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  1. Hype for the Future 225M: Oscoda County, Michigan

    Overview Oscoda County is a notable rural county located within the Northern Lower Peninsula in the State of Michigan and associated with the North Star Resort and Campground, the AuSable Valley Inn, the Paddle Inn Restaurant, the Fairview Family Restaurant, the Steiner Museum, and CoopersVille USA, along with the smallest population of any Lower Peninsula county and the sixth-smallest population of any county within the entire State of Michigan. Also of interest within the county is the […]

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  2. Hype for the Future 224H: Lake County, Michigan

    Overview Lake County is a notable county in the northwestern portion of the State of Michigan and does not border any of the Great Lakes, in spite of the name of the county, with the community of Baldwin serving as the county seat. Today, the county is notable for serving as home to the Shrine of the Pines, Logger’s Landing in Luther, and the Rockwell Lake Lodge in the northeastern portion of the county, along with the iconic Harper Lake Resort in the northwest as well as a number of […]

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  3. Hype for the Future 221K: Antrim County, Michigan

    Overview Antrim County is a notable rural county located within the northwestern portion of Michigan’s Lower Peninsula and along the Lake Michigan shoreline of the State by way of the East Arm Grand Traverse Bay. Today, the county is notable for the communities of Elk Rapids, Bellaire, and Mancelona, with the community of Bellaire serving as the county seat and Routes 31 and 131 serving the respective communities of Elk Rapids and Mancelona. Within the Elk Rapids area, notable community […]

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  4. Hype for the Future 204N: Route 8 in Northern Wisconsin

    Introduction The Route 8 corridor is a notable east-west corridor located almost entirely within the State of Wisconsin between the Minnesota Twin Cities and a community known as Norway, Michigan. The portion of the highway in the State of Wisconsin is notable for consistently avoiding communities of 5,000 or more residents throughout the entirety of the route, including the Cities of Rice Lake and Rhinelander. City of Turtle Lake The City of Turtle Lake is a notable smaller community in […]

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  5. Hype for the Future 170H: Washington and Choctaw Counties, Alabama

    Overview Within the southwestern portion of the State of Alabama, two (2) notable counties to the north of Mobile along Route 17 are Washington and Choctaw Counties. Many of the small towns of the region are located along Route 17 and include the Towns of Chatom, Millry, Silas, Gilbertown, Needham, and Butler. The Towns of Chatom and Butler serve as the county seats of Washington and Choctaw Counties, respectively, with the latter home to the Mason Downtown hotel.

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  6. Hype for the Future 144B: Rural Utah Counties

    Overview Within the State of Utah, the western side of the state boundaries is largely identified as rural, including the vast majority of the areas within Box Elder, Tooele, Juab, Millard, Beaver, and Iron Counties. Though communities such as Beaver and Cedar City exist within the overall more sparsely populated area, the vast majority of the general vicinity remains culturally significant within the State of Utah and west into the State of Nevada. Similarly rural communities also extend […]

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