City of Bad Axe

The hub of Huron County

 

Bad Axe serves as the county seat and is the largest community in Huron County, as well as a commercial center for the upper Thumb area.

Before Civil War times, the first widely used trail through the thumb area wilderness was being surveyed. Workers made camp and found a 'badly damaged axe'. Noted on the minutes of their survey and on a sign placed along the trail, Bad Axe was on the map and is used to this day. 

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Bad Axe is the county seat of Huron County County in the Thumb region of Michigan. It is the largest community in Huron County and second largest in the Upper Thumb.

Population: 3,129 at the 2010 census.

Area: 2.26 sq miles (5.85 km²)

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