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Today, the greatest concentration of Finnish Americans is in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, where they form 16% of the population, and are the largest ancestral group in the peninsula's western counties. [8] Hancock, one city of Michigan's Upper Peninsula, could be considered a kind of "cultural capital" of the Finnish Americans. [9]
Hancock is a city in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan.The population of Hancock was 4,501 at the 2020 United States census.The city is located within Houghton County, and is situated upon the Keweenaw Waterway, a channel of Lake Superior that cuts across the Keweenaw Peninsula.
Michigan's Upper Peninsula is bounded on land by Wisconsin to the southwest and west; and in territorial waters by Minnesota to the west, Ontario to the west, north and east, and the Door Peninsula of Wisconsin extends into Lake Michigan east of the western Upper Peninsula. Five Michigan Upper Peninsula counties include nearby major islands ...
This category includes articles related to the culture and history of Finnish Americans in Michigan. Pages in category "Finnish-American culture in Michigan" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total.
It's not uncommon for major organizations to leave Michigan Upper Peninsula completely out of maps or labeled as part of Wisconsin.
The Hanka Homestead was occupied by members of the Hanka family, Finnish immigrants, from 1896 until 1966. [2] The farm was originally homesteaded at a time of mass immigration from Finland to the United States, as well as a migration from the mining locations in the Upper Peninsula to more rural locations. [2]
Finland is also packed with saunas and has a strong welfare state. Several unusual traditions and social norms contribute to the country's culture. Here are seven surprising facts about the ...
Stanton Township is a civil township of Houghton County in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,590 at the 2020 census. Stanton Township has the distinction of having the highest concentration of people with Finnish ancestry of any place in the United States, at 47%. [3]