| Official Name: | Kearsarge, Michigan |
| Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
| Pushpin Map: | Michigan#USA |
| Pushpin Label: | Kearsarge |
| 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: | Houghton |
| Subdivision Type3: | Township |
| Subdivision Name3: | Calumet |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Elevation M: | 342 |
| Elevation Ft: | 1122 |
| Coordinates: | 47.275°N -88.4161°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code(s) |
| Postal Code: | 49942 |
| Area Code: | 906 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 26-42420[1] |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 629487 |
Kearsarge is an unincorporated community in Calumet Township, Houghton County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is approximately 2miles northeast of Calumet/Laurium on U.S. Route 41/M-26 at 47.275°N -88.4161°W.
Kearsarge is served by a post office with ZIP code 49942, providing P.O. Box service.[2]
The community was first settled in 1867. An amygdaloid copper lode was mined by various companies from 1882 through 1925. A post office opened on November 20, 1893, with Barnett S. Shearer as the first postmaster. It was named for the USS Kearsarge (1861) by a former naval officer who was an employee of the Calumet and Hecla Mining Company. It had a station on the Hancock and Calumet Railroad (which became part of Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway).[3]
During the Great Depression, workers with the WPA built a memorial to the 1862 naval ship out of stones, though the monument bears little resemblance to the sloop it commemorates.[4] [5]
The community of Wolverine Location is considered to be part of Kearsarge.
Wolverine Location developed around the Wolverine Mine. It is located to the east of Kearsarge. Wolverine's boundaries are Smith Avenue to the north, Water Street to the west and 4th and 3rd Streets to the south.