Ishpeming is in
Marquette County, and in the
Northern Region. This community is located just west of
Marquette along US Highway 41 near the
Escanaba River and
Lake Superior.
In the beginning mining days, when it was first settled in 1856, the site was known as the Lake Superior Location. It took its name from its parent, the Lake Superior Location. In 1862 it received the name of Ishpeming (Chippewa for heaven or high place). Captain Gilbert d. Johnson became the settlement's first postmaster on February 17, 1863. In 1871 this area was incorporated as a village, and as a city in 1873.
