Ironwood, Michigan Ironwood, Michigan Downtown Ironwood Downtown Ironwood Location of Ironwood, Michigan Location of Ironwood, Michigan State Michigan Ironwood is a town/city in Gogebic County in the U.S.
State of Michigan, about 18 miles (29 km) south of Lake Superior.
The town/city is on US 2 and is situated opposite the Montreal River from Hurley, Wisconsin.
It is the westernmost town/city in Michigan, situated on the same line of longitude (90.2 degrees West) as Clinton, Iowa and St.
While originally an iron quarrying town, the region is now known for its downhill skiing resorts, including Big Powderhorn, Blackjack, Indianhead, Mount Zion and Whitecap as well as its cross nation skiing at the Wolverine Nordic Trail System and the ABR Nordic Center.
Ironwood is home of the "World's Tallest Indian" : a 52 ft (15.8 m) fiberglass statue of tribal prestige Hiawatha.
The town/city is at the south end of Ironwood Township, but is administratively autonomous.
The town of Ironwood was settled in the spring of 1885.
The township region north of the town/city was incorporated as Ironwood Township on April 8, 1889.
In 1890 the populace of Ironwood passed 7500 and in 1900 it reached 10000. The Ironwood Theatre Complex (now The Historic Ironwood Theatre Center for the Performing Arts) is on the National Register of Historic Places Air Force established a Strategic Air Command (SAC) Radar Bomb Scoring site up on Norrie hill to track and score simulated bomb runs by B-52s and B-47s on targets in the Ironwood area.
Already in the early 1890s there were twelve different churches in Ironwood.
Ironwood boasts a rich cultural life that includes two theater organizations Theatre North and Ironwood Theatre.
Ironwood Dance Company produces shows throughout the year and sends dancers to compete at state and nationwide competitions.
The Ironwood Carnegie Library is the earliest operating Carnegie library in the state of Michigan.
Each summer the Pine Mountain Music Festival brings top performances to Ironwood.
Ironwood and its famous pasties appear in Neil Gaiman's novel American Gods.
Ironwood and the Ironwood region are central to folk novel Marvin & Me, by author and Ironwood native Rod Stockhaus.
Ironwood's town/city government, like many other small Michigan communities, consists of a 5-member town/city council with the top vote receiver serving as Mayor.
The City of Ironwood operates a enhance safety department, in which all of the members are fully cross-trained and serve as both police officers and firefighters.
Ironwood Carnegie Library The Chicago and Northwestern Railroad Depot (now the Ironwood Historical Society) is on the National Register of Historic Places Ironwood has one high school, Luther L.
Wright High School, informally known as Ironwood High School.
Ironwood was the home of the last parochial high school in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.
Ironwood Catholic High School (formerly St.
Ironwood is also the locale of Gogebic Community College.
Entering Ironwood on Silver Street US Highway 2 runs west to Ashland, Wisconsin and Duluth, Minnesota, and runs east to Iron Mountain.
Business US Highway 2 serves the town/city of Ironwood.
Wisconsin State Highway 51 ends in close-by Hurley, Wisconsin.
Wisconsin State Highway 77 starts just athwart the state line in Hurley and travels southwest.
County Road 505 runs north (as Lake Road) through Ironwood Township and runs by Little Girl's Point County Park on Lake Superior and eventually meets the northern end of WIS 122 at the Michigan Wisconsin border near Saxon Harbor, and runs south (as Van Buskirk Road) through Erwin Township to meet the end of CTH-C in Oma, WI.
County Road 200 (Old County Road) begins at the east end of the town/city and runs east to Bessemer.
County Road 501 (Junet Road) begins at the northwest end of the town/city and runs north to meet CR 204 (Airport Road)}.
Ignace and Ironwood and between Ironwood and Duluth, Minnesota, while Gogebic County operates a small enhance bus system.
Ironwood is served by the Gogebic-Iron County Airport (KIWD), which provides commercial air service.
Scheduled service to and from Minneapolis began on June 1, 2016. Located (7) miles northeast of the city, the airport handles approximately 5,500 operations per year, with roughly 65% general aviation, 26% commercial service and 9% air taxi.
The Iron Belle Trail uses Ironwood as one of its terminus's for the cross-state hiking and biking trails. Ironwood Daily Globe Television stations serving Ironwood from Duluth According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 6.42 square miles (16.63 km2), all of it land. Ironwood is one of the snowiest places in Michigan, and has an average cyclic snow flurry of 188.2 inches (478 cm).
Climate data for Ironwood, Michigan (1981-2010 normals, extremes 1901- present) As of the census of 2010, there were 5,387 citizens , 2,520 homeholds, and 1,408 families residing in the city.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 96.0% White, 0.5% African American, 1.1% Native American, 0.2% Asian, 0.3% from other competitions, and 1.8% from two or more competitions.
There were 2,520 homeholds of which 23.8% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 38.5% were married couples living together, 12.3% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 5.1% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 44.1% were non-families.
The median age in the town/city was 45.5 years.
19.3% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 8.6% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 21.7% were from 25 to 44; 28.7% were from 45 to 64; and 21.7% were 65 years of age or older.
As of the census of 2000, there were 6,293 citizens , 2,841 homeholds, and 1,625 families residing in the city.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 97.52% White, 0.10% African American, 0.72% Native American, 0.22% Asian, 0.14% from other competitions, and 1.30% from two or more competitions.
There were 2,841 homeholds out of which 24.9% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 42.4% were married couples living together, 11.2% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 42.8% were non-families.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 22.2% under the age of 18, 7.9% from 18 to 24, 23.6% from 25 to 44, 21.8% from 45 to 64, and 24.5% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $23,502, and the median income for a family was $30,349.
About 17.0% of families and 18.5% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 24.2% of those under age 18 and 12.4% of those age 65 or over.
Festival Ironwood The Ironwood Memorial Building is positioned at the corners of Mc - Leod and Marquette streets.
Ironwood town/city offices are quartered there and an ostentatious civic auditorium are in the building.
Mining scene from Ironwood around 1905.
Mining scene from Ironwood around 1905.
Mining scene from Ironwood around 1905.
Mining scene from Ironwood around 1905.
Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Ironwood, Michigan Ironwood, Michigan.
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