Birch Creek, Michigan

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Birch Creek, Michigan
Birch Creek is located in Michigan
Birch Creek
Birch Creek
Location within the state of Michigan
Coordinates: 45°12′10″N 87°36′40″W / 45.20278°N 87.61111°W / 45.20278; -87.61111Coordinates: 45°12′10″N 87°36′40″W / 45.20278°N 87.61111°W / 45.20278; -87.61111
CountryUnited States
StateMichigan
CountyMenominee
TownshipMenominee
Elevation650 ft (200 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code(s)
49858
Area code(s)906
GNIS feature ID621398[1]

Birch Creek is an unincorporated community in Menominee County, in the U.S. state of Michigan.[1]

The community is on US Route 41 approximately four miles north of Menominee. The stream for which it is named flows past approximately one mile east of the village.[2]

The community was named after nearby Birch Creek.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Birch Creek, Michigan
  2. ^ Birch Creek, MI, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1963 (1977 rev.)
  3. ^ Chicago and North Western Railway Company (1908). A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways. p. 44.


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