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Brimley, Michigan

FieldValue
nameBrimley, Michigan
settlement_typeCensus-designated place (CDP) and unincorporated community
image_skylineBrimley.jpg
imagesize275
image_captionDowntown Brimley along M-221
pushpin_mapMichigan#USA
pushpin_label_positionright
pushpin_labelBrimley
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_name2Chippewa
subdivision_type3Township
subdivision_name3Superior
established_titleEstablished
established_date1872
established_title1Platted
established_date11887
unit_prefImperial
area_footnotes
area_total_sq_mi2.15
area_land_sq_mi1.75
area_water_sq_mi0.40
population_as_of2020
population_total504
population_density_sq_mi288.00
timezoneEastern (EST)
utc_offset-5
timezone_DSTEDT
utc_offset_DST-4
elevation_footnotes
elevation_ft659
coordinates
postal_code_typeZIP code(s)
postal_code49715
area_code906
blank_nameGNIS feature ID
blank_info2806320

Brimley is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Chippewa County, Michigan. The CDP had a population of 504 at the 2020 census. Brimley is located in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, and is located along the southern shore of Lake Superior. The community is located within Superior Township.

Brimley is home to Brimley State Park and Bay Mills Resort & Casino, the latter operated by the Bay Mills Indian Community. As an unincorporated community, Brimley has no legal autonomy of its own, however it does have its own post office with the 49715 ZIP Code.

History

Brimley was established as a station on the Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway in 1872. The community was platted in 1887, and was given a post office with the name Superior in 1888. The community was renamed to Brimley in 1896.

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

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Brimley CDP has a total area of 2.15 sqmi, of which 1.75 sqmi is land and 0.40 sqmi (18.60%) is water.

Brimley is located in the eastern Upper Peninsula, and is located along the south shore of Waiska Bay, a bay of Lake Superior. The mouth of the Waiska River is located within the community. Immediately west of Brimley is the Bay Mills Indian Community, which is home to Bay Mills Resort & Casino and Bay Mills Community College. Immediately east of Brimley is Brimley State Park.

Brimley lies about 11 mi southwest of Sault Ste. Marie.

Major highways

  • is a short north–south route connecting Brimley to M-28, a major east–west state trunkline highway.

Demographics

Education

Brimley is home to the Brimley Area Schools district, which operates a public school within the community. The school's teams are known as the "Bays".

References

References

  1. "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau.
  2. {{GNIS. 2806320
  3. 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]].
  4. "State of Michigan Census Designated Places - Current/TAB20 - Data as of January 1, 2020".
  5. "Geographic Names Information System".
  6. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov.
  7. "Brimley Area Schools".
  8. "Brimley Area Schools".
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