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Place Name
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Gogebic County
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Pronunciation
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go-GEE-bik
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Bessemer
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Population
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18,052 (1990)
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Location
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Ontonagon County, Michigan (MI), United States, North America
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Latitude
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46°28'N
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Longitude
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89°47'W
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Gogebic
(go-GEE-bik), county (
1,476 sq mi/3,823 sq km; 1990
pop. 18,052), W Upper Peninsula, Mich.;  Bessemer. Bounded NW by
L. Superior, S and SW by Wis.; 46°28'N 89°47'W. Drained by
Montreal, Presque Isle, and Ontonagon rivers. Lumbering; agr. (cattle;
dairying). Some mfg. at Ironwood. Resorts. Much of co. is in Ottawa
Natl. Forest, L. Gogebic is on N boundary. Gogebic Range crosses N part
of co. Many small lakes and waterfalls, especially in S and E.
Indianhead Mt., Big Powderhorn Mt., and Mt. Zion ski areas in W; W part
of Porcupine Mts. State Park in NW, Lake Gogebic State Park on W side
of L. Gogebic; Ottawa Natl. Forest in all but W end of co. N boundary,
W Ontonagon co., and L. Superior share Central/Eastern time
zone boundary, 1 of only 4 cos. in Mich. (all on Upper Peninsula)
within Central time zone. Organized 1887.
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