Iron Mountain, Michigan

Iron Mountain, Michigan
Iron Mountain, Michigan
City
	City of Iron Mountain
	Iron Mountain City Hall
	Location within Dickinson County
	Iron Mountain Location within the state of Michigan Iron Mountain Location within the United States
	Coordinates: 45°49′21″N 88°03′51″W / 45.82250°N 88.06417°W
Country	United States
State	Michigan
County	Dickinson
Settled	1878
Incorporated	1887(village); 1889 (city)
Government
• Type	Council–manager
• Mayor	Dale Alessandrini
• Manager	Jordan Stanchina
Area
• Total	8.21 sq mi (21.27 km2)
• Land	7.54 sq mi (19.53 km2)
• Water	0.67 sq mi (1.73 km2)
Elevation	1,138 ft (347 m)
Population (2020)
• Total	7,518
• Density	997.08/sq mi (384.97/km2)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code(s)	49801, 49802, 49831
Area code	906
FIPS code	26-40960
GNIS feature ID	0629079
Website	Official website

Iron Mountain is a city in and the county seat of Dickinson County, Michigan. The population was 7,518 at the 2020 census, down from 7,624 at the 2010 census.^[4] In the state's Upper Peninsula, Iron Mountain was named for the valuable iron ore found in the vicinity.^[5]

Iron Mountain is the principal city of the Iron Mountain, MI–WI Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Dickinson County, Michigan and Florence County in Wisconsin.

Iron Mountain hosts a few points of interest such as the Millie Hill bat cave^[6] and the Cornish Pump, and is located adjacent to the Pine Mountain Jump, one of the largest artificial ski jumps in the world.^[7] It shares Woodward Avenue with the neighboring town, Kingsford. In addition, Iron Mountain is known for its pasties,^[8] bocce ball tournaments, and World Cup ski jumps. Iron Mountain was also named a "Michigan Main Street" community by Michigan governor Jennifer Granholm in 2006. It is one of only thirteen such communities in the state of Michigan in 2008. It is also the hometown of Michigan State University men's basketball coach Tom Izzo and former NFL head coach Steve Mariucci.

^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 21, 2022.
^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Iron Mountain, Michigan
^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on 2011-05-31. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
^ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. pp. 166.
^ "#23 – Channel Your Inner Batman at the Millie Hill Bat Cave | Things to do in the U.P".
^ "Pine Mountain Ski Jump". exploringthenorth.com.
^ https://books.google.com/books?id=V7hvDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA131&dq=iron+mountain+pasties&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjtqcCb7tWFAxVLIUQIHXh6BoQQ6AF6BAgKEAM

[CenPopGazetteer2020-1] "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 21, 2022.

[GR2-2] "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.

[GR3-3] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Iron Mountain, Michigan

[GR6-4] "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on 2011-05-31. Retrieved 2011-06-07.

[5] Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. pp. 166.

[6] "#23 – Channel Your Inner Batman at the Millie Hill Bat Cave | Things to do in the U.P".

[7] "Pine Mountain Ski Jump". exploringthenorth.com.

[8] ttps://books.google.com/books?id=V7hvDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA131&dq=iron+mountain+pasties&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjtqcCb7tWFAxVLIUQIHXh6BoQQ6AF6BAgKEAM

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