Mohawk, Michigan

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census-designated place former mining town unincorporated community

Mohawk, Michigan is an unincorporated community and former copper mining town that serves as the primary population center of Keweenaw County in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Mohawk, Michigan canonical	3
Kearsarge, Michigan	1
Trimountain, Michigan	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2710414 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Mohawk, Michigan
Context triple: [Keweenaw County, Michigan, hasLargestCommunity, Mohawk, Michigan]

A. Bergland, Michigan
Bergland, Michigan is a small unincorporated community in Ontonagon County in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, known for its location near Lake Gogebic and along major regional travel routes.
B. Newberry, Michigan
Newberry, Michigan is a small village in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula that serves as a gateway to nearby forests, lakes, and outdoor recreation areas.
C. Marenisco, Michigan
Marenisco, Michigan is a small rural community in Michigan's western Upper Peninsula known for its forests, lakes, and outdoor recreation opportunities.
D. Kingsley, Michigan
Kingsley, Michigan is a small village in northwestern Michigan that serves as a residential and community hub within the Grand Traverse County region.
E. Rockwood, Michigan
Rockwood, Michigan is a small city located in southeastern Michigan along the Detroit River, within the Downriver area of the Detroit metropolitan region.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Mohawk, Michigan
Target entity description: Mohawk, Michigan is an unincorporated community and former copper mining town that serves as the primary population center of Keweenaw County in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.

A. Bergland, Michigan
Bergland, Michigan is a small unincorporated community in Ontonagon County in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, known for its location near Lake Gogebic and along major regional travel routes.
B. Newberry, Michigan
Newberry, Michigan is a small village in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula that serves as a gateway to nearby forests, lakes, and outdoor recreation areas.
C. Marenisco, Michigan
Marenisco, Michigan is a small rural community in Michigan's western Upper Peninsula known for its forests, lakes, and outdoor recreation opportunities.
D. Kingsley, Michigan
Kingsley, Michigan is a small village in northwestern Michigan that serves as a residential and community hub within the Grand Traverse County region.
E. Rockwood, Michigan
Rockwood, Michigan is a small city located in southeastern Michigan along the Detroit River, within the Downriver area of the Detroit metropolitan region.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	census-designated place ⓘ former mining town ⓘ unincorporated community ⓘ
areaCode	906 ⓘ
climate	humid continental climate ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
county	Keweenaw County ⓘ linked to: Keweenaw County, Michigan
countySeatOf	Keweenaw County ⓘ linked to: Keweenaw County, Michigan
demographicRole	one of the main settled areas in Keweenaw County ⓘ
economicActivity	outdoor recreation in Keweenaw Peninsula ⓘ tourism related to mining history ⓘ
economicHistory	company town for Mohawk Mining Company ⓘ
elevation	approximately 1,020 feet ⓘ
GNISFeatureID	632258 ⓘ
governance	unincorporated; governed at township and county level ⓘ
hasFeature	Mohawk Mine ruins ⓘ historic mining structures ⓘ residential neighborhoods built around former mine site ⓘ
hasLandUse	forested areas ⓘ residential ⓘ small-scale commercial ⓘ
hasService	post office ⓘ
historicalIndustry	copper mining ⓘ
historicalPeriod	copper boom era of the Keweenaw Peninsula ⓘ
locatedIn	Allouez Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan ⓘ linked to: Allouez Township, Michigan Keweenaw Peninsula ⓘ northern Keweenaw County ⓘ
locatedNear	Lake Superior ⓘ
locatedNorthOf	Calumet, Michigan ⓘ
namedAfter	Mohawk Mine ⓘ
nearbyAttraction	Keweenaw National Historical Park (regional context) ⓘ linked to: Keweenaw National Historical Park historic copper mining sites ⓘ
nearbyCommunity	Ahmeek, Michigan ⓘ Calumet, Michigan ⓘ
partOf	Copper Country region of Michigan ⓘ
populationCharacteristic	small population ⓘ
postalCode	49950 ⓘ
region	Upper Peninsula of Michigan ⓘ
role	primary population center of Keweenaw County ⓘ
servedBy	Keweenaw County Road Commission roads ⓘ U.S. Highway 41 NERFINISHED ⓘ
state	Michigan ⓘ linked to: Michigan (most of state)
timeZone	Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
transportHistory	served by Copper Range Railroad (historically) ⓘ served by mineral rail lines (historically) ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Keweenaw County, Michigan → hasLargestCommunity → Mohawk, Michigan ⓘ

Portage Charter Township, Michigan → contains → Trimountain, Michigan ⓘ

linked to: Mohawk, Michigan

Allouez Township, Michigan → hasUnincorporatedCommunity → Mohawk, Michigan ⓘ

Houghton micropolitan area → containsSettlement → Mohawk, Michigan ⓘ

Houghton micropolitan area → containsSettlement → Kearsarge, Michigan ⓘ