Emergency Crime Scene and Biohazard Cleanup in Norway, MI

Norway is a city in Dickinson County in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, located on U.S. Highway 2 and part of the Iron Mountain micropolitan area.

Norway was settled in 1877 during the Menominee Iron Range boom, was platted in 1879, and incorporated in 1891.

The city was named not for the country of Norway but for a forest of Norway pines that stood near the original town site.

Norway grew up around some of the oldest and most important iron mines on the Menominee Range, including the Penn Iron Mining Company's mines and the renowned Aragon Mine.

Norway's population peaked at 4,974 in 1910 during the mining boom and has declined slowly ever since, reaching 2,840 at the 2020 census.

The 2010 census counted 1,256 households in Norway, with an average household size of just 2.25 people.

U.S. Highway 8 has its eastern terminus in Norway, crossing the Menominee River into Wisconsin.

Norway keeps Central Time, like the other western Upper Peninsula counties that border Wisconsin, rather than the Eastern Time used by most of Michigan.

The city's heritage reflects its immigrant miners — in the 2000 census, nearly 19% of residents claimed Italian ancestry, the largest single ancestry group in Norway.

Norway Speedway, a one-third-mile paved ASA-member racetrack, draws stock car fans to the city, and the Piers Gorge trail along the Menominee River is known for whitewater rafting.