Gladstone, Michigan Gladstone, Michigan Location of Gladstone, Michigan Location of Gladstone, Michigan Gladstone is a town/city in Delta County in the U.S.
First settled in 1877, Gladstone's initial name was Minnewasca.
Highways 2 and 41 run concurrently through the city, connecting with Escanaba, nine miles (14 km) to the south.
Gladstone was first settled in 1859 when the Hamilton Corporation of Fayette, MI began using it as a shipping point for selling and transporting of their iron ore.
The town was originally titled Minnewasca by the Soo Line Railroad, the Ojibwa name meaning "white water." When the name was filed with the county and Secretary of State in Lansing, Senator W.
Washburn, who had an interest in building the barns , persuaded officials to change the name to Gladstone with respect to British premier, William Evert Gladstone. Nate Saunders who headquartered there when fishing at various points along the bay, was the locale for the initial build-up of Gladstone. Today, Saunder's Point still exists as a small peninsula east of Gladstone's town/city park system, positioned in Little Bay De Noc.
Expanding beyond its iron ore roots into a shipping point for lumber, coal, and copper amid the American civil war, throughout the 1860s and 1870s, Gladstone interval into a busy port.
Gladstone was in corporated as a village in 1887 and as a town/city in 1889. Gladstone is titled after the English statesman William Ewart Gladstone. The town/city is on a small projection into the Little Bay de Noc, which opens onto Green Bay on Lake Michigan.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 7.92 square miles (20.51 km2), of which 5.00 square miles (12.95 km2) is territory and 2.92 square miles (7.56 km2) is water. Due to the city's adjacency to Lake Michigan, Gladstone persistently has high humidity and experiences four distinct seasons.
To this day, this storm is referred to by Gladstone inhabitants as "les morte a doigts," since so many of the city's inhabitants lost fingers due to frostbite.
On July 19, 1992, Gladstone experienced a rare tornado which caused moderate damage throughout the city.
Although Gladstone is a mostly small city, it has a several distinct sections: Downtown (which hosts most of the small-town businesses), The Buckeye (located on the side of the city, bordering the Brampton, MI township), and the Bluff (which hosts most of the new residentiary expansion, as well as Gladstone High School).
Gladstone is often referred to as "The Year Round Playground" because of its myriad of parks and activities.
Gladstone's chief park is Van Cleve, which hosts a playground (Kid's Kingdom), a skateboarding park, baseball field, basketball court, public trail, a beach with water slide, boardwalk, as well as a harbor with boat ramps and fish cleaning station.
Another Gladstone attraction is the Gladstone Sports Park, which hosts a several baseball fields, skiing and snowboarding runs and a tubing facility.
Gladstone also hosts the Days River Trails, which are hiked and biked in the spring, summer, and fall.
Even with economic troubles in the region, Gladstone is the home of many grow businesses including Marble Arms, Besse Forest Products, Canadian National Railway, Van - Aire Inc, Independent Machine Co., Pardon Inc., Bramco Containers, Hoegh Pet Caskets, Brampton Bike and Ski, Bay de Noc Lure Company (makers of the "Swedish Pimple" and "Do-Jigger"), Main Street Pizza, D&M Subs, The Dairy Flo, and The Saloon.
Many of Gladstone's inhabitants also find work in Escanaba, especially with one of the New Page Corporation's mills, which is the area's biggest employer.
US 2 Actually, US2 runs from Everett, Washington 2,571 miles thru Gladstone and on to Houlton, Maine.
US 41 US41 runs 2000 miles from east of Copper Harbor, Michigan, at a modest cul-de-sac near Fort Wilkins Historic State Park at the tip of the Keweenaw Peninsula in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, through Gladstone, and on to the Brickell neighborhood of Downtown Miami.
Obviously, the US Highway Department had high expectations for Gladstone in its initial 1926 highway plan.
Bart Stupak, former member of the United States House of Representatives, Upper Peninsula of Michigan As of the census of 2010, there were 4,973 citizens , 2,182 homeholds, and 1,374 families residing in the city.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 95.4% White, 0.2% African American, 1.9% Native American, 0.3% Asian, 0.3% from other competitions, and 1.8% from two or more competitions.
There were 2,182 homeholds of which 27.9% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 49.5% were married couples living together, 9.3% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 4.1% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 37.0% were non-families.
The median age in the town/city was 43.6 years.
22.7% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 6.5% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 22.3% were from 25 to 44; 27.5% were from 45 to 64; and 21.1% were 65 years of age or older.
As of the census of 2000, there were 5,032 citizens , 2,126 homeholds, and 1,392 families residing in the city.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 96.76% White, 0.14% African American, 1.47% Native American, 0.22% Asian, 0.08% Pacific Islander, 0.04% from other competitions, and 1.29% from two or more competitions.
There were 2,126 homeholds out of which 29.7% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 52.6% were married couples living together, 9.9% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 34.5% were non-families.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 24.9% under the age of 18, 7.3% from 18 to 24, 25.7% from 25 to 44, 23.1% from 45 to 64, and 19.0% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $34,328, and the median income for a family was $47,899.
About 7.8% of families and 10.2% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 13.9% of those under age 18 and 9.5% of those age 65 or over.
"Gladstone, Michigan: A Little Town with a Big Name".
The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States.
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
Gladstone, Michigan website Municipalities and communities of Delta County, Michigan, United States Escanaba Gladstone
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Cities in Delta County, Michigan - Cities in Michigan - Populated places on the Great Lakes - 1887 establishments in Michigan
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