City in Gogebic County
Bessemer
- Population
- 1,804
- County
- Gogebic County
- Location
- 46.478, -90.050
Bessemer is an incorporated city and the county seat of Gogebic County on the western end of Michigan's Upper Peninsula, in the lake-effect snow belt known as 'Big Snow Country.' It covers about 5.50 square miles of land (no water) at latitude 46.4776, longitude -90.0498, and the 2020 Census counted 1,805 residents, down from a 1920 peak of 5,482 after the local iron mines closed. Bessemer runs a council-manager government (Mayor Mark Movrich, a five-member council, and an appointed city manager) and is served by the Bessemer Area School District. Its economy leans on county-seat government, education, health care in adjacent Ironwood, and four-season tourism anchored by nearby downhill ski areas, the Black River Scenic Byway waterfalls, and the paved Iron Belle Trail.
What the records show
- Population: 1804 (2020 census), 1779 (latest official estimate) via www2.census.gov
- Area: 5.499 sq mi land, 0. sq mi water, at 46.477579, -90.049836 via www2.census.gov
- Gogebic County holds 291 named lakes and flowages via prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com
- Name: City of Bessemer via cityofbessemermi.gov
- County: Gogebic County, Michigan via www2.census.gov
- Countyseat: county seat via cityofbessemermi.gov
- Inctype: city via www2.census.gov
- Fips place: 2607960 via www2.census.gov
Local government
In memory, from Bessemer
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