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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 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.
He was the son of Louis and Annie Moilanen. At the age of 4, he and his family emigrated from Finland and settled in the town of Hancock, Michigan in the United States. Louis Moilanen eventually grew to the height of 7 ft 9 in (236 cm), and was known in Michigan as "Big Louie". [2] [3] As an adult he was a miner and bartender. [2]
The East Hancock Neighborhood Historic District is a nationally recognized historic district which is a substantial subsection of the East Hancock neighborhood. The District is bounded by Front Street, Dunston Street, Vivian Street, Mason Avenue, and Cooper Avenue, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
Old specimen of native copper from Houghton County. Houghton County hosted a major copper-mining industry in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Houghton County (/ ˈ h oʊ t ən /; HOH-tən) is a county in the Upper Peninsula in the U.S. state of Michigan.
As of the census [1] of 2000, there were 408 people, 156 households, and 112 families residing in the township. The population density was 25.6 inhabitants per square mile (9.9/km 2).
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This NHL covers the mining property and nearby homes, as well as the significant Quincy Mine No. 2 Shaft Hoist House. Another Quincy property, the Quincy Mining Company Stamp Mills, is also on the NRHP. Like Calumet, the town of Hancock was also substantially a company town, this time of the Quincy Mine.
The former Quincy Franklin Hancock Fire Department building (since converted into the Township Hall) According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 20.7 square miles (54 km 2), of which 20.0 square miles (52 km 2) is land and 0.7 square miles (1.8 km 2) (3.33%) is water.