Kearsarge, Michigan
| Kearsarge, Michigan | |
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| Unincorporated community | |
Downtown Kearsarge
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 Kearsarge, Michigan
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| Coordinates: 47°16′30″N 88°24′58″W / 47.27500°N 88.41611°WCoordinates: 47°16′30″N 88°24′58″W / 47.27500°N 88.41611°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Michigan |
| County | Houghton County |
| Township | Calumet Township |
| Elevation | 1,122 ft (342 m) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 49942 (P.O. Box) |
| Area code(s) | 906 |
| FIPS code | 26-42420 |
| GNIS feature ID | 629487 |
Kearsarge is an unincorporated community in Calumet Township, Houghton County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) northeast of Calumet/Laurium on U.S. Route 41/M-26 at 47°16′30″N 88°24′58″W / 47.27500°N 88.41611°W.
Kearsarge is served by a post office with ZIP code 49942, providing P.O. Box service.
The community was first settled in 1867. An amygdaloid copper lode was mined by various companies from 1882 through 1925. A post office opened on November 20, 1893, with Barnett S. Shearer as the first postmaster. It was named for the USS Kearsarge (1861) by a former naval officer who was an employee of the Calumet and Hecla Mining Company. It had a station on the Hancock and Calumet Railroad (which became part of Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway).
During the Great Depression, workers with the WPA built a memorial to the 1862 naval ship out of stones, though the monument bears little resemblance to the sloop it commemorates.
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