Pine Stump Junction, Michigan
Pine Stump Junction, Michigan | |
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 Looking north along County Road 407 | |
  Pine Stump Junction Location within the state of Michigan | |
| Coordinates: 46°34′09″N 85°35′29″W / 46.56917°N 85.59139°WCoordinates: 46°34′09″N 85°35′29″W / 46.56917°N 85.59139°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Michigan |
| County | Luce |
| Township | McMillan |
| Elevation | 755 ft (230 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code | 49868 (Newberry) |
| Area code(s) | 906 |
| GNIS feature ID | 635000[1] |
Pine Stump Junction is an unincorporated community in Luce County in the U.S. state of Michigan.[1] The community is located within McMillan Township. As an unincorporated community, Pine Stump Junction has no legally defined boundaries or population statistics of its own.
Description[]
The community is centered along County Road 407 about halfway between Deer Park to the north and the village of Newberry to the south.
Pine Stump Junction is located at the junction of former logging roads in the area, one running approximately 100 miles (160 km) from Grand Marais in Alger County east to Paradise in Chippewa County, with many logging camps along the way. This logging trail was intersected by a north-south road from Newberry to Deer Park, approximately 6 miles (9.7 km) to the north on Lake Superior. The junction was marked by a huge pine stump with a big iron mailbox attached. Mail was brought from Newberry and left in the box to be picked up by someone from the camps along the Grand Marais-Paradise road. The place was named on county maps as early as the 1860s.[2]
References[]
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pine Stump Junction, Michigan
- ^ Romig, Walter (1986) [First published 1973]. Michigan Place Names. Detroit, Michigan: Wayne State University Press. ISBN 0-8143-1838-X.
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |
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