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Ghost town · Bay County, Michigan
Bangor is a ghost town in Bay County, Michigan. It is the only former community in Bay County recorded on the federal names register, out of 39 across Michigan.
The U.S. Geological Survey lists Bangor as a historical populated place on the Essexville topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 43.6239° N, 83.8625° W.
Key facts
| USGS quadrangle | Essexville |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 582 ft |
| Nearest living town | Essexville, MI |
| Distance to it | 1.3 miles |
| GNIS feature ID | 2547456 |
| Coordinates | 43.62389, -83.86250 |
What's there now
Bangor is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Essexville, MI (population 3,344), about 1.3 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 582 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.
Nearby places
- Saginaw River Rear Range Lightlighthouse · Bay County · 1 mi
- Cassbridgeghost town · Saginaw County · 20 mi
- Zehnder's Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Saginaw County · 21.6 mi
- Wrightsghost town · Midland County · 28 mi
- Gravelly Shoal Lightlighthouse · Arenac County · 31.7 mi
- Hard Luckghost town · Gladwin County · 35.1 mi
- Charity Island Lightlighthouse · Arenac County · 35.5 mi
- Caseville Harbor Lightlighthouse · Huron County · 36.6 mi
- Tawas Point Lightlighthouse · Iosco County · 48.2 mi
- USGS Geographic Names Information System (Domestic Names) — GNIS Domestic Names, feature record (public-domain)
- U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line and ACS — Census Gazetteer + ACS 5-year population (public-domain)
Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.