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Bad Axe is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan, located in the Thumb portion of the Lower Peninsula. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 3,462. It is the county seat of Huron County.

The city's unusual name dates to the time of its settlement. While surveying the first state road through the Huron County wilderness in 1861, Rudolph Papst and George Willis Pack made camp at the future site of the city and found a much-used and badly damaged axe. At Pack’s suggestion, Papst used the name “Bad Axe Camp” in the minutes of the survey and on a sign he placed along the main trail .

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 5.5 km² (2.1 mi²), all land.

In the city the population was spread out with 24.2% under the age of 18, 8.5% from 18 to 24, 27.5% from 25 to 44, 21.6% from 45 to 64, and 18.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 87.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.1 males.

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