Dollar Bay, Michigan

Dollar Bay, Michigan
Census-designated place (CDP) & unincorporated community
Welcome sign for Dollar Bay
Dollar Bay
Coordinates: 47°06′46″N 88°29′45″W / 47.11278°N 88.49583°W / 47.11278; -88.49583Coordinates: 47°06′46″N 88°29′45″W / 47.11278°N 88.49583°W / 47.11278; -88.49583
Country	United States
State	Michigan
County	Houghton
Townships	Franklin, Osceola, and Torch Lake
Area
• Total	4.6 sq mi (12.0 km2)
• Land	4.1 sq mi (10.5 km2)
• Water	0.5 sq mi (1.4 km2)
Elevation	625 ft (191 m)
Population  (2010)
• Total	1,082
• Density	266/sq mi (102.6/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code(s)	49922 (Dollar Bay) 49930 (Hancock)
Area code(s)	906
FIPS code	26-22520
GNIS feature ID	0624748

Dollar Bay is a census-designated place (CDP) in Houghton County, Michigan, United States. The population was 1,082 at the 2010 census.^[1]

Geography[]

Post office in Dollar Bay

Dollar Bay is located in the southwest corner of Osceola Township. The CDP extends west into Franklin Township as far as Goat Hill Road and south into Torch Lake Township.^[2] The community takes its name from Dollar Bay, a small inlet of Portage Lake, the water body that separates the Keweenaw Peninsula from the rest of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.

M-26 is the main highway through Dollar Bay, leading west 3 miles (5 km) to Hancock and northeast 5 miles (8 km) to Hubbell.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the Dollar Bay CDP has a total area of 4.6 square miles (12.0 km²), of which 4.1 square miles (10.5 km²) are land and 0.5 square miles (1.4 km²), or 12.05%, are water.^[1]

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External links[]

• Media related to Dollar Bay, Michigan at Wikimedia Commons