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Allouez
Located in Keweenaw County |
Local History
Founded by the Allouez Mining Company (named for Claude Jean Allouez, early French Jesuit missionary in the area) when they opened a copper mine nearby in 1859. a station on the Hancock and Calumet Railroad. Alex P. Thomas became its first postmaster on October 16, 1873.
Informational excerpts from Michigan Place Names, by Walter Romig, L.H.D.