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Negaunee is a city in Marquette County in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, about 10 miles west of Marquette, the county seat, and it bills itself as 'Historic Irontown USA.'

The name Negaunee comes from the Ojibwe word 'nigani,' meaning 'foremost, in advance, leading' — chosen as the closest local translation of 'pioneer.'

Iron was effectively discovered at Negaunee on September 19, 1844, when surveyor William A. Burt's party noticed their compass needles swinging wildly near Teal Lake, betraying the Marquette Iron Range beneath them.

The Jackson Mine, established in Negaunee in 1845, was the first iron mine in the Lake Superior region, and the first iron forge in the Lake Superior basin operated in Negaunee.

Negaunee incorporated as a village in 1865 and as a city in 1873.

The 2020 census counted 4,627 people in Negaunee, living in 1,931 households.

So much of Negaunee was undermined by iron mines that roughly half the city was abandoned in the early 20th century because of the risk of cave-ins.

On January 16, 1952, Negaunee became — and remains — the smallest city ever to host an NBA game, when the Milwaukee Hawks beat the Baltimore Bullets 77–71 there.

Negaunee is home to the only full-length natural-track luge course in the United States, maintained by the Upper Peninsula Luge Club, with a section open for public sliding in winter.

The old Jackson Mine site is preserved as Jackson Mine Park, a Michigan State Historic Site listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and the 47-mile Iron Ore Heritage Trail passes through the city.