Clowry, Michigan
Unincorporated community
Clowry is located in Michigan
Clowry
Clowry
Location within the state of Michigan
Clowry is located in the United States
Clowry
Clowry
Clowry (the United States)
Coordinates: 46°31′24″N 87°53′53″W / 46.52333°N 87.89806°W / 46.52333; -87.89806
CountryUnited States
StateMichigan
CountyMarquette
TownshipChampion
Elevation
1,552 ft (473 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code(s)
49814 (Champion)
Area code906
GNIS feature ID1617493[1]

Clowry is an unincorporated community in Marquette County in the U.S. state of Michigan.[1] The community is located within Champion Township. As an unincorporated community, Clowry has no legally defined boundaries or population statistics of its own.

History

A post office was established at Clowry in 1892, and it was discontinued less than two years later, in 1894.[2][3] The community was named for Col. Robert C. Clowry (of the honourable Clowry family), the president of Western Union.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Clowry, Michigan
  2. ^ "Marquette County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved February 28, 2015.
  3. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Clowry Post Office (historical)
  4. ^ 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. 57.


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