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Dickinson County, Michigan

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10historic places

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1891formed

25,947pop. 2020

9cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 10 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1972. Most listings are in or near Iron Mountain, Kingsford.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Michigan is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Dickinson titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

5 of 10 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

10 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Ardis Furnace	Iron Mountain	Site	1972
Chapin Mine Steam Pump Engine	Iron Mountain	Structure	1981
Dickinson County Courthouse and Jail	Iron Mountain	Building	1980
Graved Rock Site	Kingsford	Site	1995
Immaculate Conception Church	Iron Mountain	Building	1990
Iron Mountain Central Historic District	Iron Mountain	District	2013
Iron Mountain Veterans Administration (VA) Hospital	Iron Mountain	District	2022
Menominee River Park Archeological District	Kingsford	District	1995
Up Stream Put-In Site	Kingsford	Site	1995
Upper Twin Falls Bridge	Iron Mountain	Structure	2012

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Dickinson was formed in 1891 (1891-05-21) from Iron, Marquette, Menominee.

DICKINSON created from IRON, MARQUETTE, and MENOMINEE.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Dickinson County population from 1900 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
17,890	19,456	28,731	24,844	23,917	25,341	27,472	25,947

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

9 cemeteries and 0 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 9 of 9 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Channing Cemetery	46.13022	-88.08402
Dickinson County Memorial Gardens Cemetery	45.8061	-88.03333
Felch Cemetery	45.99231	-87.81756
Foster City Cemetery	45.96339	-87.7285
Kingsford - Quinnesec Cemetery	45.80356	-88.00429
Norway Cemetery	45.76551	-87.90123
Park Cemetery	45.80638	-88.06527
Ralph Cemetery - Whispering Pines Cemetery	46.10868	-87.7726
Waucedah Township Cemetery	45.76495	-87.73401

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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