Birch Creek, Michigan

Birch Creek, Michigan
Unincorporated community
Birch Creek is located in Michigan
Birch Creek
Birch Creek
Location within the state of Michigan
Birch Creek is located in the United States
Birch Creek
Birch Creek
Birch Creek (the United States)
Coordinates: 45°12′10″N 87°36′40″W / 45.20278°N 87.61111°W / 45.20278; -87.61111
CountryUnited States
StateMichigan
CountyMenominee
TownshipMenominee
Elevation
[1]
650 ft (200 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code(s)
49858
Area code906
GNIS feature ID621398[1]

Birch Creek is an unincorporated community in Menominee County, in the U.S. state of Michigan.[1]

The community is on US Route 41 approximately four miles north of Menominee. The stream for which it is named flows past approximately one mile east of the village.[2]

The community was named after nearby Birch Creek.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Birch Creek, Michigan
  2. ^ Birch Creek, MI, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1963 (1977 rev.)
  3. ^ 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. 44.


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