Hotels in Hancock, Michigan

A little about Hancock...

Hancock is a city in Houghton County. It is the northernmost city in the U.S. state of Michigan, located on the Keweenaw Peninsula, or, depending on terminology, Copper Island. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 4,323. It is the sister city of Porvoo, Finland. Laurn Grove Park is located in West Hancock.

The city was named after John Hancock.

Hancock is the home of Finlandia University (formerly Suomi College), and several small parts of the campus of Michigan Technological University are also located in Hancock, including an "underground classroom" in Quincy Mine.

The birthplace of Mary Chase Perry-Stratton, founder of Pewabic Pottery is located in Hancock and is now run as a museum, Pewabic House.

The Kerredge Gallery and the Republic Bank Gallery are both located inside the Copper Country Community Arts Center.

Turquoise Art Gallery is also located in Hancock.

The East Hancock neighbourhood is part of the city.

Doctors' Park, located in West Hancock near the former Portage View Hopsital Building (now the Portage Campus of Finlandia University), is so called because many of the residents are physicians. It lies north of West Quincy Street.

Hancock's first store "was built by [the] Leopold brothers in 1858." Hancock's first post office was also in this store. "Samuel Hill, an agent for the Quincy Mining Company" platted "Hancock Village... in 1859." Although it was organised and officers elected in 1863, the village would not be incorporated until 1875 "under a charter... amended in 1877."

In 1869 a fire burnt down about 75% of the village. There was also a significant fire in the 1940s that destroyed much of the downtown.

Hancock was incorporated as a city in 1903. Due to the large number of Finnish immigrants, some street signs in Hancock are, as of 2007, printed in both English and their Finnish names.