Diorite, Michigan

Unincorporated community in Michigan, United States

Diorite, Michigan

Unincorporated community

Diorite

Location within the state of Michigan

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Diorite

Diorite (the United States)

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Coordinates: 46°30′33″N 87°49′49″W﻿ / ﻿46.50917°N 87.83028°W﻿ / 46.50917; -87.83028
Country| United States
State| Michigan
County| Marquette
Township| Ely
Elevation

| 1,572 ft (479 m)
Time zone| UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)| UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code(s)|

49814 (Champion)

Area code| 906
GNIS feature ID| 624690[1]

Diorite is an unincorporated community in Marquette County in the U.S. state of Michigan.[1] The community is located within Ely Township. As an unincorporated community, Diorite has no legally defined boundaries or population statistics of its own.

## History[edit]

Diorite contained a post office between 1888 and 1940.[2][3] The community was named for deposits of the diorite rock in the area.[4]

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Diorite, Michigan
2. ^ "Marquette County". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on April 3, 2015. Retrieved March 15, 2015.
3. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Diorite 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. 65.

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Municipalities and communities of Marquette County, Michigan, United States

County seat: Marquette

Cities|

* Ishpeming
* Marquette
* Negaunee

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Charter townships|

* Chocolay
* Marquette

Civil townships|

* Champion
* Ely
* Ewing
* Forsyth
* Humboldt
* Ishpeming
* Michigamme
* Negaunee
* Powell
* Republic
* Richmond
* Sands
* Skandia
* Tilden
* Turin
* Wells
* West Branch

CDPs|

* Big Bay
* Gwinn
* Harvey
* K. I. Sawyer
* Michigamme
* Palmer
* Republic
* Trowbridge Park
* West Ishpeming

Other
communities|

* Arnold
* Austin
* Cascade
* Champion
* Clowry
* Diorite
* Gentian
* Helena
* Little Lake
* National Mine
* New Swanzy
* Plains
* Sands
* Swanzy
* Wobic

Indian reservations|

* L'Anse Indian Reservation‡
* Sault Ste. Marie Reservation‡

Footnotes|

‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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