Mackinac Island
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city located on Mackinac Island in Michigan
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Michigan
- County
- Mackinac
- Settled
- 1671 ; 355 years ago ( 1671 )
- Established
- February 2, 1817 ; 209 years ago ( 1817-02-02 ) ( borough )
- Incorporated
- March 25, 1847 ; 179 years ago ( 1847-03-25 ) (village) , March 20, 1900 ; 126 years ago ( 1900-03-20 ) (city)
- Type
- Mayor–council
- Mayor
- Margaret M. Doud
- Total
- 18.84 sq mi (48.80 km )
- Land
- 4.35 sq mi (11.27 km )
- Water
- 14.49 sq mi (37.53 km ) 76.91%
- Elevation
- 787 ft (240 m)
- Density
- 134.0/sq mi (51.75/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( EST )
- Summer dst
- UTC-4 ( EDT )
- Fips code
- 26-50280
- Website
- Official website
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Mackinac County
- Population
- 583
- Area
- 48.802915
- Elevation
- 181
- Official website
- www.cityofmi.org
- Image
- Grand Hotel Mackinac Island.jpg
- Households
- 492
- Dialing code
- 906
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- different from
- Mackinac Island
- postal code
- 49757
- Commons category
- Mackinac Island, Michigan
- inception
- 1671-00-00
- topic's main category
- Category:Mackinac Island
- P8168
- David Clark
- water as percent of area
- 76.9046
- per capita income
- 32627
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Encyclopedic overview
Mackinac Island (/ˈmækənɔː/ MAK-ə-naw, locally /ˈmækənə/ MAK-ə-nə) is a city in Mackinac County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 583 in the 2020 census.
The city was established as an important fur trading center in the eighteenth century, and in its early period, had a predominantly French-speaking population of French Canadians and Métis. After the War of 1812, the US restricted participation of non-citizens in the fur industry, and the city attracted more Anglo-American residents. From 1818 until 1882, the city served as the county seat of the former Michilimackinac County, which was later organized as Mackinac County, with St. Ignace designated as the county seat. The city includes all of Mackinac Island as well as nearby Round Island, which is unpopulated, federally owned, and part of the Hiawatha National Forest. The state park and the national forest make up most of the city.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mackinac Island” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.