The Greater Northwoods

City in Gogebic County

Ironwood

Population
5,042
County
Gogebic County
Location
46.452, -90.150

Ironwood is Michigan's westernmost city, an incorporated city in Gogebic County in the far-western Upper Peninsula, sitting on U.S. Highway 2 directly across the Montreal River from Hurley, Wisconsin. It covers about 6.58 square miles; the 2020 Census counted 5,045 residents (down from 5,387 in 2010), the ACS 2019-2023 five-year estimate is 5,004, median household income is about $37,191, and the median age is 50.4. Ironwood runs on a City Commission-Manager government (Mayor Kim Corcoran, City Manager Paul Anderson, Clerk Jen Jacobson), is served by Ironwood Area Schools (Luther L. Wright K-12) and Gogebic Community College, and anchors a four-season outdoor-recreation economy built on the Gogebic Iron Range's mining heritage, Copper Peak (the world's largest ski jumping hill), and nearby downhill ski resorts.

The record

1,641 records name Ironwood

  • 1,556 news
  • 58 events
  • 20 obituaries
  • 5 opinion
  • 2 notices

Showing the 40 most recent of 1,641. Every one is held, cited, and searchable in the archive.

What the records show

41 of 54 independently verified

Authoritative data

Overview

Population and demographics

Government and civic

Schools

Economy and employers

  • Industry: health care, education, tourism, retail, government; historic mining inferred via ironwoodchamber.org Reasoned from other facts on this page, not reported directly.
  • Tourism: dominant secondary source via ironwoodchamber.org Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Employers: Aspirus Ironwood Hospital; Ironwood Area Schools; Gogebic Community College; city/county govt unverified via locations.aspirus.org We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.

Institutions and anchors

Business and commerce

  • Chamber: Ironwood Area Chamber of Commerce, 150 North Lowell St. via ironwoodchamber.org
  • Downtown: historic downtown / Find Your North secondary source via ironwoodchamber.org Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.

Media

  • Daily globe: The Daily Globe (yourdailyglobe.com) unverified via yourdailyglobe.com We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.
  • Regional tv: Upper Michigan's Source (WLUC) unverified via yourdailyglobe.com We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.

Recreation and natural assets

  • Copper peak: Copper Peak via copperpeak.net
  • Miners park: Miners Memorial Heritage Park secondary source via minerspark.org Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Ski resorts: Big Powderhorn, Snowriver, Mount Zion, Whitecap secondary source via en.wikipedia.org Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Mining heritage: Gogebic Iron Range secondary source via en.wikipedia.org Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Hiawatha: Hiawatha statue (52 ft) unverified via en.wikipedia.org We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.

Events and seasonal rhythm

  • Seasonal: winter-peaked, four-season secondary source via ironwoodchamber.org Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Festival ironwood: Festival Ironwood unverified via ironwoodchamber.org We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.
  • County fair: Gogebic County Fair (August) unverified via ironwoodchamber.org We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.

Infrastructure and access

  • Highways: US 2; M-28 (nearby); US 51 (terminus in Hurley) secondary source via en.wikipedia.org Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Land area: 6.578 via www2.census.gov
  • Coords: 46.452209, -90.150432 via www2.census.gov
  • Border: across Montreal River from Hurley, WI secondary source via en.wikipedia.org Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Airport: Gogebic-Iron County Airport (IWD) unverified via en.wikipedia.org We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.
  • Nearest hub: Hurley, WI (adjacent); Ashland ~35 mi west unverified via en.wikipedia.org We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.
  • Broadband: not verified unverified via ironwoodmi.gov We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.
  • Elevation: 1506 unverified via en.wikipedia.org We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.

In memory, from Ironwood

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