Painesdale, Michigan
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|subdivision_name2 = Houghton
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|subdivision_name3 = Adams
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|postal_code = 49955
|area_code = 906
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|blank_info = 634293{{GNIS|634293}}
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|population_total = 336
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Painesdale is an unincorporated community in Houghton County, Michigan, United States. Painesdale is located in Adams Township along M-26, {{convert|2.5|mi|km}} southwest of South Range.{{cite map |publisher=Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget |title=Houghton County |url=http://www.michigan.gov/documents/CGI_COUNTY-v4_HOUGHTON_COUNTY_125212_7.pdf |format=pdf |year=2010 |access-date=2010-12-25 }} Painesdale has a post office with ZIP code 49955.[http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/citytown_zip.jsp ZIP Code Lookup], United States Post Office
History
Painesdale was built by the Champion Mining Company between 1899 and 1917, and named after the Boston businessman William A. Paine, who was associated with many mines as well as the Paine Webber brokerage.{{cite web |url=http://www.mcgi.state.mi.us/hso/sites/45915.htm |title= Painesdale |publisher= Michigan State Housing Development Authority: Historic Sites Online|access-date= June 20, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120601091557/http://www.mcgi.state.mi.us/hso/sites/45915.htm |archive-date=June 1, 2012 |url-status=dead}} Painesdale was located near the copper load, and the company designed the town following theories of efficient planning.
In 1993, the town was added to the National Register of Historic Places.Bogue, Margaret Beattie (2007). [https://books.google.com/books?id=mlo0IgrX_VIC Around the Shores of Lake Superior: A Guide to Historic Sites], p. 300. The University of Wisconsin Press. The designation applies to the area encompassing Painesdale streets and the Champion Mine.[http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natregsearchresult.do?fullresult=true&recordid=27 National Register of Historic Places].
Description
File:Painesdale MI church.jpg|Painesdale church
File:Painsedale MI Houses.jpg|Houses in Painesdale
Painesdale contains rows of identical saltbox workers' houses as well as managers' houses that were more individualized. A single shaft house from the Champion Mine is still in the lower part of town, surrounded by other substantial mine buildings.
Demographics
{{US Census population
|align=left|2020= 336
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}
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See also
References
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{{Houghton County, Michigan}}
{{National Register of Historic Places listings in Houghton County, Michigan}}
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Category:Census-designated places in Michigan
Category:Census-designated places in Houghton County, Michigan
Category:Unincorporated communities in Houghton County, Michigan
Category:Unincorporated communities in Michigan
Category:1899 establishments in Michigan
Category:Populated places established in 1899