Dickinson County MI
Michigan Trails
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Metropolitan, Dickinson County: a station on a branch of the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad in 1880; the village was platted by the Metropolitan Mining Company in 1881; in was in Marquette County when Louis A. Fredericks (Friederichs) became its first postmaster on Aug. 31, 1881; it was transferred to Iron County in 1885 and to Dickinson in 1891; its post office operated until Dec. 30, 1963; because of its proximity to the Felch Mountains, the village was also known as Felch Mountain (Andreas; GSM 1883; PO Archives) --Michigan Place Names, Walter Romig, publisher, Grosse Point Michigan, 1905
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