Bessemer, Michigan

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Bessemer

Cloudy
Temperature: 16.4 °F

Humidity: 91 %
Wind Speed: 11 mph WSW
Pressure: 29.72 "

Dew Point: 14 °F
Gusts: 27 mph NNE
Rain Today: 0.00 "

• Submarine memorial will honor Tempe woman's brother
  

  On the evening of Nov. 7, 1944, a 15-year-old Marilyn Munkachy watches her mother pacing the floor and crying.

• School consolidation
  

  Declining enrollment and shrinking test scores--those are the driving forces behind the Project 149 team.

• School consolidation-Riding with the Reporter
  

  Monday, October 27, 2008 at 8:27 a.m. 8:20 a.m. - Newsroom The talk of school consolidation has been tossed around many U.P. school districts in recent years due to declining enrollment.A A Now it's on the ...

• Conquering Copper Peak
  

  I made my first visit to the Upper Peninsula's Copper Peak ski jump earlier this month.

• Bessemer, Iron River lane conversion to begin Thursday, June 12
  

  To promote safety and calm traffic, the cities of Bessemer and Iron River have partnered with the Michigan Department of Transportation to introduce a trial four- to three-lane conversion on US-2 through their ...

City Description

Bessemer is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 2,148. It is the county seat of Gogebic County. The city is situated within Bessemer Township, but is politically independent. It is on US 2 with Ironwood several miles to the west and Wakefield several miles to the east. The Big Powderhorn, Blackjack and Indianhead ski areas are located within a few miles of Bessemer. Cross-country skiing and snowmobiling are also very popular in this area known as Big Snow country because of heavy snowfall influenced by nearby Lake Superior. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 5.5 square miles (14.2 km²), all land. As of the census of 2000, there were 2,148 people, 976 households, and 569 families residing in the city. The population density was 392.9 per square mile (151.6/km²). There were 1,179 housing units at an average density of 215.6/sq mi (83.2/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 96.88% White, 0.14% African American, 1.21% Native American, 0.42% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 0.42% from other races, and 0.88% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.70% of the population. 23.3%

City Contained By:

• Gogebic County
• Michigan

Timezones:

• Central Time zone

Size:

• 14.2449346068 km squared

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