Quinnesec
| Quinnesec | |
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 Location in Michigan
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| Basic data | |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Michigan |
| County : | Dickinson County |
| Coordinates : | 45 ° 48 ′ N , 87 ° 59 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 1,191 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 384.2 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 3.1 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 317 m |
| Postal code : | 49876 |
| Area code : | +1 906 |
| FIPS : | 26-66720 |
| GNIS ID : | 635571 |
Quinnesec is a settlement on community-free area in Dickinson County in the US -amerikanischen State Michigan . For statistical purposes, the place has been combined to form a census-designated place (CDP) . In 2010 Quinnesec had 1,191 residents.
geography
Quinnesec is located in the west-central part of Michigan's Upper Peninsula on the left bank of the Menominee River , which forms the border with Wisconsin up to its confluence with Lake Michigan . On the opposite bank of the river is Niagara , Wisconsin.
The geographical coordinates of Quinnesec are 45 ° 48'23 "north latitude and 87 ° 59'18" west longitude. Quinnesec extends over an area of 3.1 km² and is part of the township .
The other neighboring towns of Quinnesec besides Niagara are Norway (8.2 km west-southwest), Kingsford (6.4 km west-southwest) and Iron Mountain (6.8 km west-northwest).
The closest major cities are Sault Ste. Marie in the Canadian province of Ontario (355 km east-northeast, across from Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan ), Green Bay in Wisconsin on Lake Michigan (155 km south), Wisconsin's largest city Milwaukee (342 km in the same direction), Wisconsin's capital Madison ( 371 km south-southwest), Wausau in Wisconsin (211 km southwest), the Twin Cities in Minnesota (482 km west-southwest) and Duluth on Lake Superior in Minnesota (383 km west-northwest).
Economy and Transport
The Verso Corporation operates a paper mill in Quinnesec with an annual production capacity of around 430,000 tons of paper.
The US Highways 2 and 141 meet at the northwestern edge of Quinnesec. All other roads are subordinate country roads, partly unpaved roads or inner-city connecting roads.
For freight traffic, the place is connected to the rail network of the Canadian National Railway .
The nearest regional airport, Ford Airport , is 11.1 km to the west.
population
According to the 2010 census , Quinnesec had 1,191 people in 473 households. The population density was 384.2 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.52 people lived in each of the 473 households.
The racial the population was composed of 97.2 percent white, 1.0 percent African American, 0.5 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian and 0.3 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.7 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.7 percent of the population.
21.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 63.4 percent were between 18 and 64 and 15.1 percent were 65 years or older. 49.6 percent of the population were female.
The average annual income for a household was 51,632 USD . The per capita income was $ 20,022. 2.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved May 23, 2014
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on May 23, 2014
- ↑ Verso: Quinnesec Mill , accessed September 11, 2019
- ↑ Michigan Department of Transportation - Railroad Map (PDF; 1 MB) Retrieved May 23, 2014