Ludington, Michigan Ludington, Michigan Location of Ludington, Michigan Location of Ludington, Michigan Ludington / l diet n/ is a town/city in the state of Michigan.
As of the 2010 census, the town/city population was 8,076.
Ludington is a harbor town positioned on Lake Michigan at the mouth of the Pere Marquette River.
Many citizens come to Ludington year round for recreation, including boating and swimming on Lake Michigan, Hamlin Lake, and other lesser inland lakes, as well as hunting, fishing, and camping.
Nearby are Ludington State Park (which includes the Big Sable Point Light), Nordhouse Dunes Wilderness, and Manistee National Forest.
Ludington is also the home port of the SS Badger, a vehicle and passenger ferry with daily service in the summer athwart Lake Michigan to Manitowoc, Wisconsin.
Watching the Badger come into port in the evening from the end of the north breakwall by the Ludington lighthouse is a favorite small-town pastime.
Ludington has multiple golf and disc golf courses, attracting various players.
Examples are one of the biggest Gus Macker basketball tournaments (with 35,500 spectators), the Ludington Area Jaycees Freedom Festival (July 4), the Lakestride Half Marathon in June, and the West Shore Art League's Art Fair.
As a result of its many attractions (based on AAA's 2005 Trip - Tik requests), Ludington is the fifth-most-popular tourist town/city in Michigan, behind Mackinaw City, Traverse City, Muskegon, and Sault Ste.
Two years later they assembled a two-story wood-framed home on their farm. After the organization of Mason County in 1855, the first floor of this building was converted into the county's first courthouse.
Restored in 1976 by the Mason County Historical Society, the structure stands today as a part of White Pine Village, a exhibition consisting of a several restored and replica Mason County buildings (see external links).
Ludington Light The town was originally titled Pere Marquette, then later titled after the industrialist James Ludington, whose logging operations the village advanced around. Ludington was incorporated as a City in 1873, the same year that the County seat was moved from the Village of Lincoln to the City of Ludington. The region boom in the late 19th century was due to these sawmills and also the discernment of salt deposits.
By 1892, 162 million board feet (382,000 cubic metres or 13,500,000 cubic feet) of lumber and 52 million wood shingles had been produced by the Ludington sawmills.
With all of this commerce occurring, Ludington became a primary Great Lakes shipping port. By the mid-1950s, Ludington had turn into the biggest car ferry port in the world.
Currently only one carferry, the SS Badger, makes regular trips athwart the lake from Ludington, one of only two lake-crossing car ferries on Lake Michigan. During the late 1910s and early 1920s, Ludington was the home of the Ludington Mariners minor league baseball team.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 3.71 square miles (9.61 km2), of which 3.37 square miles (8.73 km2) is territory and 0.34 square miles (0.88 km2) is water. The Ludington North Breakwall Light is at the end of the north pierhead on Lake Michigan.
Ludington is part of Northern Michigan. Climate data for Ludington US 10 enters the town/city from the east, connecting with Clare, Midland and Bay City.
It continues athwart Lake Michigan into Wisconsin via the SS Badger, providing carferry service to Manitowoc. US 31 is a freeway to the south of a junction with US 10 east of Ludington.
US 31 and US 10 run concurrently for about five miles (8.0 km) east of Ludington before US 31 turns northerly again at Scottville. M-116 is a spur route providing access to Ludington State Park, to the north of the city, from US 10 downtown. Bicycle Route 20 runs through Ludington ends at south side of the city. There were 3,549 homeholds of which 26.7% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 38.8% were married couples living together, 13.7% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 3.9% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 43.5% were non-families.
The median age in the town/city was 43 years.
21.8% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 8.7% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 21.7% were from 25 to 44; 26.7% were from 45 to 64; and 21.1% were 65 years of age or older.
There were 3,690 homeholds out of which 28.0% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 42.2% were married couples living together, 13.3% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 41.3% were non-families.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 24.0% under the age of 18, 8.5% from 18 to 24, 26.0% from 25 to 44, 21.7% from 45 to 64, and 19.8% who were 65 years of age or older.
About 12.9% of families and 16.3% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 27.7% of those under age 18 and 8.0% of those age 65 or over.
Just south of Ludington is the Ludington Pumped Storage Power Plant, which generates pumped storage hydroelectricity.
The Fitch Four Drive Tractor Company was established in Ludington.
Flora - Craft and Great Lakes Castings are also two big factories in Ludington.
Ludington is home to four airways broadcasts and one newspaper.
The Ludington Daily News has been serving the Ludington region from its locale on N.
Ludington's downtown retail is concentrated on the city's tourism and includes art arcades, antique stores, clothing stores and jewelry stores.
Ludington Area Catholic-LAC (Private, Grades K-8) Ludington High School (Grades 9-12, The Orioles) Burr Caswell early settler and developer of Ludington region and Mason County Ignace was brought ashore near the present site of Ludington, where he later died.
A shrine in Ludington, in the form of a cross, marks the place where Father Marquette died. Ludington Municipal Marina Lighthouse by Stearns Park in Ludington SS Badger at Ludington Video of SS Badger sailing from Ludington (1 minute) Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ludington, Michigan.
Henry Ludington Ludington State Park Ludington Public Library Ludington: 1830-1930, p.
Ludington Daily News.
"But little is known about man for whom Ludington was named".
Ludington Daily News.
"Michigan Highways: Lake Michigan Circle Tour".
"US BR-20 Route West Half Farwell to Ludington" (PDF).
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
United States Enumeration Bureau.
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012".
Mason County Pictoral History.
Ludington, MI: Mason County Historical Society.
"The Life of Ludington's Cartier Mansion".
City of Ludington Ludington Daily News Ludington Mural Society Ludington Area School District Slide show pictures of Ludington, Michigan Ludington Area Convention and Visitors Bureau Mason County and Ludington Michigan Area History and Genealogy The Official Ludington and Scottville Chamber of Commerce and Convention and Visitors Bureau Municipalities and communities of Mason County, Michigan, United States
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