Hancock
Houghton and Hancock are a pair of small towns in the Upper Peninsula of the state of Michigan, and home to Michigan Technological University and Finlandia University.Photo: Royalbroil, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Town with 4,630 residents
- Description: city in Michigan, United States
- Also known as: “Hancock, MI” and “Hancock, Michigan”
- Postal code: 49930
Places of Interest
Highlights include Scott Hotel and Portage Lake Lift Bridge.
Scott Hotel
Building
Photo: Chris857, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Scott Hotel is a former hotel located at 101 East Quincy Street in Hancock, Michigan, originally known as the Hotel Scott. As of 2009, it is also known as the Scott Building.
Portage Lake Lift Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Portage Lake Lift Bridge connects the cities of Hancock and Houghton, in the US state of Michigan. It crosses Portage Lake, a portion of the waterway which cuts across the Keweenaw Peninsula with a canal linking the final several miles to Lake Superior to the northwest.
Portage Lake District Library
Library
Photo: Chris857, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Portage Lake District Library is a public library in Houghton, Michigan, which serves the city of Houghton and Portage Townships. The Portage Lake District Library participates in the Michigan eLibrary and is a member of the Superiorland Library Cooperative.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Houghton-Hancock and Houghton.
Houghton-Hancock
Houghton and Hancock are a pair of small towns in the Upper Peninsula of the state of Michigan, and home to Michigan Technological University and Finlandia University.Houghton
Town
Photo: Chris Light, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Houghton and Hancock are a pair of small towns in the Upper Peninsula of the state of Michigan, and home to Michigan Technological University and Finlandia University.
Franklin Mine
Hamlet
Franklin Mine is a small unincorporated community in Houghton County, Michigan, United States. The area is on Quincy Hill, northeast of Hancock, and lying partially within Quincy Township and partially within Franklin Township.
Hancock
- Categories: city in the United States and locality
- Location: City of Hancock, Houghton, Michigan, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
47.12687° or 47° 7′ 37″ northLongitude
-88.58096° or 88° 34′ 51″ westPopulation
4,630Elevation
696 feet (212 metres)IATA airport code
CMXOpen location code
86VH4CG9+PJOpenStreetMap ID
node 153784698OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Hancock” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “هانكوك”
- Basque: “Hancock”
- Belarusian: “Ханкак”
- Catalan: “Hancock”
- Cebuano: “Hancock”
- Chechen: “Ганкок”
- Chinese: “Hancock”
- Chinese: “汉考克”
- Chinese: “漢考克”
- Czech: “Hancock”
- Dagbani: “Hancock”
- Danish: “Hancock”
- Dutch: “Hancock”
- Egyptian Arabic: “هانكوك”
- Finnish: “Hancock”
- French: “Hancock”
- German: “Hancock”
- Gilaki: “هنکاک (ميشيگان)”
- Gilaki: “هنکاک”
- Hungarian: “Hancock”
- Irish: “Hancock”
- Italian: “Hancock”
- Japanese: “ハンコック”
- Kazakh: “Ханкок”
- Ladin: “Hancock”
- Malagasy: “Hancock, Michigan”
- Malagasy: “Hancock”
- Mazanderani: “هنکاک (میشیگان)”
- Mazanderani: “هنکاک”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Hancock”
- Moksha: “Ганкок”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Hancock”
- Norwegian: “Hancock”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Hancock”
- Persian: “هنکاک، میشیگان”
- Persian: “هنکاک”
- Polish: “Hancock”
- Portuguese: “Hancock”
- Serbian: “Хенкок”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Hancock, Michigan”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Hancock”
- Slovak: “Hancock”
- South Azerbaijani: “هنکاک، میشیقان”
- Spanish: “Hancock”
- Swedish: “Hancock, Michigan”
- Swedish: “Hancock”
- Tatar: “Ганкок”
- Turkish: “Hancock, Michigan”
- Turkish: “Hancock”
- Ukrainian: “Ганкок”
- Urdu: “ہینکوک، مشی گن”
- Urdu: “ہینکوک”
- Uzbek: “Hancock”
- Volapük: “Hancock”
- Welsh: “Hancock, Michigan”
- Welsh: “Hancock”
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