Laurium, Michigan

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Laurium, Michigan is a small historic village on Michigan’s Keweenaw Peninsula known for its copper mining heritage and well-preserved Victorian architecture.

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Label Occurrences
Laurium, Michigan canonical 4
Hecla Location, Michigan 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human settlement
village
country United States of America
hasArchitecturalStyle Victorian architecture
hasAreaType primarily residential
hasCharacteristic historic village
small population
hasClimate humid continental climate
hasEconomicActivity heritage tourism
tourism
hasElevationRelativeToSeaLevel elevated above Lake Superior shoreline
hasFeature historic homes
tree-lined streets
hasGovernmentForm village council
hasHeritage copper mining heritage
hasHistoricDistrict residential Victorian neighborhood
hasHistoricEconomicPeak late 19th century copper boom
hasLocalEconomyShift from mining to services and tourism
hasNotableBuilding George Gipp home
Laurium Manor Inn
hasNotablePerson George Gipp
hasPostalCode 49913
hasPreservationFocus historic architecture preservation
hasRecreation access to Lake Superior shoreline nearby
access to cross-country skiing
access to snowmobiling
hasRegionalIdentity Copper Country community
hasTransportation local bus connections in Copper Country
historicallyDependentOn copper mining industry
locatedIn Keweenaw Peninsula
Michigan
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Houghton County, Michigan NERFINISHED
locatedInRegion Upper Peninsula of Michigan
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone
locatedOn Keweenaw Peninsula
surface form: Keweenaw Peninsula of Lake Superior
namedAfter Laurium, Greece
nearbySettlement Calumet, Michigan
Hancock, Michigan NERFINISHED
Houghton, Michigan
partOf Copper Country region of Michigan
surface form: Copper Country
roadAccess U.S. Route 41 NERFINISHED
servedBySchoolDistrict Public schools in Houghton County

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Houghton County, Michigan contains Laurium, Michigan
Laurium Manor Inn location Laurium, Michigan
Keweenaw Peninsula hasCommunity Laurium, Michigan
M-26 (Michigan highway) connects Laurium, Michigan
Adams Township, Michigan contains Laurium, Michigan
this entity surface form: Hecla Location, Michigan