Dollar Bay

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Dollar Bay

Total population

1,049

Elevation625 m

Land area11.99 km²

Weather46°F · Partly Cloudy

Coordinates47.13°, -88.51°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Dollar Bay is a census-designated place (CDP) in Houghton County, Michigan, United States. As of the 2020 census, Dollar Bay had a population of 1,061.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Current forecast

Forecast for Dollar Bay, MI from NOAA NWS API.

Notable people from here

Dwight Helminen

American ice hockey player

Jeff Finger

American ice hockey player

Eugene Parker

American astronomer (1927–2022)

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Barbara Ferries

American alpine skier

Rodney Paavola

American ice hockey player

D

Donald G. Saari

American mathematician, expert on voting methods and the n-body problem (b.1940)

B

Barbara Beyenka

American theologian and author (1911-2006)

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Eddie Olson

American ice hockey player

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Bernie Ruelle

American ice hockey player (1920-1995)

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Chuck Klingbeil

Player of American and Canadian football (1965-2018)

Dolly Gray

American baseball player (1878-1956)

Franz C. Eschweiler

American judge

George Brunet

American baseball player (1935-1991)

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George G. Wills

American politician

Anders Brännström

Swedish major-general and commander of the army

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Herb Boxer

American ice hockey player

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Dollar Bay

Dollar Bay, Michigan

Clarence J. Monette · 2000

Million-dollar memories

1999

$350,000 first mortgage gold bonds of the Sturgeon Bay and Lake Michigan Ship Canal and Harbor Company

Sturgeon Bay and Lake Michigan Ship Canal and Harbor Company · 1874

Inside track

United States. Bureau of Land Management · 1987

Winsor McCay

Winsor McCay · 2003

The Story of The Committee of 300

John Coleman · 2000

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

bladder sedge

Carex intumescens

Seen 2026-09-25

black ash

Fraxinus nigra

Seen 2026-09-25

balsam poplar

Populus balsamifera

Seen 2026-09-24

Great Blue Heron

Ardea herodias

Seen 2026-09-23

Palm Warbler

Setophaga palmarum

Seen 2026-09-23

Mallard

Anas platyrhynchos

Seen 2026-09-23

Horned Lark

Eremophila alpestris

Seen 2026-09-23

Ring-billed Gull

Larus delawarensis

Seen 2026-09-23

alder buckthorn

Frangula alnus

Seen 2026-09-23

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).