{"id":4784,"date":"2023-06-28T22:40:29","date_gmt":"2023-06-28T22:40:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/?p=4784"},"modified":"2026-08-22T01:45:48","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T01:45:48","slug":"menominee-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/menominee-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Menominee County, Michigan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Menominee County is a county in Michigan, United States, on the Upper Peninsula&#8217;s southern shore along Green Bay. It had a population of 23,502 at the 2020 census and covers 1,044 square miles (2,700 km2) of land plus 294 square miles (760 km2) of water, centred near 45&deg;31&prime;N 87&deg;32&prime;W.<\/p>\n<p>Menominee is the county seat, and its postal code is 49858. The county has two cities, three villages, one census-designated place, and roughly 40 unincorporated communities spread across 14 civil townships. It observes Central time, unlike most of Michigan&#8217;s Upper Peninsula counties that split between Central and Eastern.<\/p>\n<h2>Towns &amp; Villages in Menominee County<\/h2>\n<p>Menominee County&#8217;s settlements are a mix of two incorporated cities, three villages, one Census-designated place (Hermansville), and dozens of unincorporated crossroads communities tied to the county&#8217;s 14 civil townships. The table below uses <strong>City<\/strong> and <strong>Village<\/strong> for incorporated places, <strong>CDP<\/strong> for the census-designated place, and <strong>Unincorp.<\/strong> for unincorporated communities and hamlets.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tv-table-scroll\">\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Place<\/th>\n<th>Type<\/th>\n<th>Pop.<\/th>\n<th>ZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Menominee<\/td>\n<td>City &middot; seat<\/td>\n<td>8,488<\/td>\n<td>49858<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Stephenson<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>816<\/td>\n<td>49887<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Carney<\/td>\n<td>Village<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>49812<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Daggett<\/td>\n<td>Village<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>49821<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Powers<\/td>\n<td>Village<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>49874<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hermansville<\/td>\n<td>CDP<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>49847<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Arthur Bay<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Bagley<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Banat<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Bayside Mobile Estates<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Beach Grove<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Birch Creek<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Blom<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Carbondale<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Cedar River<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Cunard<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Eagles Nest<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Eustis<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Faithorn<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Faunus<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Fox<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Gardner<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Gourley<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hannahville<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hansen<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Harris<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>49845<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Helps<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Houle<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Indiantown<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Ingalls<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>49848<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Ingallston<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Johnson Landing<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Kells<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Kew<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Koss<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>LaBranche<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Leapers<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Longrie<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Nadeau<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>49863<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Nathan<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>North Escanaba<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Palestine<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Perronville<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>49873<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Spalding<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>49886<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Swanson<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Talbot<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Vega<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Wallace<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>49893<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Whitney<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Wilson<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>49896<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Townships<\/h2>\n<p>Menominee County has 14 civil townships. Populations by individual township are not reliably available from public sources at time of writing, so the table below lists each township with its principal settlement rather than a per-township count.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tv-table-scroll\">\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Township<\/th>\n<th>Main settlements<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Menominee<\/td>\n<td>Menominee (city, independent of the township)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Stephenson<\/td>\n<td>Stephenson (city, independent of the township)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Daggett<\/td>\n<td>Daggett<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Ingallston<\/td>\n<td>Ingalls, Powers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Holmes<\/td>\n<td>Carney<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Spalding<\/td>\n<td>Spalding, Hermansville<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Nadeau<\/td>\n<td>Nadeau<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Faithorn<\/td>\n<td>Faithorn<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Harris<\/td>\n<td>Harris<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Gourley<\/td>\n<td>Perronville<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Mellen<\/td>\n<td>Wallace<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Meyer<\/td>\n<td>Cedar River<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Lake<\/td>\n<td>Birch Creek<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Cedarville<\/td>\n<td>Wilson<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<h2>ZIP Codes<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>49858 &mdash; Menominee (also serves Bayside Mobile Estates, Beach Grove, Cunard)<\/li>\n<li>49887 &mdash; Stephenson<\/li>\n<li>49812 &mdash; Carney<\/li>\n<li>49821 &mdash; Daggett<\/li>\n<li>49874 &mdash; Powers (also serves Ingallston)<\/li>\n<li>49847 &mdash; Hermansville<\/li>\n<li>49845 &mdash; Harris<\/li>\n<li>49848 &mdash; Ingalls<\/li>\n<li>49863 &mdash; Nadeau<\/li>\n<li>49873 &mdash; Perronville (also serves Gourley)<\/li>\n<li>49886 &mdash; Spalding<\/li>\n<li>49893 &mdash; Wallace (also serves Faithorn)<\/li>\n<li>49896 &mdash; Wilson (also serves Cedar River, Birch Creek)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Smaller crossroads communities such as Banat, Blom, Eagles Nest, Fox, Kells, Koss, and Longrie share the ZIP of their nearest post office town rather than carrying their own code.<\/p>\n<h2>Geography<\/h2>\n<p>Menominee County occupies the southern tip of Michigan&#8217;s Upper Peninsula, bordered on the east by Green Bay and on the south by the Menominee River, which forms the entire Michigan&ndash;Wisconsin state line at this point. The terrain is mostly flat to gently rolling glacial plain, with forest cover in the north and west giving way to farmland in the south near the Menominee River valley. The Menominee River and Cedar River are the county&#8217;s principal waterways, and Green Bay&#8217;s shoreline runs the length of the county&#8217;s eastern edge.<\/p>\n<p>Menominee County borders <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/dickinson-county-michigan\/\">Dickinson County<\/a> to the northwest, <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/marquette-county\/\">Marquette County<\/a> to the north, and <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/delta-county-michigan\/\">Delta County<\/a> to the northeast, all in Michigan. Across the Menominee River to the west lies <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/marinette-county\/\">Marinette County, Wisconsin<\/a>, and across Green Bay to the east lies <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/door-county\/\">Door County, Wisconsin<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Demographics<\/h2>\n<p>Menominee County had 23,502 residents at the 2020 census, spread across a land area of 1,044 square miles for a density of about 22.5 people per square mile &mdash; a rural county even by Upper Peninsula standards. Menominee, the county seat, is by far the largest community with 8,488 residents; Stephenson, the county&#8217;s second city, has 816. Median household income in the county runs below the Michigan median of $69,183, typical of the Upper Peninsula&#8217;s manufacturing- and timber-dependent economy.<\/p>\n<h2>Economy &amp; Local Life<\/h2>\n<p>Menominee County&#8217;s economy rests on forestry and wood products, agriculture in the river-valley farmland, and manufacturing centred in the city of Menominee, historically a lumber-shipping port on Green Bay. The Hannahville Indian Community, a federally recognized band of the Potawatomi, operates the Island Resort &amp; Casino near Harris, one of the county&#8217;s larger employers. Menominee&#8217;s downtown and marina district anchor the county&#8217;s retail and tourism activity, drawing visitors for Green Bay boating and fishing.<\/p>\n<h2>History<\/h2>\n<p>Menominee County was created in 1861 out of territory split from Delta County and was initially named Bleeker County. It was renamed Menominee and formally organized as a county government in 1863. The name comes from an Ojibwe word describing the Menominee people, whose traditional territory included the wild rice beds along the river that now bears their name. The city of Menominee grew rapidly in the late 19th century as a Great Lakes lumber port before the timber industry declined in the early 20th century, after which the county&#8217;s economy diversified into agriculture and manufacturing.<\/p>\n<h2>Getting There<\/h2>\n<p>US Route 41 and US Route 2 cross the county, with M-35 and M-69 providing secondary north&ndash;south and east&ndash;west links. Menominee sits directly across the river from Marinette, Wisconsin, connected by two highway bridges.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Green Bay, Wisconsin &mdash; about 50 miles southeast<\/li>\n<li>Escanaba, Michigan &mdash; about 25 miles north<\/li>\n<li>Iron Mountain, Michigan &mdash; about 40 miles northwest<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The nearest commercial airport is Delta County Airport (ESC) in Escanaba; Austin Straubel International Airport in Green Bay offers a wider range of flights within about an hour and a half&#8217;s drive.<\/p>\n<h2>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Where is Menominee County?<\/strong><br \/>It is on the southern tip of Michigan&#8217;s Upper Peninsula, on Green Bay and the Wisconsin border, across the Menominee River from Marinette, Wisconsin.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the population of Menominee County?<\/strong><br \/>23,502 people, per the 2020 census.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How big is Menominee County?<\/strong><br \/>1,044 square miles of land (2,700 km2) plus 294 square miles of water, for 1,338 square miles total.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the county seat of Menominee County?<\/strong><br \/>Menominee is the county seat and the largest city in the county.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How many towns are in Menominee County?<\/strong><br \/>Two cities (Menominee and Stephenson), three villages (Carney, Daggett, and Powers), one census-designated place (Hermansville), and roughly 40 smaller unincorporated communities across 14 townships.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What ZIP codes are in Menominee County?<\/strong><br \/>Thirteen ZIP codes serve the county, led by 49858 for Menominee and 49887 for Stephenson.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What time zone is Menominee County in?<\/strong><br \/>Central time, unlike most of the rest of the Upper Peninsula, which runs on Eastern time.<\/p>\n<p>More counties in this state: <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/category\/michigan\/\">Towns and villages in Michigan<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Menominee County is a county in Michigan, United States, on the Upper Peninsula&#8217;s southern shore along Green Bay. It had a population of 23,502 at the 2020 census and covers 1,044 square miles (2,700 km2) of land plus 294 square miles (760 km2) of water, centred near 45&deg;31&prime;N 87&deg;32&prime;W. 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