Kingsford, Michigan

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The city of Kingsford is located in the central region of Michigan's Upper Peninsula (UP).

Kingsford is located in Dickinson County.

The community of Kingsford is 360 feet [109.73 m] above sea level.^<1>

Time Zone: Kingsford lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time.

Communities that are also named Kingsford can be found in:

At the time of the 2000 Census, Kingsford had a population of 5,549 people^<2> (or 20.19% of the total population of Dickinson County). The population of Kingsford represented 0.06% of the total of Michigan, making it the state's 139th most populous community.

From the Census Estimates for 2008, Kingsford had a population of 5,297 people. This is a decrease of 4.54% since the 2000 Census.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated. More information can be found on the Census Page for Kingsford.

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance<3>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Norway	E	8 mi [12.87 km]	2,821	4.66% decrease
	Beecher (WI)	SE	18 mi [28.97 km]	756	3.45% decrease
	Commonwealth (WI)	NW	7 mi [11.27 km]	387	7.64% decrease
	Dunbar (WI)	S	12 mi [19.31 km]	1,208	7.29% decrease
	Fern (WI)	W	12 mi [19.31 km]	139	9.15% decrease
	Florence (WI)	NW	15 mi [24.14 km]	2,111	8.97% decrease

To learn more about neighboring communities, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Kingsford.

The Commemorative Quarter for Michigan<4>

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Google's 'Search-by-Location' is a very useful tool for people who might be planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Kingsford. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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