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Atlantic Mine, Michigan

FieldValue
nameAtlantic Mine, Michigan
settlement_typeCensus-designated place (CDP) & unincorporated community
pushpin_mapMichigan#USA
pushpin_label_positionright
pushpin_labelAtlantic Mine
pushpin_map_captionLocation within the state of Michigan##Location within the United States
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_nameUnited States
subdivision_type1State
subdivision_name1Michigan
subdivision_type2County
subdivision_name2Houghton
subdivision_type3Township
subdivision_name3Adams
established_titleEstablished
established_date1872
unit_prefimperial
area_footnotes
area_total_sq_mi1.10
area_land_sq_mi1.10
area_water_sq_mi0.00
population_as_of2020
population_total565
population_density_sq_mi513.64
timezoneEastern (EST)
utc_offset-5
timezone_DSTEDT
utc_offset_DST-4
elevation_ft1050
coordinates
postal_code_typeZIP code(s)
postal_code49905
area_code906
blank_nameGNIS feature ID
blank_info620306
named_forAtlantic Mine

Atlantic Mine is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Houghton County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The CDP had a population of 565 at the 2020 census. The community is named for the defunct Atlantic Mine.

As an unincorporated community, Atlantic Mine has no legal autonomy of its own, however it does have its own post office with the 49905 ZIP Code.

History

The community of Atlantic Mine was established in 1872 with the merger of the South Pewabic Mining Company and Adams Mining Company into the Atlantic Mining Company, which operated a stamping works in the community until 1911. A post office was established in the community in 1876.

For the 2020 census, Atlantic Mine was included as a newly listed census-designated place.

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Atlantic Mine CDP has a total area of 1.10 sqmi, all of which is land.

Atlantic Mine is located in the Copper Country region of Michigan's Upper Peninsula, on the smaller Keweenaw Peninsula, which extends into Lake Superior. The community is part of Adams Township, and lies roughly halfway between Houghton, to the northeast, and the village of South Range, to the southwest.

Major highway

  • is a highway running southwest–northeast, passing by the community. The highway can be used to access South Range, Trimountain, and Painesdale to the southwest, and Houghton to the northeast.

Demographics

Education

Atlantic Mine is zoned within the Adams Township School District. The district operates public schools out of the nearby communities of South Range and Painesdale.

References

References

  1. "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau.
  2. {{GNIS. 620306. Atlantic Mine, Michigan
  3. "Geographic Names Information System".
  4. Romig, Walter. (1986). "Michigan Place Names: The History of the Founding and the Naming of More Than Five Thousand Past and Present Michigan Communities". [[Wayne State University Press]].
  5. "State of Michigan Census Designated Places - Current/TAB20 - Data as of January 1, 2020".
  6. "Geographic Names Information System".
  7. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov.
  8. "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Houghton County, MI". [[U.S. Census Bureau]].
  9. "Adams Township Schools".
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