Clowry, Michigan

Clowry, Michigan
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 46°31′24″N87°53′53″W / 46.52333°N 87.89806°W / 46.52333; -87.89806
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

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

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Clowry, Michigan
2. "Marquette County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved February 28, 2015.
3. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Clowry Post Office (historical)
4. 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.