Map of South Range village

South Range is a village in Adams Township, Houghton County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is bordered on the east by the unincorporated community of Baltic. It is about five miles southwest of Houghton on M-26. The population was 758 at the 2010 census. The ZIP code for South Range is 49963.

It is a “cooperating community of the Keweenaw National Historical Park.”

South Range village overview:
Name:	South Range village
LSAD Code:	47
LSAD Description:	village (suffix)
State:	Michigan
County:	Houghton County
Elevation:	1,139 ft (347 m)
Total Area:	0.36 sq mi (0.94 km²)
Land Area:	0.36 sq mi (0.94 km²)
Water Area:	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²)
Total Population:	750
Population Density:	2,060.44/sq mi (795.09/km²)
Area code:	906
FIPS code:	2675220
GNISfeature ID:	0638402

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History

South Range was platted in 1902 by the Wheal Kate Mining Company, which operated an unsuccessful copper mine nearby. In 1906 the community tried to incorporate as the town of Stanton, but there was already a Stanton, Michigan, so they incorporated as South Range, because it was at the south end of the Michigan copper range. Italians were the dominant ethnic group in early years.

On December 11, 1913, during the bitter Copper Country Strike of 1913–1914, a raid was conducted by the Citizens’ Alliance shortly after the mass murder at the Dally boardinghouse in Painesdale, Michigan which had occurred just a mere few days before. Thirty-seven rifles, and hundreds of rounds of ammunition was seized. Twenty-three strikers were arrested with guns ready to shoot up the area that night, and Deputy T. Driscoll was non-fatally shot in the arm during the raid.