White Pine, Michigan | |
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 Entry sign to White Pine, Michigan. | |
 Location within Ontonagon County | |
  White Pine Location within the state of Michigan  White Pine White Pine (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 46°45′14″N 89°35′03″W / 46.75389°N 89.58417°W[1] | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Michigan |
| County | Ontonagon |
| Township | Carp Lake |
| Area | |
| • Total | 5.00 sq mi (12.96 km2) |
| • Land | 5.00 sq mi (12.96 km2) |
| • Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
| Elevation | 899 ft (274 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 339 |
| • Density | 67.77/sq mi (26.17/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code(s) | 49971 |
| Area code | 906 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1622143[1] |
White Pine is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Ontonagon County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The CDP had a population of 474 at the 2010 census.[3] White Pine is located within Carp Lake Township.
Much of White Pine was developed in the 1950s a housing community for miners at the White Pine mine. Copper mines in Michigan had historically helped provide housing for workers so that miners could have nearby places to live and attract families which were believed to allow more stable workforces with employees staying with the company longer. The site developed as a typical post war suburb. Many homes were single-story ranch homes although a trailer park and apartment complex were also built. The community never developed fully as the Copper Range Company envisioned. The automobile transformed how workers commuted where previous mine sites had workers walking from nearby housing to the mine, many workers by the 1950s preferred driving 90 miles a day and remain in their current homes rather than move.[4]
- ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: White Pine, Michigan
- ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 21, 2022.
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 14, 2011.
- ^ Lankton, Larry D. (2010). Hollowed Ground : copper mining and community building on Lake Superior, 1840s-1990s. Detroit, Mich.: Wayne State University Press. pp. 251–303. ISBN 9780814334904.