Banat, Michigan

Banat, Michigan
Banat, Michigan
FIPS code
GNIS feature ID	620537

Banat is an

railroad station. The original industry was farming, though this was largely abandoned by the mid-twentieth century due to poor soil and climate conditions. The permanent population dwindled during the latter half of the twentieth century. The school house was closed and sold in the 1960s and is now a private cottage. The church was closed and demolished in the mid-1980s. The bus garage was sold off along with the school house and was eventually demolished sometime around 2000 to make way for a mini-storage facility. The tavern, general store

and gas station were closed and demolished following the death of the last owner, Mr. Hirsch.

There is still a small permanent population, but many former residences are now used recreationally. Outdoor activities such as hunting and fishing are now the primary activities in the area; there is also a cross-country skiing course that opened in the late 1990s. A rental lodge, which recently opened, and a mini-storage facility, built on the site of the former bus garage, are the only apparent businesses within the traditional borders of Banat. With climate change, and the rising price of crops such as soy and corn, there has been a recent resurgence of crop farming in just the past few years, and there is at least one active cattle farm in the area.

With the decline in farming, environmental protection laws of the 1970s, and

black bear

. There are now many nesting pair of eagles in the area and a healthy bear population, as well as improvements in many other avian and small mammal populations.

Demographics

Banat has a population that is 95.8% Caucasian and 4.2% Other/Mixed Race.^{[citation needed]}

Notable residents

Lou Thesz, professional wrestling legend

References

^ ^a ^b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Banat, Michigan
^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.

[GNIS-1] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Banat, Michigan

[GR2-2] "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.

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Cities		Menominee Stephenson	Map of Michigan highlighting Menominee County.svg
Villages	Carney Daggett Powers
Civil townships	Cedarville Daggett Faithorn Gourley Harris Holmes Ingallston Lake Mellen Menominee Meyer Nadeau Spalding Stephenson
CDP	Hermansville
Other communities	Banat Birch Creek Carbondale Cunard Faithorn Faunus Helps Indiantown Ingalls Kew Koss Nadeau Spalding Talbot Whitney Wilson
Indian reservation	Hannahville Indian Community‡
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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