Port Huron, Michigan

Port Huron
City of Port Huron
Images from top to bottom, left to right: Downtown along Huron Avenue (BL I-69), Blue Water Bridge, Fort Gratiot Light, Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Seventh Street–Black River Bridge
Nickname(s): 
Maritime Capital of the Great Lakes, Gateway to Canada
Location within St. Clair County
Location within St. Clair County
Port Huron is located in Michigan
Port Huron
Port Huron
Location within the state of Michigan
Port Huron is located in the United States
Port Huron
Port Huron
Location within the United States
Coordinates: 42°58′49″N 82°26′15″W / 42.98028°N 82.43750°W / 42.98028; -82.43750
CountryUnited States
StateMichigan
CountySt. Clair
Settled1814
Incorporated1857
Government
 • TypeCouncil–manager
 • MayorPauline Repp
 • ClerkCyndee Jonseck
 • ManagerJames Freed
Area
 • Total12.27 sq mi (31.78 km2)
 • Land8.10 sq mi (20.98 km2)
 • Water4.17 sq mi (10.80 km2)
Elevation
604 ft (184 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total28,983
 • Density3,577.26/sq mi (1,381.14/km2)
Time zoneUTC−5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP code(s)
48060, 48061
Area code810
FIPS code26-65820 [2]
GNIS feature ID1624839 [3]
WebsiteOfficial website

Port Huron is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of St. Clair County.[4] The population was 28,983 at the 2020 census. The city is bordered on the west by Port Huron Township, but the two are administered autonomously.

Port Huron is located along the source of the St. Clair River at the southern end of Lake Huron. The city is along the Canada–United States border and directly across the river from Sarnia, Ontario. The two cities are connected by the Blue Water Bridge at the eastern terminus of Interstate 94. Port Huron has the easternmost point of land in the state of Michigan and is also one of the northernmost areas included in the Detroit–Warren–Dearborn Metropolitan Statistical Area (Metro Detroit).

  1. ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 21, 2022.
  2. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  3. ^ "Port Huron". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  4. ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on 2011-05-31. Retrieved 2011-06-07.

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