South Range, Michigan
| South Range, Michigan | |
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| Village | |
Downtown South Range
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 Location of South Range, Michigan |
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| Coordinates: 47°4′19″N 88°38′32″W / 47.07194°N 88.64222°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Michigan |
| County | Houghton |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.36 sq mi (0.93 km2) |
| • Land | 0.36 sq mi (0.93 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,138 ft (347 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 758 |
| • Estimate (2012) | 756 |
| • Density | 2,105.6/sq mi (813.0/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 49963 |
| Area code(s) | 906 |
| FIPS code | 26-75220 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0638402 |
South Range is a village in Adams Township, Houghton County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is bordered on the east by the unincorporated community of Baltic. It is about five miles southwest of Houghton on M-26. The population was 758 at the 2010 census. The ZIP code for South Range is 49963.
It is a "cooperating community of the Keweenaw National Historical Park."[1]
South Range was platted in 1902 by the Wheal Kate Mining Company, which operated an unsuccessful copper mine nearby. In 1906 the community tried to incorporate as the town of Stanton, but there was already a Stanton, Michigan, so they incorporated as South Range, because it was at the south end of the Michigan copper range. Italians were the dominant ethnic group in early years.
On December 11, 1913, during the bitter Copper Country Strike of 1913–1914, a raid was conducted by the Citizens' Alliance shortly after the mass murder at the Dally boardinghouse in Painesdale, Michigan which had occurred just a mere few days previous. Thirty-seven rifles, and hundreds of rounds of ammunition was seized. Twenty-three strikers were arrested with guns ready to shoot up the location that night, and Deputy T. Driscoll was non-fatally shot in the arm during the raid.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 0.36 square miles (0.93 km2), all land.
As of the census of 2010, there were 758 people, 343 households, and 181 families residing in the village. The population density was 2,105.6 inhabitants per square mile (813.0/km2). There were 395 housing units at an average density of 1,097.2 per square mile (423.6/km2). The racial makeup of the village was 95.9% White, 0.4% Native American, 1.2% Asian, 0.1% from other races, and 2.4% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.1% of the population.
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