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Census-designated place & unincorporated community in Michigan, United States

Mass City, Michigan
Census-designated place (CDP) & unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 46°45′50″N 89°05′11″W / 46.76389°N 89.08639°W / 46.76389; -89.08639[1]
Country United States
State Michigan
County Ontonagon
Township Greenland
Settled 1848
Area[2]
• Total 0.54 sq mi (1.39 km2)
• Land 0.54 sq mi (1.39 km2)
• Water 0 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation[1] 1,056 ft (322 m)
Population (2020)
• Total 148
• Density 274.9/sq mi (106.14/km2)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code(s) 49948
Area code 906
GNIS feature ID 631722[1]

Mass City (also known as Mass[1]) is an unincorporated community in Ontonagon County in the U.S. state of Michigan. Mass City is located in Greenland Township along M-26, 13.5 miles (21.7 km) southeast of the village of Ontonagon.[3] Mass City has its own post office with the 49948 ZIP Code .[4]

Mass City was first settled in 1848 by Noel Johnson, an escaped slave from Missouri who discovered copper in the area; Johnson later sold the copper deposits to the Mass Mining Company. Mass City was formally organized in 1855 and named for the mass copper mined in the area. The original site of Mass City was abandoned in 1899, when Abram and Nellie Mathews platted the current site. A post office opened in Mass City on June 15, 1899; Christ P. Anderson was the first postmaster.[5]

The small town is located within Greenland Township, Ontonagon County, in the foothills of the Porcupine Mountains. It is home to an abundance of natural forestry and wildlife able to be explored via the Courtney Lake/Old Grade Ski Trail which runs through parts of the Ottawa National Forest.

Historical population

Census Pop. Note
2020 148
U.S. Decennial Census[6]
  1. ^ a b c d U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mass City, Michigan
  2. ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 21, 2022.
  3. ^ Ontonagon County (pdf) (Map). Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget. 2010. Retrieved May 4, 2011.
  4. ^ ZIP Code Lookup, United States Post Office
  5. ^ Romig, Walter (1986) [1973]. Michigan Place Names. Detroit, Michigan: Wayne State University Press. p. 357. ISBN 0-8143-1838-X.
  6. ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.