Ishpeming

Ishpeming is a city in , United States. Located in the Upper Peninsula, the population was 6,140 at the 2020 census, less than it was in the 1950s and 1960s when the iron ore mines employed more workers.
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  • Type: Town with 6,470 residents
  • Description: human settlement in Marquette County, Michigan, United States of America
  • Also known as: Ishpeming, MI” and “Ishpeming, Michigan
  • Postal code: 49849

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ishpeming Carnegie Public Library and Lake Bancroft.

Library
The , located at 317 Main Street in Ishpeming, Michigan, is the second oldest Carnegie Library in the Upper Peninsula.

Lake
is a located in the city of Ishpeming in the U.S. state of Michigan. The lake has experienced progressive eutrophication resulting in hypoxia, disrupting its natural ecology.

Church
St. John the Evangelist Church is part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Marquette and was the first Catholic Church to be built in Ishpeming, .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include West Ishpeming and Negaunee.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in in the U.S. state of . The population was 2,552 at the 2020 census.

Town
is a city in in the U.S. state of . The population was 4,627 at the 2020 census. The city is located at the southwest corner of , which is administratively separate, in the . is situated 3 miles east of Ishpeming.

Ishpeming

Latitude
46.4885° or 46° 29′ 19″ north
Longitude
-87.6676° or 87° 40′ 4″ west
Population
6,470
Elevation
1,407 feet (429 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US ISB
Open location code
86RJF8QJ+CW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 153398437
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
4997281
Wiki­data ID
Q2432500
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Ishpeming” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: إشبيمينغ
  • Armenian: Իշպեմինք
  • Azerbaijani: İşpeminq
  • Basque: Ishpeming
  • Belarusian: Ішпемінг
  • Catalan: Ishpeming
  • Cebuano: Ishpeming
  • Chechen: Ишпеминг
  • Chinese: Ishpeming
  • Chinese: 伊什珀明
  • Czech: Ishpeming
  • Dagbani: Ishpeming
  • Danish: Ishpeming
  • Dutch: Ishpeming
  • Egyptian Arabic: اشبيمينج
  • Finnish: Ishpeming
  • French: Ishpeming
  • Georgian: იშპემინგი
  • German: Ishpeming
  • Gilaki: ایشپمینگ (ميشيگان)
  • Gilaki: ایشپمینگ
  • Hebrew: אישפמינג
  • Irish: Ishpeming
  • Italian: Ishpeming
  • Kazakh: Ишпеминг
  • Kirghiz: Ишпеминг
  • Ladin: Ishpeming
  • Malagasy: Ishpeming, Michigan
  • Malagasy: Ishpeming
  • Mazanderani: ایشپمینگ (میشیگان)
  • Mazanderani: ایشپمینگ
  • Min Nan Chinese: Ishpeming
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Ishpeming
  • Norwegian: Ishpeming
  • Persian: ایشپمینگ، میشیگان
  • Persian: ایشپمینگ
  • Polish: Ishpeming (Michigan)
  • Polish: Ishpeming
  • Portuguese: Ishpeming
  • Russian: Иш­пе­минг
  • Scottish Gaelic: Ishpeming, Michigan
  • Scottish Gaelic: Ishpeming
  • Serbian: Ишпеминг
  • Serbo-Croatian: Ishpeming, Michigan
  • Serbo-Croatian: Ishpeming
  • South Azerbaijani: ایشپمینق، میشیقان
  • Spanish: Ishpeming
  • Swedish: Ishpeming
  • Tatar: Ишпеминг
  • Turkish: Ishpeming, Michigan
  • Turkish: Ishpeming
  • Ukrainian: Ішпемінг
  • Uzbek: Ishpeming
  • Volapük: Ishpeming
  • Welsh: Ishpeming, Michigan
  • Welsh: Ishpeming

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