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5,630 km 2 (2,175 sq mi) The Thumb is a region and a peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan, so named because the Lower Peninsula is shaped like a mitten. The Thumb area is generally considered to be in the Central Michigan region, east of the Flint area and the Tri-Cities and north of Metro Detroit.
This is an incomplete list of ghost towns in Michigan . Alcona ( Alcona County) [1] Amble ( Montcalm County) Antrim City ( Antrim County) Aral ( Benzie County) [2] Atkinson [3] Baltic [4] Bass Lake. Beitner.
The Lower Peninsula of Michigan – also known as Lower Michigan – is the larger, southern and less elevated of the two major landmasses that make up the U.S. state of Michigan; the other being the Upper Peninsula, which is separated by the Straits of Mackinac. It is surrounded by water on all sides except its southern border, which it shares ...
Port Huron is the largest city in the Thumb area, and is a center of industry and trade for the region. 2010 census. As of the census of 2010, there were 30,184 people, 12,177 households, and 7,311 families residing in the city. The population density was 3,735.6 inhabitants per square mile (1,442.3/km 2).
The larger and more well known Tri-Cities is the region surrounding Saginaw, Bay City, and Midland, three cities of roughly equal medium size. This region, which is part of Central Michigan, includes much of Bay County, Saginaw County, and Midland County. These three counties make up the Greater Tri-Cities, a common term describing this region ...
Lansing, is the capital of Michigan and centrally located in the Lower Peninsula. It is the fifth largest city in the state. The Lansing-East Lansing metropolitan area is the third largest metro area in Michigan. Flint is the sixth largest city in the state and an important center for Michigan's automotive industry.
January 25, 1971. Sanilac Petroglyphs Historic State Park is a state park in the U.S. state of Michigan. The park, also known as ezhibiigadek asin ( Ojibwe for "written on stone") [5] consists of 240 acres (97 ha) in Greenleaf Township, Sanilac County, in Michigan's Thumb. It contains the largest collection of Native American petroglyphs in ...
Owosso, MI micropolitan statistical area: 3: 88: Kalamazoo–Battle Creek–Portage, MI: 503,706 493,020 +2.17%: Kalamazoo–Portage Metropolitan Area Battle Creek, MI metropolitan statistical area Sturgis, MI micropolitan statistical area Coldwater, MI micropolitan statistical area: 4: 101: Saginaw–Midland–Bay City, MI: 376,821 391,569 − ...