Diorite, Michigan
Appearance
Diorite, Michigan | |
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Coordinates: 46°30′33″N 87°49′49″W / 46.50917°N 87.83028°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Michigan |
County | Marquette |
Township | Ely |
Elevation | 1,572 ft (479 m) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
ZIP code(s) | 49814 (Champion) |
Area code | 906 |
GNIS feature ID | 624690[1] |
Diorite is an unincorporated community in Marquette County in the U.S. state of Michigan.[1] The community is located within Ely Township. As an unincorporated community, Diorite has no legally defined boundaries or population statistics of its own.
History
[edit]Diorite contained a post office between 1888 and 1940.[2][3] The community was named for deposits of the diorite rock in the area.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Diorite, Michigan
- ^ "Marquette County". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on April 3, 2015. Retrieved March 15, 2015.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Diorite Post Office (historical)
- ^ Chicago and North Western Railway Company (1908). A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways. p. 65.