Iron County, Michigan

Iron County in Michigan’s western Upper Peninsula was established as a county in 1885, having been severed from Ely township, Marquette County. Economic development was primarily based on the mining and logging industries and enriched by the diverse ethnic mixture of its people. Iron County’s history is of great variety and interest-interests such as, the people, the jobs, the atmosphere, and even long forgotten towns that nobody quite seems to recall.The Iron County Recreation Plan is currently available for public review.    A Public Hearing was scheduled for February 9, 2016 at 4:00 p.m. at the Iron County Courthouse to discuss the draft recreation plan, receive public comment, review written comments on the draft plan and adopt the Recreation Plan.