Bark River is an unincorporated community located in Delta County

Delta County, Michigan

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 38,520 people, 15,836 households, and 10,689 families residing in the county. The population density was 33 people per square mile . There were 19,223 housing units at an average density of 16 per square mile...

 in the U.S. state

U.S. state

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 of Michigan

Michigan

Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....

. It is located in Bark River Township

Bark River Township, Michigan

Bark River Township is a civil township of Delta County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the township population was 1,650. The township takes its name from the Bark River.-Communities:...

 near the Bark River

Bark River (Michigan)

Bark River is a river in the upper peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. The river is approximately 17 miles long and flows into Green Bay on Lake Michigan in Ford River Township about 15 miles southwest of Escanaba at ....

. It is situated on U.S. Highway 2 and U.S. Highway 41 about 13 miles west of Escanaba

Escanaba, Michigan

Escanaba is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan, located in the banana belt on the state's Upper Peninsula. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 13,140, making it the third-largest city in the Upper Peninsula after Marquette and Sault Ste. Marie...

 and just east of the Hannahville Indian Reservation. It was first settled in 1871.

Bark River is at latitude

Latitude

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 45° 42' north and longitude

Longitude

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 87° 18' west. The ZIP code

ZIP Code

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 is 49807 and the FIPS place code is 05400. The elevation is 744 feet above sea level

Sea level

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. Nearby Bark River International Raceway has hosted national off-road racing

Off-road racing

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 events, most recently the TORC Series.