Dollar Bay, Michigan
Dollar Bay, Michigan | |
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 Welcome sign for Dollar Bay | |
  Dollar Bay | |
| Coordinates: 47°07′11″N 88°30′41″W / 47.11972°N 88.51139°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Michigan |
| County | Houghton |
| Townships | Franklin, Osceola, and Torch Lake |
| Area | |
• Total | 4.44 sq mi (11.51 km2) |
| • Land | 3.94 sq mi (10.19 km2) |
| • Water | 0.51 sq mi (1.32 km2) |
| Elevation | 627 ft (191 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 1,061 |
| • Density | 269.63/sq mi (104.12/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code(s) | 49922 (Dollar Bay) 49930 (Hancock) |
| Area code | 906 |
| FIPS code | 26-22520 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0624748[2] |
Dollar Bay is a census-designated place (CDP) in Houghton County, Michigan, United States. The population was 1,082 at the 2010 census.[3]
Geography
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Dollar Bay is located in the southwest corner of Osceola Township. The CDP extends west into Franklin Township as far as Goat Hill Road and south into Torch Lake Township.[4] The community takes its name from Dollar Bay, a small inlet of Portage Lake, the water body that separates the Keweenaw Peninsula from the rest of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
M-26 is the main highway through Dollar Bay, leading west 3 miles (5 km) to Hancock and northeast 5 miles (8 km) to Hubbell.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the Dollar Bay CDP has a total area of 4.6 square miles (12.0 km2), of which 4.1 square miles (10.5 km2) are land and 0.5 square miles (1.4 km2), or 12.05%, are water.[3]
Demographics
[edit]| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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| 2020 | 1,061 | — | |
| U.S. Decennial Census[5] | |||
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 21, 2022.
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Dollar Bay, Michigan
- ^ a b "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001): Dollar Bay CDP, Michigan". American Factfinder. U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 13, 2020. Retrieved August 10, 2017.
- ^ "TIGERweb: Dollar Bay CDP, Michigan". Geography Division, U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved August 10, 2017.
- ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
External links
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Media related to Dollar Bay, Michigan at Wikimedia Commons
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