White Pine, Michigan


White Pine is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Ontonagon County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The CDP had a population of 474 at the 2010 census. White Pine is located within Carp Lake Township.

History

It was a station on the Chicago, Minneapolis . Thomas H. Wilcox, a mining engineer, found mass copper in the Mineral River and formed the White Pine Copper Company to mine it. The settlement was given a post office as "White Pine Mine" in June 1915.
The community of White Pine was listed as a newly-organized census-designated place for the 2010 census, meaning it now has officially defined boundaries and population statistics for the first time.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, White Pine has a total area of, all land.
White Pine is located within Carp Lake Township east of the Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park. The Copper Range Company operated a copper mine in White Pine.
White Pine is served by the 49971 ZIP Code, which is the highest numeric ZIP Code in the state of Michigan.

Demographics