Emerson, Michigan
Unincorporated community in Michigan, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the township in Gratiot County, see Emerson Township, Michigan.
Emerson is an uninhabited unincorporated community in Chippewa County in the U.S. state of Michigan.[1] As an unincorporated community, Emerson has no legally defined boundaries or population statistics of its own. The community is located within Whitefish Township.
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Emerson, Michigan | |
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Coordinates: 46°33′23″N 85°01′45″W | |
Country | United States |
State | Michigan |
County | Chippewa |
Township | Whitefish |
Settled | 1880 |
Elevation | 604 ft (184 m) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
ZIP code(s) | 49768 (Paradise) |
Area code | 906 |
GNIS feature ID | 1617545[1] |
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Emerson was settled as a lumber community as early as 1880 near the mouth of the Tahquamenon River. After the lumber industry declined by 1920, the community slowly dwindled and became a ghost town during the 1940s. There are very few remnants of the former community, and it was later recognized as a Michigan State Historic Site in 1979.