Kincheloe, Michigan

Census-designated place & unincorporated community in Michigan, United States

Kincheloe, Michigan

Census-designated place (CDP) & unincorporated community

Kincheloe

Location within the state of Michigan

Coordinates: 46°16′08″N 84°27′25″W﻿ / ﻿46.26889°N 84.45694°W﻿ / 46.26889; -84.45694
Country| United States
State| Michigan
County| Chippewa
Township| Kinross
Area

[1]

• Total

| 1.27 sq mi (3.28 km2)
• Land| 1.27 sq mi (3.28 km2)
• Water| 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation

[2]

| 797 ft (243 m)
Population

(2020)

• Total

| 2,587
• Density| 2,043.44/sq mi (789.08/km2)
Time zone| UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)| UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code(s)|

49788

Area code| 906
FIPS code| 26-43180
GNIS feature ID| 2806322[2]

Kincheloe is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Chippewa County on the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan, named after the former Kincheloe Air Force Base, that was in turn named after noted pilot Iven Kincheloe.

Kincheloe is at the eastern end of Kinross Charter Township, just east of Interstate 75 (I-75) and approximately 20 miles (32 km) southwest of Sault Ste. Marie and 37 miles (60 km) north of St. Ignace. It is on the area formerly occupied by the Kincheloe Air Force Base, which covered 7,265 acres (29.40 km2).

Despite the loss of approximately 10,000 personnel living in the area after the base closure in 1977, the town has managed to survive the years since closing, largely due to the development of several prisons in the area, some growth in light industry and an airport that continues to use some of the runways built for the Air Force Base.

Chippewa County International Airport, Kinross Correctional Facility, Chippewa Correctional Facility, Kinross Manufacturing, American Kinross, Inc. are now located on the base's former property and adjacent land. In all, the local tax base had doubled, and the civilian payroll created by the new ventures had reached $110 million.[citation needed]

The town is also home to The Oaks at Kincheloe, formerly The Kincheloe Memorial Golf Course, an 18-hole, par 72, 7,000-yard (6,400 m) course built as a nine-hole course by the base in 1951 and expanded in 1987.

## Demographics

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Historical population Census| Pop.| Note| %±

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2020| 2,587| | —
U.S. Decennial Census[3]

## Major highways

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* I-75
* M-80
* H-63 (Mackinac Trail)

## References

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1. ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 21, 2022.
2. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Kincheloe, Michigan
3. ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.

## External links

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* Kinross Township

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Municipalities and communities of Chippewa County, Michigan, United States

County seat: Sault Ste. Marie

City|

* Sault Ste. Marie

Map of Michigan highlighting Chippewa County.svg

Village|

* DeTour Village

Charter township|

* Kinross

Civil townships|

* Bay Mills
* Bruce
* Chippewa
* Dafter
* DeTour
* Drummond
* Hulbert
* Pickford
* Raber
* Rudyard
* Soo
* Sugar Island
* Superior
* Trout Lake
* Whitefish

CDPs|

* Brimley
* Kincheloe

Other
communities|

* Baie de Wasai
* Barbeau
* Bay Mills
* Brassar
* Churchville
* Cordell
* Dafter
* Dick
* Dollar Settlement
* Donaldson
* Dorgans Crossing
* Drummond
* Dryburg
* Eckerman
* Eckerman Corner
* Emerson
* Fibre
* Gardenville
* Goetzville
* Homestead
* Hulbert
* Johnswood
* Kelden
* Kinross
* Lincoln
* Maxton
* McCarron
* Mission
* Munuscong
* Oak Ridge
* Paradise
* Payment
* Pickford‡
* Raber
* Raco
* Rockview‡
* Rosedale
* Rudyard
* Seewhy
* Shelldrake
* Snug Harbor
* Stalwart
* Stirlingville
* Strongs
* Strongs Corner
* Timberlost
* Trout Lake
* Vermilion
* Westons Iroquois Beach
* Whitefish Point
* Whitehouse Landing

Indian reservations|

* Bay Mills Indian Community
* Sault Ste. Marie Reservation‡

Footnotes|

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

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