Gwinn, Michigan

Gwinn is an unincorporated community located in Marquette County, Michigan. It is a Census-designated place (CDP) used for statistical purposes. As of the 2000 census, the community had a total population of 1,965. The community is in Forsyth Township at {{coor dms|46|16|52|N|87|26|28|W|}} on Michigan State Highway 35 near the forks of the east and middle branches of the Escanaba River. The ZIP code is 49841.

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Unincorporated community - Marquette County, Michigan - Census-designated place - 2000 - Forsyth Township - Michigan State Highway 35 - Escanaba River - ZIP code

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The CDP statistical area includes the nearby communities of Austin to the west and New Swanzy to the east. The area was acquired by the Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Company (CCI) in 1901, who opened a mining operation there in 1905. In 1907, the president of CCI, William Gwinn Mather, commissioned the well-known Boston landscape designer, Warren H. Manning to design a residential community to support the mining operations. Mather named the community after his mother Elizabeth Lucy Gwinn. The community became known as a "Model Town", a trace of which remains in the name for the local high school sports teams: the "Model Towners". It received a Post Office in 1908. The Austin Mine was also operated by Cleveland-Cliffs, which developed the community in 1911 to provide residences for miners and their families. Swanzy took its name from the Swanzy Iron Company, formed in 1883.

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Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Company - William Gwinn Mather - Warren H. Manning - Swanzy Iron Company

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On June 24 2002, Gwinn was listed in theNational Register of Historic Places as the "Gwinn Model Town Historic District, Forsyth Townsip, Marquette County, Michigan".

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June 24 - 2002 - National Register of Historic Places

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