Gaylord, Michigan, United States

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city human settlement municipality

Gaylord, Michigan, United States is a small northern Michigan city known as the boyhood home of pioneering information theorist Claude Shannon.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Gaylord, Michigan 2
Claude Shannon 0
City of Gaylord government 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
human settlement ⓘ
municipality ⓘ
areaCode 989 ⓘ
childhoodHome Gaylord, Michigan, United States self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Gaylord, Michigan
climate humid continental climate ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
county Otsego County, Michigan ⓘ
demographics small city population by U.S. standards ⓘ
economicActivity outdoor sports and recreation industry ⓘ
retail and services ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
elevation approximately 1,348 feet above sea level ⓘ
foundedAs railroad town ⓘ
GNISFeatureClass populated place ⓘ
governmentType council–manager government ⓘ
grewUpIn Gaylord, Michigan, United States self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Gaylord, Michigan
hasAirport Gaylord Regional Airport ⓘ
hasEvent Alpenfest (local festival) ⓘ
hasLocalGovernment Gaylord, Michigan, United States self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: City of Gaylord government
hasNotableResident Claude Shannon ⓘ
isCountySeatOf Otsego County, Michigan ⓘ
knownFor Alpine-themed downtown architecture ⓘ
boyhood home of Claude Shannon ⓘ
outdoor recreation and tourism ⓘ
locatedIn Otsego Lake area ⓘ
locatedInRegion Michigan (most of state) ⓘ
surface form: Lower Peninsula of Michigan

Northern Michigan ⓘ
locatedNear Pigeon River Country State Forest ⓘ
namedAfter Augustus Gaylord ⓘ
nearbyAttraction Gaylord City Elk Park ⓘ
nickname Alpine Village ⓘ
partOf Midwestern United States ⓘ
Otsego County, Michigan ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
postalCode 49735 ⓘ
railroadHistory developed along the Michigan Central Railroad ⓘ
region snowbelt region of Michigan ⓘ
sportsAndRecreation golf courses ⓘ
skiing and winter sports ⓘ
snowmobiling ⓘ
state Michigan (most of state) ⓘ
surface form: Michigan
timeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
transportInfrastructure served by Interstate 75 ⓘ
served by M-32 (Michigan highway) ⓘ
U.S. Route 27 ⓘ
surface form: served by U.S. Route 27 (historical)

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gaylord, Michigan, United States → childhoodHome → Gaylord, Michigan, United States self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Claude Shannon
this entity surface form: Gaylord, Michigan
Claude Shannon → grewUpIn → Gaylord, Michigan, United States ⓘ
Gaylord, Michigan, United States → grewUpIn → Gaylord, Michigan, United States self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Claude Shannon
this entity surface form: Gaylord, Michigan
Gaylord, Michigan, United States → hasLocalGovernment → Gaylord, Michigan, United States self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Gaylord, Michigan
this entity surface form: City of Gaylord government