Bad Axe, MI

united states

Bad Axe is the county seat of Huron County in Michigan's Thumb region, serving nearly 3,000 residents amid agricultural farmland. The main route is State Route 53 running north-south, with connections via State Route 46 from the west and State Route 25 from the lakeshore communities. The town gets its distinctive name from a surveyor's 1861 discovery of a broken axe blade embedded in a tree.