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Community in Gogebic County

Marenisco

County
Gogebic County

Marenisco is a civil township (with an unincorporated community and Census-designated place of the same name) in Gogebic County on the far western end of Michigan's Upper Peninsula. At about 311 square miles of land it is the second-largest township in Michigan by land area, wrapped around Lake Gogebic (the largest inland lake in the Upper Peninsula) and large tracts of the Ottawa National Forest, and it markets itself as 'A Town For All Seasons.' Its 2020 Census population was 455, down sharply from 1,727 in 2010 after the state closed the Ojibway Correctional Facility (a roughly 200-job employer) on December 1, 2018. Government is an elected township board (Supervisor Bruce Mahler, Clerk Donna Kenney, Treasurer Kathy Leonard, and two trustees), children attend the Wakefield-Marenisco School District, and the local economy now leans on outdoor-recreation tourism (fishing, hunting, snowmobiling) and forest resources.

The record

168 records name Marenisco

  • 156 news
  • 9 events
  • 3 obituaries

Showing the 40 most recent of 168. Every one is held, cited, and searchable in the archive.

What the records show

27 of 45 independently verified

Authoritative data

Overview

Population and demographics

  • Census 2020: 455 unverified via en.wikipedia.org We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.
  • Acs: not verified unverified via www2.census.gov We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.
  • Seasonal swing: unquantified unverified via marenisco.org We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.

Government and civic

Schools

Economy and employers

  • Prison history: Ojibway Correctional Facility (closed Dec 1, 2018) via michigan.gov
  • Industry: tourism, forest resources; historic timber and corrections inferred via marenisco.org Reasoned from other facts on this page, not reported directly.
  • Prison jobs: ~200 jobs lost unverified via en.wikipedia.org We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.
  • Employers: township govt; Wakefield-Marenisco School District unverified via marenisco.org We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.

Institutions and anchors

  • Postoffice: USPS Marenisco, 306 Hall St, ZIP 49947 unverified via en.wikipedia.org We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.
  • Library: not verified unverified via marenisco.org We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.
  • Hospital: Aspirus Ironwood Hospital (Ironwood, MI) unverified via en.wikipedia.org We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.

Business and commerce

  • Chamber: Lake Gogebic Area Chamber of Commerce unverified via en.wikipedia.org We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.
  • Downtown: US-2 / Hall Street core; Lake Gogebic resorts unverified via marenisco.org We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.

Media

  • Outlets: The Daily Globe (Ironwood); WLUC TV6 unverified via en.wikipedia.org We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.

Recreation and natural assets

  • Lakegogebic: Lake Gogebic (largest inland lake in the UP) via marenisco.org
  • Knownfor: fishing, hunting, snowmobiling, canoeing; 100,000+ forest acres via marenisco.org
  • Presqueisle: Presque Isle River 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

Infrastructure and access

  • Land area township: 311.138 via www2.census.gov
  • Secondlargest: 2nd largest township in Michigan via marenisco.org
  • Coords township: 46.38478, -89.582141 via www2.census.gov
  • Coords cdp: 3.446 sq mi; 46.373716, -89.712017 via www2.census.gov
  • Highways: US-2 and M-64 unverified via en.wikipedia.org We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.
  • Airport: Gogebic-Iron County Airport (KIWD) 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: Ashland ~55-65 mi; Ironwood/Hurley nearest town west unverified via www2.census.gov We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.
  • Broadband: not verified unverified via marenisco.org We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.
  • Nameorigin: Mary Enid Scott unverified via en.wikipedia.org We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.

Every figure here traces to a primary public record, linked at the fact. We gather and cite; we do not author. See something off? Tell us.

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