Ironwood
| Ironwood | |
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 Center of Ironwood |
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| Location in Michigan | |
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1889 (incorporated) |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Michigan |
| County : | Gogebic County |
| Coordinates : | 46 ° 27 ′ N , 90 ° 10 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 5,387 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 323.9 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 16.63 km 2 (about 6 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 456 m |
| Postal code : | 49938 |
| Area code : | +1 906 |
| FIPS : | 26-41060 |
| GNIS ID : | 629087 |
| Website : | cityofironwood.org |
| Mayor : | Kim Corcoran |
 The Ironwood Theater Complex , built in 1928, listed on the NRHP since 1985 |
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Ironwood is a small town (with the status " City ") in Gogebic County in the US -amerikanischen State Michigan . In 2010 Ironwood had 5387 residents.
geography
Ironwood is located in the western Upper Peninsula of Michigan on the east side of the border to Wisconsin forming Montreal River , in the Lake Superior empties.
The geographical coordinates of Ironwood are 46 ° 27'17 "north latitude and 90 ° 10'16" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of 16.63 km².
Neighboring locations to Ironwood are the twin cities of Hurley , Wisconsin (on the opposite side of the Montreal River), Montreal , Wisconsin (6.8 km southwest), and Bessemer (10.8 km east-northeast) and Wakefield (19.8 km in the same direction ).
The closest major cities are Sault Ste. Marie in the Canadian province of Ontario (498 km east-northeast, across from Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan ), Green Bay on Lake Michigan in Wisconsin (351 km southeast), Wausau in Wisconsin (201 km south), the Twin Cities in Minnesota (361 km southwest) and Duluth on Lake Superior in Minnesota (174 km west-northwest).
traffic
The US Highway 2 runs from west to east direction as the main road through Ironwood. All other roads are subordinate and partly unpaved roads as well as inner-city connecting roads.
With the Gogebic-Iron County Airport is located 10.7 km north-northeast of the nearest regional airport. The nearest major airports are Duluth International Airport (183 km west-northwest) and Central Wisconsin Airport near Wausau (220 km south). The nearest major international airport is Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (374 km southwest).
Copper Peak
23 km north-northeast of Ironwood, Copper Peak, inaugurated in 1970, is the world's smallest ski-flying hill that has been homologated by the FIS .
population
According to the 2010 census , Ironwood had 5,387 people in 2,520 households. The population density was 323.9 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.09 people lived in each of the 2520 households.
The racial the population was composed of 96.0 percent white, 0.5 percent African American, 1.1 percent Native American, 0.2 percent Asian and 0.3 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.8 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.2 percent of the population.
19.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 59.0 percent were between 18 and 64 and 21.7 percent were 65 years or older. 51.9 percent of the population were female.
The average annual income for a household was 28,776 USD . The per capita income was $ 21,089. 23.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Individual evidence
- ^ Ironwood Theater. Retrieved May 21, 2014
- ↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 85000061 Retrieved May 21, 2014
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved May 21, 2014
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on May 21, 2014
- ↑ AirNav.com - Gogebic-Iron County Airport Accessed on May 21, 2014
- ↑ Copper Peak.Retrieved May 21, 2014
