Bessemer is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 1,805. It is the county seat of Gogebic County.
Downtown Bessemer along S. Sophie Street
Vintage picture of Downtown Bessemer (Sophie Street)
Bessemer City Hall, Public Library and Fire Hall.
Gogebic County is a county in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the population was 14,380. The county seat is Bessemer. Gogebic County is the westernmost county in Michigan, and is one of four Michigan counties within the Central Time Zone. Gogebic County borders Wisconsin to the south, and has a shoreline on Lake Superior to the north.
Gogebic County Courthouse in Bessemer
Lake Gogebic, the largest lake of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, lies partially in Gogebic County.
Gogebic County Courthouse circa 1920