Marquette, Michigan | |
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Marquette skyline from Marquette Mountain Lower Harbor Ore Dock Downtown Marquette | |
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| Nickname(s): "Queen City (of the North)", "MQT" | |
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| Coordinates: 46°32′37″N 87°23′44″W / 46.54361°N 87.39556°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Michigan |
| County | Marquette |
| Settled | 1844 |
| Incorporated | 1849 (village) 1871 (city) |
| Named for | Jacques Marquette |
| Government | |
| • Type | City commission |
| • Mayor | Sally Davis[3] |
| • Manager | Karen Kovacs[4] |
| Area | |
| • City | 19.40 sq mi (50.24 km2) |
| • Land | 11.34 sq mi (29.36 km2) |
| • Water | 8.06 sq mi (20.87 km2) |
| Elevation | 633 ft (203 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • City | 20,629 |
| • Density | 1,819.62/sq mi (702.55/km2) |
| • Metro | 67,077 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code(s) | 49855 |
| Area code | 906 |
| FIPS code | 26-51900[7] |
| GNIS feature ID | 0631600[8] |
| Website | marquettemi |
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Marquette (/mɑːrˈkɛt/ mar-KET) is the county seat of Marquette County and the largest city in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, United States. Located on the shores of Lake Superior, Marquette is a major port known primarily for shipping iron ore from the Marquette Iron Range. The city is partially surrounded by Marquette Township, but the two are administered autonomously.
Marquette is named after Jacques Marquette, a French Jesuit missionary who had explored the Great Lakes region.[9][10] Marquette had a population of 20,629 at the 2020 census, making it the largest city in Michigan north of the Tri-Cities. Marquette is also the third-largest American city on Lake Superior, behind Duluth, Minnesota and Superior, Wisconsin. Marquette's urban area extends south toward the community of Harvey and west toward Negaunee and Ishpeming, at the base of the Huron Mountains.
Marquette is the home of Northern Michigan University (NMU), a four-year public university. NMU's athletic teams are nicknamed the Wildcats and compete primarily in the NCAA Division II Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC). The men's ice hockey team, which competes in the NCAA Division I Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA), won the Division I national championship in 1991.
- ^ City of Marquette (2020). "City Commission: Meet the Commission". Archived from the original on October 3, 2022. Retrieved October 1, 2022.
- ^ City of Marquette (2020). "City Manager Karen Kovacs". Archived from the original on October 3, 2022. Retrieved October 1, 2022.
- ^ Walton, Nicole (November 14, 2023). "Sally Davis new Marquette mayor". Public Radio 90. Marquette, Michigan: WNMU-FM. Archived from the original on March 1, 2024. Retrieved December 1, 2023.
- ^ Simmons, Lily (June 9, 2021). "New Marquette City Manager Karen Kovacs takes office". Upper Michigan's Source. Negaunee, Michigan: WLUC-TV. Archived from the original on August 1, 2021. Retrieved December 1, 2023.
- ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on May 28, 2022. Retrieved May 21, 2022.
- ^ "NOAA National Weather Service". Archived from the original on May 24, 2021. Retrieved February 20, 2014.
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on July 9, 2021. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ "Marquette". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ "About the City". City of Marquette. Archived from the original on January 18, 2023. Retrieved January 18, 2023.
- ^ "How did Marquette get its name?". The Mining Journal. Marquette, Michigan. Archived from the original on January 18, 2023. Retrieved January 18, 2023.