Champion, Michigan

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|timezone = Eastern (EST)

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Champion is an unincorporated community in Marquette County in the U.S. state of Michigan.{{GNIS|623055}} The community is located within Champion Township. As an unincorporated community, Champion has no legally defined boundaries or population statistics of its own.

History

A post office called Champion has been in operation since 1869, taking its name from the nearby Champion Iron Mine{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=MI&county=Marquette | title=Marquette County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=28 February 2015}}{{cite book|author=Chicago and North Western Railway Company|title=A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OspBAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA54|year=1908|page=54}} Finnish-American accordionist Viola Turpeinen was born in Champion in 1909.{{Cite web |title=Viola Turpeinen |url=https://www.musicforaccordion.com/inform/viola/viola01.htm |access-date=2024-08-02 |website=www.musicforaccordion.com}}

See also

References

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{{Marquette County, Michigan}}

Category:Unincorporated communities in Marquette County, Michigan

Category:Unincorporated communities in Michigan

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