Tapiola, Michigan

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Tapiola, Michigan
Unincorporated community
Country	United States
State	Michigan
County	Houghton
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP code	49916
Area code(s)	906

Tapiola is an unincorporated community in Houghton County, Michigan, United States. Tapiola is located in Portage Township, 8 miles (13 km) west of Keweenaw Bay.^[1]

History

Tapiola was founded by Finns; they named the community after either Tapiola, a community in Finland, or the Finnish term for the land of the forest god.

References

↑ Michigan Atlas and Gazetteer (10th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2002. p. 110.

v t e Municipalities and communities of Houghton County, Michigan, United States

County seat: Houghton

Cities	Hancock Houghton

Villages	Calumet Copper City Lake Linden Laurium South Range

Charter townships	Calumet Portage

General law townships	Adams Chassell Duncan Elm River Franklin Hancock Laird Osceola Quincy Schoolcraft Stanton Torch Lake

CDPs	Dollar Bay Hubbell

Other unincorporated communities	Alston Atlantic Mine Baltic Chassell Dakota Heights Dodgeville Donken Dreamland Franklin Mine Freda Hurontown Jacobsville Kenton Klingville Mason Nisula Painesdale Portage Entry Ripley Seeberville Senter Sidnaw Swedetown Tapiola Toivola Winona

Coordinates: 46°55′29″N 88°37′35″W / 46.92472°N 88.62639°W / 46.92472; -88.62639

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