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Ludington is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 8,357. It is the county seat of Mason County6. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1536x1024, 339 KB)This photograph consists of a plaza park next to a danish bakery in downtown Ludington, MI. It was taken in the summer of 2004. ...
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Official language(s) None (English, de-facto) Capital Lansing Largest city Detroit Area Ranked 11th - Total 97,990 sq mi (253,793 km²) - Width 239 miles (385 km) - Length 491 miles (790 km) - % water 41. ...
The United States Census of year 2000, conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13. ...
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Mason County is a county located in the state of Michigan. ...
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Ludington is a harbor located on Lake Michigan at the mouth of the Pere Marquette River. Many people come to Ludington in the summer for recreation, including boating and swimming on Lake Michigan, Hamlin Lake, and other smaller inland lakes, as well as hunting, fishing, and camping. Nearby are Ludington State Park, Nordhouse Dunes Wilderness Area, and Manistee National Forest. It's also the home port of the SS Badger, with daily service in the summer across Lake Michigan to Manitowoc, Wisconsin. Watching the Badger come in to port in the evening from the end of the north breakwall is a favorite local pastime. In summer, the city hosts quite a few large events. Examples are one of the largest Gus Macker basketball tournaments (with 25,500 spectators), the Lakestride Half Marathon in July, and the Art Fair on the Fourth of July. As a result of its many attractions (based on AAA's 2005 TripTik® requests), Ludington is the fifth-most-popular tourist city in Michigan, behind Mackinaw City, Traverse City, Muskegon, and Sault Ste. Marie.[1] A harbor or harbour (see spelling differences), or haven, is a place where ships may shelter from the weather or are stored. ...
Lake Michigan is one of the five Great Lakes of North America, and the only one in the group located entirely within the United States. ...
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Ludington State Park is a state park in Michigan. ...
Huron-Manistee National Forests Proximity Map The Huron-Manistee National Forests are actually two forests combined in 1945 for administration purposes and comprise almost 1,000,000 acres (4,000 km²) of public lands, including 5,786 acres (23 km²) of wetlands, extending across the northern lower peninsula of Michigan. ...
The SS Badger is a coal-fired car ferry that crosses Lake Michigan between Ludington, Michigan and Manitowoc, Wisconsin. ...
Nickname: The Port City, Manty Location of Manitowoc in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin County Manitowoc Government - Mayor Kevin M. Crawford(D) Area - City 44. ...
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Mackinaw City is a village in Emmet County, with a small portion lying within Cheboygan County, in the U.S. state of Michigan. ...
Traverse City is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. ...
The entrance to Muskegon Lake from Lake Michigan at Muskegon, Michigan Muskegon is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. ...
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History
In 1675, Jacques Marquette, French missionary and explorer, died and was laid to rest here. A memorial and large iron cross mark the location. Image File history File links LightningVolt_Ludington_Lighthouse. ...
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Father Jacques Marquette (French: Père Jacques Marquette) (June 10, 1637–May 18, 1675) and Louis Jolliet were the first Europeans to see and map the Mississippi River. ...
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In 1845, Burr Casswell moved to the area near the mouth of the Pere Marquette River as a location for trapping and fishing. In July 1847 he brought his family to live there as well and began a small community known as Pere Marquette village. Two years later they built a two-story wood-framed house on their farm. After the organization of Mason County in 1855, the first floor of this building was converted into the county's first courthouse. Restored in 1976 by the Mason County Historical Society, the structure stands today as a part of White Pine Village, a museum consisting of several restored and replica Mason County buildings (see external links). The town was later named after the industrialist James Ludington, who owned some of the logging operations in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and also lived here. The area boom in the late 1800s was due to these sawmills and also the discovery of salt deposits. In most counties in the United States the local trial courts conduct their business in a centrally located courthouse which may also house the offices of the county treasurer, clerk and recorder and assessor. ...
The Mason County Historical Society [1] is a private, non-profit, educational [2] organization. ...
Pere Marquette Hall White Pine Village opened in 1976. ...
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A sawmill is a facility where logs are cut into boards. ...
By 1892, 162 million board feet (382,000 m³) of lumber and 52 million wood shingles had been produced by the Ludington sawmills. With all of this commerce occurring, Ludington became a major Great Lakes shipping port. The board foot is a specialized unit of volume for measuring lumber in the United States. ...
In 1897, the Pere Marquette Railroad constructed a fleet of ferries to continue the rail cargo across Lake Michigan to Manitowoc, Wisconsin. The fleet was also expanded to carry cars and passengers across the lake. By the mid-1950s, Ludington had become the largest car ferry port in the world. Unfortunately, due to disuse and declining industry, this fleet eventually dwindled. Currently only one carferry, the SS Badger, makes regular trips across the lake from Ludington, one of only two lake-crossing car ferries on Lake Michigan. The Pere Marquette Railroad (AAR reporting mark: PM) was a railroad that operated in the Great Lakes region of the United States. ...
A loaded train ferry approaching the dock in Detroit, Michigan, April 1943. ...
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Nickname: The Port City, Manty Location of Manitowoc in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin County Manitowoc Government - Mayor Kevin M. Crawford(D) Area - City 44. ...
The SS Badger is a coal-fired car ferry that crosses Lake Michigan between Ludington, Michigan and Manitowoc, Wisconsin. ...
During the late 1910s and early 1920s, Ludington was the home of the Ludington Mariners minor league baseball team. A team of the same name currently plays "old time base ball" in historical reenactments of the original version of the game. // The 1910s represent the culmination of European militarism which had its beginnings during the second half of the 19th Century. ...
The 1920s is a decade that is sometimes referred to as the Jazz Age or the Roaring Twenties, usually applied to America. ...
The Ludington Mariners (official name: Ludington Mariner Base Ball Club) was a professional Class D minor league baseball team from Ludington, Michigan. ...
A Class A California League game in San Jose, California (1994) Minor baseball leagues are North American professional baseball leagues that compete at a level below that of Major League Baseball. ...
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 9.6 km² (3.7 mi²). Of that, 8.7 km² (3.4 mi²) is land; 0.9 km² (0.3 mi²) of it (8.94%) is water. Image File history File links Adapted from Wikipedias MI county maps by Seth Ilys. ...
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A square mile is an English unit of area equal to that of a square with sides each 1 statute mile (≈1,609 m) in length. ...
The two main area highways are U.S. Highway 10 (which has a western terminus in town but continues in Wisconsin on the other side of Lake Michigan) and U.S. Highway 31, which is a freeway to the south of an intersection with US-10 east of Ludington. US 31 and US 10 run concurrently for about 5 miles (8 km) east of Ludington, before US 31 continues north again just outside Scottville, Michigan. Categories: Stub | United States Highway system | U.S. highways in North Dakota ...
US Highway 31 is a long north-south highway connecting northern Michigan to southern Alabama, with termini at Interstate 75 near Mackinaw City, Michigan, and U.S. Highway 90 and U.S. Highway 98 at Spanish Fort, Alabama. ...
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Scottville is a city located in Mason County, Michigan. ...
The Ludington North Breakwall Light is at the end of the north pierhead on Lake Michigan. Categories: United States-related stubs | Lighthouses in Michigan | Mason County, Michigan ...
Demographics As of the census2 of 2000, there were 8,357 people, 3,690 households, and 2,166 families residing in the city. The population density was 957.5/km² (2,482.2/mi²). There were 4,227 housing units at an average density of 484.3/km² (1,255.5/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 95.02% White, 0.97% African American, 0.92% Native American, 0.22% Asian, 1.06% from other races, and 1.81% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.15% of the population. 1870 US Census for New York City A census is the process of obtaining information about every member of a population (not necessarily a human population). ...
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The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
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There were 3,690 households out of which 28.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 42.2% were married couples living together, 13.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 41.3% were non-families. 36.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 17.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.21 and the average family size was 2.88. This article or section needs copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone and/or spelling. ...
In the city the population was spread out with 24.0% under the age of 18, 8.5% from 18 to 24, 26.0% from 25 to 44, 21.7% from 45 to 64, and 19.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 84.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 80.3 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $28,089, and the median income for a family was $36,333. Males had a median income of $31,970 versus $22,809 for females. The per capita income for the city was $17,215. About 12.9% of families and 16.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 27.7% of those under age 18 and 8.0% of those age 65 or over. The per capita income for a group of people may be defined as their total personal income, divided by the total population. ...
Map of countries showing percentage of population who have an income below the national poverty line The poverty line is the level of income below which one cannot afford to purchase all the resources one requires to live. ...
Industry Just south of Ludington is the Ludington Pumped Storage Power Plant, which generates pumped storage hydroelectricity. In town, there are the Dow Chemical Company (manufacturer of calcium chloride products), Great Lakes Castings Corporation, Amptech, Inc., and Carrom Company, among others. The Ludington Pumped Storage Plant is a hydroelectric plant and reservoir in Ludington, Michigan. ...
Diagram of the TVA pumped storage facility at Racoon Mountain Pumped storage hydroelectricity is a method of storing and producing electricity to supply high peak demands. ...
The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW TYO: 4850 ) is an American multinational corporation headquartered in Midland, Michigan. ...
Calcium chloride is a chemical compound of calcium and chlorine. ...
American version Carrom boards Carrom is a family of tabletop games sharing a similarity in that their mechanics lie somewhere between billiards and shuffleboard. ...
Media Ludington is home to four radio stations and one newspaper. The original radio station was WKLA. In the 1970s, WKLA-FM and WKZC-FM were added. In 1999, WMOM-FM signed on the air. The Ludington Daily News has been serving the Ludington Area for decades as a daily publication. WKLA Radio went on the air on October 8, 1944, originally housed on the second floor of the Masonic Temple in downtown Ludington, Michigan. ...
Retail
 Maude's Garage Vistor Information Station
Ludington's downtown retail is focused on the city's tourism and includes clothing stores, art galleries, and jewelry stores. Unique local businesses include Fort Daul and Maude's Garage. Maude's Garage (formerly Maude's Gallery) is located in a converted 1930s auto repair shop. Fort Daul, a gift shop, has operated for several decades on the corner of Ludington Ave. and James St. Exterior is fashioned after a wooden fort and includes several murals of early American scenes on its façade. Ludington's history is preserved and documented in a series of murals done by the Ludington Mural Society ("Town of Murals").
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Restaurants Several local restaurants are located in the downtown area of Ludington. A particular favorite of both residents and tourists alike is ice cream specialist House of Flavors located on Ludington Ave. The Old Hamlin, on Ludington Ave., has been family owned and operated by a Greek family since the early 1940s. It has its own bakery where homemade pies and breads are made. Across the street is Luciano's, an Italian Ristorante, which was opened in 1998 and is located next to Fort Daul. A couple of blocks south on a site overlooking the Ludington Municipal Marina, is P.M. Steamers. The restaurant was named after the steam-driven Pere Marquette Car Ferries that once traversed the Great Lakes. The Jamesport Brewing Co. opened in 2000 in what was previously an abandoned storefront of the Jamesport Building on James St. Although it is not in the downtown area, Scotty's is yet another of Ludington's local dining establishments. Chuckwagon is the local favorite pizza place on Lakeshore Drive.
Harbor
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Elected officials - Mayor: John Henderson
- Clerk: Deb Luskin
- Treasurer: Mary Reeds-Mortensen
- 1st Ward Councilor: Paul Peterson
- 2nd Ward Councilor: Greg Dykstra
- 3rd Ward Councilor: Brent Scott
- 4th Ward Councilor: Dave Weston
- 5th Ward Councilor: Pete Engblade
- 6th Ward Councilor: Gary Castonia
- Councilor At-Large: Kaye Ferguson-Holman
Schools Elementary - Franklin Elementary
- Pere Marquette Elementary
- Foster Elementary
- Lakeview Elementary
- South Hamlin Elementary
- Ludington Area Catholic (LAC)
Junior/senior high - OJ DeJonge Junior High
- Ludington High School (the Orioles)
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Ford Motor Company is an American multinational corporation and the worlds third largest automaker after Toyota and General Motors, based on worldwide vehicle sales. ...
Luke Jensen (born June 18, 1966 in Grayling, Michigan, USA) is a former professional male tennis player from the United States. ...
Murphy Jensen is a professional tennis player from Ludington, Michigan. ...
Leland Stanford Larry MacPhail, Sr. ...
See also Ludington State Park Ludington State Park is a state park in Michigan. ...
External links Coordinates: 43°57′19″N, 86°27′09″W Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...
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