Rapid River, MI

Rapid River is an unincorporated community in Masonville Township, Delta County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The 2020 census counted 335 residents. Rapid River is situated on the northern end of the Little Bay de Noc between the mouths of the Tacoosh and Rapid rivers with the mouth of the Whitefish River just to the east. U.S. Highway 2 passes through Rapid River and joins with US 41 just west of town; the two then run concurrently from Rapid River south to Escanaba. Rapid River's local map joins its older history to the places and landscapes that still shape the town today, all within the wider Michigan setting. The local scoop is how Rapid River's history still shows up in the places people visit, work, learn, and meet. Rapid River includes the Rapid River. Rapid River includes the name was recorded as Rapid River.