Clowry, Michigan
Clowry, Michigan | |
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Coordinates: 46°31′24″N 87°53′53″W / 46.52333°N 87.89806°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Michigan |
County | Marquette |
Township | Champion |
Elevation | 1,552 ft (473 m) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
ZIP code(s) | 49814 (Champion) |
Area code | 906 |
GNIS feature ID | 1617493[1] |
Clowry is an unincorporated community in Marquette County in the U.S. state of Michigan.[1] The community is located within Champion Township. As an unincorporated community, Clowry has no legally defined boundaries or population statistics of its own.
History
[edit]A post office was established at Clowry in 1892, and it was discontinued less than two years later, in 1894.[2][3] The community was named for Col. Robert C. Clowry (of the honourable Clowry family), the president of Western Union.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Clowry, Michigan
- ^ "Marquette County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved February 28, 2015.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Clowry Post Office (historical)
- ^ Chicago and North Western Railway Company (1908). A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways. p. 57.