Birch Creek, Michigan

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Birch Creek, Michigan
Unincorporated community
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Birch Creek
Location within the state of Michigan
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Birch Creek
Birch Creek (the United States)
Coordinates: 45°12′10″N87°36′40″W / 45.20278°N 87.61111°W / 45.20278; -87.61111
Country United States
State Michigan
County Menominee
Township Menominee
Elevation
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650 ft (200 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code(s)
49858
Area code 906
GNIS feature ID621398 [1]

Birch Creek is an unincorporated community in Menominee County, in the U.S. state of Michigan. [1]

The community is on US Route 41 approximately four miles north of Menominee. The stream for which it is named flows past approximately one mile east of the village. [2]

The community was named after nearby Birch Creek. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Birch Creek, Michigan
  2. ↑ Birch Creek, MI, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1963 (1977 rev.)
  3. ↑ 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. 44.


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