Houghton County, Michigan

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administrative territorial entity county

Houghton County, Michigan is a rural county in the Keweenaw Peninsula region of Michigan known for its historic copper mining heritage, Lake Superior shoreline, and home to Michigan Technological University in the city of Houghton.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative territorial entity ⓘ
county ⓘ
borderedBy Baraga County, Michigan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Keweenaw County, Michigan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lake Superior ⓘ
Ontonagon County, Michigan NERFINISHED ⓘ
contains Adams Township, Michigan ⓘ
Calumet Township, Michigan ⓘ
Calumet, Michigan ⓘ
Chassell Township, Michigan ⓘ
Finlandia University ⓘ
Hancock, Michigan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Houghton, Michigan ⓘ
Isle Royale ⓘ
surface form: Isle Royale National Park headquarters

Laurium, Michigan ⓘ
Michigan Technological University ⓘ
Portage Charter Township, Michigan ⓘ
Portage Lake (Michigan) ⓘ
Stanton Township, Michigan ⓘ
Torch Lake Township, Michigan ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
countyFIPSCode 061 ⓘ
countySeat Houghton, Michigan ⓘ
GNISID 1626425 ⓘ
hasClimate humid continental climate ⓘ
hasHigherEducationInstitution Finlandia University ⓘ
Michigan Technological University ⓘ
hasHistoricSite Calumet Historic District ⓘ
Keweenaw National Historical Park ⓘ
Quincy Mine ⓘ
hasMajorBridge Portage Lake Lift Bridge ⓘ
hasShorelineOn Lake Superior ⓘ
historicalIndustry copper mining ⓘ
knownFor Keweenaw Peninsula ⓘ
surface form: Keweenaw copper district

Lake Superior shoreline ⓘ
Michigan Technological University ⓘ
historic copper mining ⓘ
largestCity Houghton, Michigan ⓘ
locatedIn Great Lakes region ⓘ
Keweenaw Peninsula ⓘ
Michigan ⓘ
Upper Peninsula of Michigan ⓘ
locatedInCongressionalDistrict Michigan's 1st congressional district ⓘ
namedAfter Douglass Houghton ⓘ
partOf Lake Superior Basin ⓘ
surface form: Lake Superior basin
postalAbbreviation MI ⓘ
stateFIPSCode 26 ⓘ
timeZone Central Time Zone ⓘ
Eastern Time Zone ⓘ

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Upper Peninsula of Michigan → contains → Houghton County, Michigan ⓘ