Clowry, Michigan | |
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  Clowry Location within the state of Michigan  Clowry Clowry (the United States) | |
| 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
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
- ^ 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.
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |
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