Official Name: | DeTour Village, Michigan |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Mapsize: | 250 |
Pushpin Map: | Michigan#USA |
Pushpin Label: | DeTour Village |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
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: | Chippewa |
Subdivision Type3: | Township |
Subdivision Name3: | DeTour |
Leader Title: | President |
Leader Name: | Lindsey McGuire |
Established Title: | Incorporated |
Established Date: | 1899 |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 21.70 |
Area Land Km2: | 9.18 |
Area Water Km2: | 12.52 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 8.38 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 3.54 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 4.83 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 263 |
Population Density Km2: | 28.66 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 74.23 |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Elevation M: | 183 |
Elevation Ft: | 600 |
Coordinates: | 45.9906°N -83.905°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code(s) |
Postal Code: | 49725 |
Area Code: | 906 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 26-21780[2] |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 0624391 |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
DeTour Village is a village in Chippewa County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 263 in 2020.
The village is at the extreme eastern tip of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, in Detour Township, at the turning point for the shipping channel connecting the St. Mary's River with Lake Huron and the Straits of Mackinac. Drummond Island, one of the largest islands in the St. Mary's River, is only one mile across the river from DeTour. The DeTour Reef Light is nearby.
The place was originally an Ojibwe settlement. It was connected with the fur trade and over time it came to have a large Metis population. Over time the Metis inhabitants were redefined as being French-Canadian.
The area was organized in 1850 as Warren Township, named after Ebenezer Warren, the first postmaster of the township. The settlement was called Warrenville on an 1848 map. The name was changed to Detour in 1856 when a new postmaster, Henry A. Williams, assumed office. It incorporated as a village in 1899. The spelling was changed to "DeTour" in 1953 and the post office was renamed "DeTour Village" in 1961.[3]
M-134 runs through the village, connecting with I-75 43miles to the west and with M-129 25miles to the west, which runs north 37miles to Sault Ste. Marie. M-134 also continues east to Drummond Island via the Drummond Island Ferry.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 8.38sqmi, of which 3.55sqmi is land and 4.83sqmi is water.[4]
In 2020, its population was 263.