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5,630 km 2 (2,175 sq mi) The Thumb is a region and a peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan, so named because the Lower Peninsula is shaped like a mitten. The Thumb area is generally considered to be in the Central Michigan region, east of the Flint area and the Tri-Cities and north of Metro Detroit.
Huron County is at the northern tip of the Thumb, which is a sub region of Mid Michigan. It is a peninsula, bordered by Saginaw Bay to the west and Lake Huron to the north and east, and has over 90 miles (140 km) of shoreline, from White Rock on Lake Huron to Sebewaing on the Saginaw Bay. Huron County's most prominent industry is agriculture ...
Tuscola County, Michigan. / 43.47°N 83.45°W / 43.47; -83.45. Tuscola County ( / ˈtʌs.koʊlə / TUSS-koh-lə) is a county in the Thumb region of the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the population was 53,323. [3] The county seat is Caro. [1] [4] The county was created by Michigan Law on April 1, 1840, from land in ...
Bad Axe, Michigan. / 43.80278°N 82.99972°W / 43.80278; -82.99972. Bad Axe is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Huron County [4] in the Thumb region of the Lower Peninsula. The population was 3,021 at the 2020 census, making it the largest community in Huron County and second largest in the Upper Thumb, after ...
This is an incomplete list of ghost towns in Michigan . Alcona ( Alcona County) [1] Amble ( Montcalm County) Antrim City ( Antrim County) Aral ( Benzie County) [2] Atkinson [3] Baltic [4] Bass Lake. Beitner.
Sanilac County ( / sænəlæk / SAN-ə-lack) is a county located in the Thumb region of the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 40,611. [2] The county seat is Sandusky. [3] The county was created on September 10, 1822, and was fully organized on December 31, 1849. [1]
Owosso, MI micropolitan statistical area: 3: 88: Kalamazoo–Battle Creek–Portage, MI: 503,706 493,020 +2.17%: Kalamazoo–Portage Metropolitan Area Battle Creek, MI metropolitan statistical area Sturgis, MI micropolitan statistical area Coldwater, MI micropolitan statistical area: 4: 101: Saginaw–Midland–Bay City, MI: 376,821 391,569 − ...
The Lower Peninsula of Michigan – also known as Lower Michigan – is the larger, southern and less elevated of the two major landmasses that make up the U.S. state of Michigan; the other being the Upper Peninsula, which is separated by the Straits of Mackinac. It is surrounded by water on all sides except its southern border, which it shares ...