Phoenix, Michigan

{{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}} {{Infobox settlement    |name = Phoenix, Michigan  |official_name = |other_name = |native_name =  |native_name_lang =  |nickname = |settlement_type = Unincorporated community |total_type =  |motto =  |image_skyline = PhoenixMichiganDowntownM26.jpg |imagesize = 275 |image_caption = Downtown Phoenix along M-26 |image_flag = |flag_size = |image_seal = |seal_size = |image_shield = |shield_size = |image_blank_emblem = |blank_emblem_type = |blank_emblem_size = |image_map = |mapsize = |map_caption = |image_map1 = |mapsize1 = |map_caption1 = |image_dot_map = |dot_mapsize = |dot_map_caption = |dot_x = |dot_y = |pushpin_map =Michigan#USA  |pushpin_label_position =  |pushpin_label =Phoenix |pushpin_map_caption = Location within the state of Michigan |pushpin_mapsize =  | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = United States | subdivision_type1 = State | subdivision_name1 = Michigan | subdivision_type2 = County | subdivision_name2 = Keweenaw | subdivision_type3 = Township | subdivision_name3 = Houghton  |seat_type = |seat = |parts_type = |parts_style =  |parts =  |p1 = |p2 =   |government_footnotes = |government_type = |leader_title = |leader_name =  |leader_title1 = |leader_name1 = |established_title =  |established_date =  |area_magnitude = |unit_pref =  |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 =  |area_land_km2 =  |area_water_km2 = |area_total_sq_mi = |area_land_sq_mi = |area_water_sq_mi = |area_water_percent =  |elevation_footnotes = <ref name=gnis/> |elevation_ft = 925  |population_as_of = |population_footnotes = |population_note = |population_total = |population_est = |pop_est_as_of = |population_density_km2 =  |population_density_sq_mi =  | timezone = Eastern (EST) | utc_offset = -5 | timezone_DST = EDT | utc_offset_DST = -4 |coordinates = {{coord|47|23|20|N|88|16|39|W|display=inline,title}}  |postal_code_type = ZIP code(s) |postal_code = 49950 (Mohawk) |area_code = 906 |website = |footnotes = |blank_name = GNIS feature ID |blank_info = 634768<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|634768}}</ref> }}

'''Phoenix''' is an unincorporated community in Keweenaw County, Michigan, United States. Phoenix lies at the junction of M-26 and U.S. Highway 41, approximately {{convert|2|mi|km|spell=in}} south of Eagle River, near the shores of Lake Superior.<ref>{{cite map |author = DeLorme |year = 2016 |map = Grid 18 |type = Topographic map |title = Michigan Atlas & Gazetteer |scale = 1:160,301 |location = Yarmouth, Maine |publisher = DeLorme |edition = 15th |p = 18 |isbn = 0899334423 }}</ref>

Phoenix was the site of the Phoenix Mine, one of the earliest copper mines in the Keweenaw Peninsula. The Phoenix Copper Mining Company's predecessor, the Lake Superior Copper Company, was the first active copper mine in the Copper Country, established in the early 1840s.<ref>{{Cite web |title = Lake Superior Copper Company |url = https://www.pasty.com/reflections/id91.htm |access-date = August 1, 2023 |website = Pasty.com }}</ref> With the establishment of a religious presence and blacksmith shop in the 1800s—the Church of the Assumption and Bammert Blacksmith Shop—these surviving edifices have been preserved by the Keweenaw County Historical Society.<ref>{{cite web |title = Phoenix |url = https://www.michigan.org/city/phoenix#?c=44.4299:-85.1166:6&tid=229&page=0&pagesize=20&pagetitle=Phoenix |website = Pure Michigan |date = November 16, 2016 |access-date = January 7, 2021 }}</ref>

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Category:Unincorporated communities in Keweenaw County, Michigan Category:Unincorporated communities in Michigan Category:Populated places in the United States established in 1842 Category:1842 establishments in Michigan