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| | LAURIUM (MICHIGAN) - LoveToKnow Article on LAURIUM (MICHIGAN) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) |
 | | LAURIUM, a village of Houghton county, Michigan, U.S.A., near the centre of Keweenaw peninsula, the northern extremity of the state. |
 | | The village was formerly named Calumet, and was incorporated under that name in 1889, but in 1895 its name was changed by the legislature to Laurium, in allusion to the mineral wealth of Lauriuni in Greece. |
 | | 1900, 4668; 1904, 3784; 1910, 4211), W of the Calumet and Hecla mine; and Laurium, the mining property and Red Jacket are all in the township of Calumet (pop. |
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