Iron Mountain, Michigan

Iron Mountain is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 7,624 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Dickinson County.[1] It is in the state's Upper Peninsula. Iron Mountain was named for the valuable iron ore found in the area.[2]

References

  1. "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on 2011-05-31. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
  2. Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. p. 166.


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