Ste._Marie_International_Bridge" title="Sault Ste. Marie International Bridge">International Bridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sault_Ste._Marie_Bridge_Company" title="Sault Ste. Marie Bridge Company">International Rail Bridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mackinac_Bridge" title="Mackinac Bridge">Mackinac Bridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MarqTran" title="MarqTran">MarqTran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portage_Lake_Lift_Bridge" title="Portage Lake Lift Bridge">Portage Lake Lift Bridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sawyer_International_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Sawyer International Airport">Sawyer International Airport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soo_Locks" title="Soo Locks">Soo Locks</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Economy</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cleveland-Cliffs" title="Cleveland-Cliffs">Cleveland-Cliffs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Copper_mining_in_Michigan" title="Copper mining in Michigan">Copper mining in Michigan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Verso_Corporation" title="Verso Corporation">Verso Corporation</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow hlist" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Michigan" title="Michigan"><img alt="Michigan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Flag_of_Michigan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Michigan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Flag_of_Michigan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Michigan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Flag_of_Michigan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Michigan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="685" data-file-height="457" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Michigan" title="Michigan">Michigan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Michigan" title="Central Michigan">Central Michigan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Michigan" title="Northern Michigan">Northern Michigan</a></li> <li><a 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Michigan">Climate change</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_congressional_delegations_from_Michigan" title="United States congressional delegations from Michigan">Congressional delegation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cuisine_of_Michigan" title="Cuisine of Michigan">Cuisine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_fauna_of_Michigan" title="List of fauna of Michigan">Fauna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_Michigan" title="Geography of Michigan">Geography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Michigan" title="Government of Michigan">Government</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michigan_State_Trunkline_Highway_System" title="Michigan State Trunkline Highway System">Highways</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Michigan" title="History of Michigan">History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Index_of_Michigan-related_articles" title="Index of Michigan-related articles">Index</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_islands_of_Michigan" title="List of islands of Michigan">Islands</a></li> <li><a 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<li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Michigan_state_parks" title="List of Michigan state parks">State parks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Michigan_state_symbols" title="List of Michigan state symbols">Symbols</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Michigan" title="List of tallest buildings in Michigan">Tallest buildings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Michigan_history" title="Timeline of Michigan history">Timeline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Tourist_attractions_in_Michigan" title="Category:Tourist attractions in Michigan">Tourist attractions</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Society</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abortion_in_Michigan" title="Abortion in Michigan">Abortion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cannabis_in_Michigan" title="Cannabis in Michigan">Cannabis</a></li> <li><a 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</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_regions_of_the_United_States#Michigan" title="List of regions of the United States">Regions</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Upper_Peninsula_of_Michigan" title="Upper Peninsula of Michigan">Upper Peninsula</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Copper_Country" title="Copper Country">Copper Country</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gogebic_Range" title="Gogebic Range">Gogebic Range</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keweenaw_Peninsula" title="Keweenaw Peninsula">Keweenaw Peninsula</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Lower_Peninsula_of_Michigan" title="Lower Peninsula of Michigan">Lower Peninsula</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Central_Michigan" title="Central Michigan">Central Michigan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metro_Detroit" title="Metro Detroit">Metro Detroit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michiana" title="Michiana">Michiana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Michigan" title="Northern Michigan">Northern Michigan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southeast_Michigan" title="Southeast Michigan">Southeast Michigan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Thumb" title="The Thumb">The Thumb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Michigan" title="West Michigan">West Michigan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_municipalities_in_Michigan" title="List of municipalities in Michigan">Largest <br /> municipalities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ann_Arbor,_Michigan" title="Ann Arbor, Michigan">Ann Arbor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_Creek,_Michigan" title="Battle Creek, Michigan">Battle Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bloomfield_Township,_Oakland_County,_Michigan" title="Bloomfield Township, Oakland County, Michigan">Bloomfield Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canton,_Michigan" title="Canton, Michigan">Canton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chesterfield_Township,_Michigan" title="Chesterfield Township, Michigan">Chesterfield Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clinton_Township,_Macomb_County,_Michigan" title="Clinton Township, Macomb County, Michigan">Clinton Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commerce_Township,_Michigan" title="Commerce Township, Michigan">Commerce Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dearborn,_Michigan" title="Dearborn, Michigan">Dearborn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dearborn_Heights,_Michigan" title="Dearborn Heights, Michigan">Dearborn Heights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Detroit" title="Detroit">Detroit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Lansing,_Michigan" title="East Lansing, Michigan">East Lansing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Farmington_Hills,_Michigan" title="Farmington Hills, Michigan">Farmington Hills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flint,_Michigan" title="Flint, Michigan">Flint</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgetown_Township,_Michigan" title="Georgetown Township, Michigan">Georgetown Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Blanc_Township,_Michigan" title="Grand Blanc Township, Michigan">Grand Blanc Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Rapids,_Michigan" title="Grand Rapids, Michigan">Grand Rapids</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holland_Charter_Township,_Michigan" title="Holland Charter Township, Michigan">Holland Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independence_Township,_Michigan" title="Independence Township, Michigan">Independence Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalamazoo,_Michigan" title="Kalamazoo, Michigan">Kalamazoo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kentwood,_Michigan" title="Kentwood, Michigan">Kentwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lansing,_Michigan" title="Lansing, Michigan">Lansing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lincoln_Park,_Michigan" title="Lincoln Park, Michigan">Lincoln Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Livonia,_Michigan" title="Livonia, Michigan">Livonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macomb_Township,_Michigan" title="Macomb Township, Michigan">Macomb Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meridian_Charter_Township,_Michigan" title="Meridian Charter Township, Michigan">Meridian Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Midland,_Michigan" title="Midland, Michigan">Midland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muskegon,_Michigan" title="Muskegon, Michigan">Muskegon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Novi,_Michigan" title="Novi, Michigan">Novi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orion_Township,_Michigan" title="Orion Township, Michigan">Orion Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pittsfield_Charter_Township,_Michigan" title="Pittsfield Charter Township, Michigan">Pittsfield Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pontiac,_Michigan" title="Pontiac, Michigan">Pontiac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portage,_Michigan" title="Portage, Michigan">Portage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Redford,_Michigan" title="Redford, Michigan">Redford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rochester_Hills,_Michigan" title="Rochester Hills, Michigan">Rochester Hills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roseville,_Michigan" title="Roseville, Michigan">Roseville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Oak,_Michigan" title="Royal Oak, Michigan">Royal Oak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saginaw,_Michigan" title="Saginaw, Michigan">Saginaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saginaw_Charter_Township,_Michigan" title="Saginaw Charter Township, Michigan">Saginaw Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Clair_Shores,_Michigan" title="St. Clair Shores, Michigan">St. Clair Shores</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shelby_Charter_Township,_Michigan" title="Shelby Charter Township, Michigan">Shelby Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southfield,_Michigan" title="Southfield, Michigan">Southfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sterling_Heights,_Michigan" title="Sterling Heights, Michigan">Sterling Heights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taylor,_Michigan" title="Taylor, Michigan">Taylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Troy,_Michigan" title="Troy, Michigan">Troy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warren,_Michigan" title="Warren, Michigan">Warren</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waterford_Township,_Michigan" title="Waterford Township, Michigan">Waterford Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Bloomfield_Township,_Michigan" title="West Bloomfield Township, Michigan">West Bloomfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westland,_Michigan" title="Westland, Michigan">Westland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wyoming,_Michigan" title="Wyoming, Michigan">Wyoming</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ypsilanti_Charter_Township,_Michigan" title="Ypsilanti Charter Township, Michigan">Ypsilanti Township</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_in_Michigan" title="List of counties in Michigan">Counties</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alcona_County,_Michigan" title="Alcona County, Michigan">Alcona</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alger_County,_Michigan" title="Alger County, Michigan">Alger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allegan_County,_Michigan" title="Allegan County, Michigan">Allegan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alpena_County,_Michigan" title="Alpena County, Michigan">Alpena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antrim_County,_Michigan" title="Antrim County, Michigan">Antrim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arenac_County,_Michigan" title="Arenac County, Michigan">Arenac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baraga_County,_Michigan" title="Baraga County, Michigan">Baraga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barry_County,_Michigan" title="Barry County, Michigan">Barry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bay_County,_Michigan" title="Bay County, Michigan">Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benzie_County,_Michigan" title="Benzie County, Michigan">Benzie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Berrien_County,_Michigan" title="Berrien County, Michigan">Berrien</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Branch_County,_Michigan" title="Branch County, Michigan">Branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calhoun_County,_Michigan" title="Calhoun County, Michigan">Calhoun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cass_County,_Michigan" title="Cass County, Michigan">Cass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlevoix_County,_Michigan" title="Charlevoix County, Michigan">Charlevoix</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheboygan_County,_Michigan" title="Cheboygan County, Michigan">Cheboygan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chippewa_County,_Michigan" title="Chippewa County, Michigan">Chippewa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clare_County,_Michigan" title="Clare County, Michigan">Clare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clinton_County,_Michigan" title="Clinton County, Michigan">Clinton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crawford_County,_Michigan" title="Crawford County, Michigan">Crawford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_County,_Michigan" title="Delta County, Michigan">Delta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dickinson_County,_Michigan" title="Dickinson County, Michigan">Dickinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eaton_County,_Michigan" title="Eaton County, Michigan">Eaton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emmet_County,_Michigan" title="Emmet County, Michigan">Emmet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Genesee_County,_Michigan" title="Genesee County, Michigan">Genesee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gladwin_County,_Michigan" title="Gladwin County, Michigan">Gladwin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gogebic_County,_Michigan" title="Gogebic County, Michigan">Gogebic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Traverse_County,_Michigan" title="Grand Traverse County, Michigan">Grand Traverse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gratiot_County,_Michigan" title="Gratiot County, Michigan">Gratiot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hillsdale_County,_Michigan" title="Hillsdale County, Michigan">Hillsdale</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Houghton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huron_County,_Michigan" title="Huron County, Michigan">Huron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ingham_County,_Michigan" title="Ingham County, Michigan">Ingham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ionia_County,_Michigan" title="Ionia County, Michigan">Ionia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iosco_County,_Michigan" title="Iosco County, Michigan">Iosco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iron_County,_Michigan" title="Iron County, Michigan">Iron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isabella_County,_Michigan" title="Isabella County, Michigan">Isabella</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackson_County,_Michigan" title="Jackson County, Michigan">Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalamazoo_County,_Michigan" title="Kalamazoo County, Michigan">Kalamazoo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalkaska_County,_Michigan" title="Kalkaska County, Michigan">Kalkaska</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kent_County,_Michigan" title="Kent County, Michigan">Kent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keweenaw_County,_Michigan" title="Keweenaw County, Michigan">Keweenaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_County,_Michigan" title="Lake County, Michigan">Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lapeer_County,_Michigan" title="Lapeer County, Michigan">Lapeer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leelanau_County,_Michigan" title="Leelanau County, Michigan">Leelanau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lenawee_County,_Michigan" title="Lenawee County, Michigan">Lenawee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Livingston_County,_Michigan" title="Livingston County, Michigan">Livingston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luce_County,_Michigan" title="Luce County, Michigan">Luce</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mackinac_County,_Michigan" title="Mackinac County, Michigan">Mackinac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macomb_County,_Michigan" title="Macomb County, Michigan">Macomb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manistee_County,_Michigan" title="Manistee County, Michigan">Manistee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marquette_County,_Michigan" title="Marquette County, Michigan">Marquette</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mason_County,_Michigan" title="Mason County, Michigan">Mason</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mecosta_County,_Michigan" title="Mecosta County, Michigan">Mecosta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Menominee_County,_Michigan" title="Menominee County, Michigan">Menominee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Midland_County,_Michigan" title="Midland County, Michigan">Midland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Missaukee_County,_Michigan" title="Missaukee County, Michigan">Missaukee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monroe_County,_Michigan" title="Monroe County, Michigan">Monroe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montcalm_County,_Michigan" title="Montcalm County, Michigan">Montcalm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montmorency_County,_Michigan" title="Montmorency County, Michigan">Montmorency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muskegon_County,_Michigan" title="Muskegon County, Michigan">Muskegon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newaygo_County,_Michigan" title="Newaygo County, Michigan">Newaygo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oakland_County,_Michigan" title="Oakland County, Michigan">Oakland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oceana_County,_Michigan" title="Oceana County, Michigan">Oceana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ogemaw_County,_Michigan" title="Ogemaw County, Michigan">Ogemaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ontonagon_County,_Michigan" title="Ontonagon County, Michigan">Ontonagon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Osceola_County,_Michigan" title="Osceola County, Michigan">Osceola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oscoda_County,_Michigan" title="Oscoda County, Michigan">Oscoda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Otsego_County,_Michigan" title="Otsego County, Michigan">Otsego</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ottawa_County,_Michigan" title="Ottawa County, Michigan">Ottawa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presque_Isle_County,_Michigan" title="Presque Isle County, Michigan">Presque Isle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roscommon_County,_Michigan" title="Roscommon County, Michigan">Roscommon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saginaw_County,_Michigan" title="Saginaw County, Michigan">Saginaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanilac_County,_Michigan" title="Sanilac County, Michigan">Sanilac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Schoolcraft_County,_Michigan" title="Schoolcraft County, Michigan">Schoolcraft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shiawassee_County,_Michigan" title="Shiawassee County, Michigan">Shiawassee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Clair_County,_Michigan" title="St. Clair County, Michigan">St. Clair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Joseph_County,_Michigan" title="St. Joseph County, Michigan">St. Joseph</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tuscola_County,_Michigan" title="Tuscola County, Michigan">Tuscola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Van_Buren_County,_Michigan" title="Van Buren County, Michigan">Van Buren</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Washtenaw_County,_Michigan" title="Washtenaw County, Michigan">Washtenaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wayne_County,_Michigan" title="Wayne County, Michigan">Wayne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wexford_County,_Michigan" title="Wexford County, Michigan">Wexford</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><b><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-image-border noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Flag_of_Michigan.svg/32px-Flag_of_Michigan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="32" height="21" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Flag_of_Michigan.svg/48px-Flag_of_Michigan.svg.png 1.5x, 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