Despite the loss of approximately 10,000 personnel living in the area after the base closure in 1977, the town has managed to survive the years since closing, largely due to the development of several prisons in the area, some growth in light industry and an airport that continues to use some of the runways built for the Air Force Base.
The town is also home to The Oaks at Kincheloe, formerly The Kincheloe Memorial Golf Course, an 18-hole, par 72, 7,000-yard (6,400 m) course built as a nine-hole course by the base in 1951 and expanded in 1987.
^"2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 21, 2022.
^"Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
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Kinross Township
April 10, 2024
kincheloe, michigan, kincheloe, unincorporated, community, census, designated, place, chippewa, county, upper, peninsula, state, michigan, named, after, former, kincheloe, force, base, that, turn, named, after, noted, pilot, iven, kincheloe, census, designated. Kincheloe is an unincorporated community and census designated place CDP in Chippewa County on the Upper Peninsula of the U S state of Michigan named after the former Kincheloe Air Force Base that was in turn named after noted pilot Iven Kincheloe Kincheloe MichiganCensus designated place CDP amp unincorporated communityKincheloeLocation within the state of MichiganCoordinates 46 16 03 N 84 27 44 W 46 26750 N 84 46222 W 46 26750 84 46222CountryUnited StatesStateMichiganCountyChippewaTownshipKinrossArea 1 Total1 27 sq mi 3 28 km2 Land1 27 sq mi 3 28 km2 Water0 00 sq mi 0 00 km2 Population 2020 Total2 587 Density2 043 44 sq mi 789 08 km2 Time zoneUTC 5 Eastern EST Summer DST UTC 4 EDT ZIP code s 49788Area code906FIPS code26 43180Kincheloe is at the eastern end of Kinross Charter Township just east of Interstate 75 I 75 and about 20 miles 32 km southwest of Sault Ste Marie and 37 miles 60 km north of St Ignace It is on the area formerly occupied by the Kincheloe Air Force Base which covered 7 265 acres 29 40 km2 Despite the loss of approximately 10 000 personnel living in the area after the base closure in 1977 the town has managed to survive the years since closing largely due to the development of several prisons in the area some growth in light industry and an airport that continues to use some of the runways built for the Air Force Base Chippewa County International Airport Kinross Correctional Facility Chippewa Correctional Facility Kinross Manufacturing American Kinross Inc are now located on the base s former property and adjacent land In all the local tax base had doubled and the civilian payroll created by the new ventures had reached 110 million The town is also home to The Oaks at Kincheloe formerly The Kincheloe Memorial Golf Course an 18 hole par 72 7 000 yard 6 400 m course built as a nine hole course by the base in 1951 and expanded in 1987 Contents 1 Demographics 2 Major highways 3 References 4 External linksDemographics editHistorical population CensusPop Note 20202 587 U S Decennial Census 2 Major highways edit nbsp I 75 nbsp M 80 nbsp H 63 Mackinac Trail References edit 2020 U S Gazetteer Files United States Census Bureau Retrieved May 21 2022 Census of Population and Housing Census gov Retrieved June 4 2016 External links editKinross Township Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Kincheloe Michigan amp oldid 1164803206, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
