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History · Copper City

Copper City’s post office opened in 1910, and 77% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1946 on and the census since 1930.

1910first post office

0on the National Register

77%homes built before 1940

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How Copper City began

When was Copper City founded?

1910

The Copper City post office opened in 1910, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 587 in 19302020 census: 187116 years

Founding year: the first Copper City post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Copper City’s past

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A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Copper City are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Copper City’s homes were built before 1938.

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The story so far

Copper City, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Copper City yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Copper City is a village in Houghton County of the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 187 at the 2020 census. The village is within Calumet Township. With an area of 0.08 square miles (0.21 km2), it is the second-smallest incorporated municipality by area in the state of Michigan after the nearby village of Ahmeek.

Its first post office opened in 1910. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 190 in 2010, 187 in 2020.

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

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On the map

Copper City on the map, 1946 to 1975

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Copper City. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

1946Ahmeek sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Copper City.

People over time

Copper City, census by census

Between 187 and 587 people in every census since 1930.

10 censuses, 1930–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Copper City’s Wikipedia page.

Questions about Copper City’s history

What year was Copper City founded?

The Copper City post office opened in 1910, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From U.S. Geological Survey historical maps and U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.

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