White Pine, Michigan
White Pine, Michigan | |
|---|---|
 Location within Ontonagon County | |
  White Pine Location within the state of Michigan | |
| Coordinates: 46°45′14″N 89°35′03″W / 46.75389°N 89.58417°W[1] | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Michigan |
| County | Ontonagon |
| Township | Carp Lake |
| Area | |
| • Total | 5.00 sq mi (12.9 km2) |
| • Land | 5.00 sq mi (12.9 km2) |
| • Water | 0.0 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Elevation | 899 ft (274 m) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 474 |
| • Density | 94.8/sq mi (36.6/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code(s) | 49971 |
| Area code | 906 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1622143[1] |
White Pine is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Ontonagon County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The CDP had a population of 474 at the 2010 census.[3] White Pine is located within Carp Lake Township.
History
It was a station on the [[Chicago, Minneapolis [should read Chicago, "Milwaukee" and St. Paul Railway, not Minneapolis]. Thomas H. Wilcox, a mining engineer, found mass copper in the Mineral River and formed the White Pine Copper Company to mine it. The settlement was given a post office as "White Pine Mine" in June 1915.[4]
The community of White Pine was listed as a newly-organized census-designated place for the 2010 census, meaning it now has officially defined boundaries and population statistics for the first time.[5]
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, White Pine has a total area of 5.00 square miles (12.95 km2), all land.[6]
White Pine is located within Carp Lake Township east of the Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park. The Copper Range Company operated a copper mine in White Pine.
White Pine is served by the 49971 ZIP Code, which is the highest numeric ZIP Code in the state of Michigan.[7]
Demographics
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Notes
- ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: White Pine, Michigan
- ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
- ^ a b "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2011-05-14.
- ^ Romig, Walter (1986) [1973]. Michigan Place Names. Detroit, Michigan: Wayne State University Press. ISBN 0-8143-1838-X.
- ^ "Michigan: 2010 Population and Housing Unit Counts 2010 Census of Population and Housing" (PDF). 2010 United States Census. United States Census Bureau. September 2012. p. III-7. Retrieved April 8, 2020.
- ^ "Michigan: 2010 Population and Housing Unit Counts 2010 Census of Population and Housing" (PDF). 2010 United States Census. United States Census Bureau. September 2012. p. 28 Michigan. Retrieved April 3, 2020.
- ^ ZIPCodesToGo.com (2018). "Zip Codes for the State of Michigan". Retrieved April 4, 2020.
External links
- Mine Site Visit: Copper Range Company White Pine Mine. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Solid Waste, observations from EPA site visit May 5 and 6, 1992
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