Official Name: | Bruce Crossing, Michigan |
Settlement Type: | Census-designated place (CDP) & unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | Michigan#USA |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Label: | Bruce Crossing |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within the state of Michigan |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Michigan |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Ontonagon |
Subdivision Type3: | Township |
Subdivision Name3: | Stannard |
Established Title: | Settled |
Established Date: | 1888 |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Elevation Ft: | 1138 |
Coordinates: | 46.535°N -89.1789°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP Code(s) |
Postal Code: | 49912 |
Area Code: | 906 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 622123 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 184 |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 11.69 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 4.51 |
Area Land Km2: | 11.69 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.00 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 4.51 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 40.78 |
Population Density Km2: | 15.74 |
Bruce Crossing is an unincorporated community in Ontonagon County in the U.S. state of Michigan. Bruce Crossing is located in Stannard Township at the junction of U.S. Highway 45 and M-28, 24.5miles south-southeast of the village of Ontonagon.[2] The community has a post office with the 49912 ZIP Code.[3]
Bruce Crossing was first settled by August Neuman, who built a sawmill at the location. The community was originally named Bruce's Crossing when its post office opened on March 5, 1888. The name came from the first postmaster, Donald M. Bruce, who owned a store at the crossing of the Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway and the old Military Road. It was shortened to Bruce Crossing on August 13, 1891.[4]
July is typically the warmest month in Bruce Crossing, when highs average 77 °F (25 °C) and lows average 53 °F (12 °C). January is coldest, when the high temperatures average 19 °F (-7 °C) and the lows average -1 °F (-18 °C).[5] The highest recorded temperature was 97 °F (36 °C) in 1975, and the lowest was -43 °F (−42 °C) in 1951.