Alpena, Michigan

Alpena, Michigan
City
City of Alpena
Alpena City Hall
Nickname:  "Sanctuary of the Great Lakes"
Location within Alpena County
Alpena Location within the state of Michigan
Coordinates: 45°03′42″N 83°25′58″W / 45.06167°N 83.43278°W / 45.06167; -83.43278
Country	United States
State	Michigan
County	Alpena
Settled	1835
Founded	1840
Incorporated	1871
Government
• Type	Mayor–council
• Mayor	Cindy Johnson
• Mayor pro tem	Michael Nowak
• Manager	Rachel Smolinski
Area [1]
• Total	8.86 sq mi (22.94 km2)
• Land	8.17 sq mi (21.17 km2)
• Water	0.68 sq mi (1.77 km2)
Elevation	591 ft (180 m)
Population  (2020)[citation needed]
• Total	10,197
• Density	1,247.80/sq mi (481.78/km2)
Demonym	"Alpenan(s)"
Time zone	UTC-5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code(s)	49707
Area code	989
FIPS code	26-01740[2]
GNIS feature ID	0620017[3]
Website	Official website

Alpena (/ælˈpiːnə/ al-PEE-nə) is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is the county seat of Alpena County, and is the only city within the county.^[4] The population was 10,197 at the 2020 census,^{[citation needed]} making it the third most populated city in the Northern Michigan region, after Traverse City and Cadillac. The city is surrounded by Alpena Township, but the two are administered autonomously. It is the core city of the Alpena micropolitan statistical area, which encompasses all of Alpena County and had a total population of 28,907 at the 2020 census.^[5]

Alpena is located at the head of Thunder Bay, a bay of Lake Huron. Offshore of Alpena is the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary, which protects an estimated 116 historically significant shipwrecks.^[6] Alpena is the third-largest American city on Lake Huron, behind Bay City and Port Huron.