[3] The unincorporated communities of Hematite, Pulp, Ridgetop, Spread Eagle, and Tyran are also located in the town.

Florence and the area surrounding belonged to the Menominee and was a hunting and trapping region until iron was discovered there in the 1870s.

We all wish to call the new town and the mine Florence, to honor the first white woman who had courage enough to settle (for a while) in that rugged country.

[4][5][6] According to the United States Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,282 km2 (495 sq mi) or 316,956 acres (1,283 km2)).

Most residents of Florence county work in nearby Iron Mountain/Kingsford, Michigan.

Florence sports the largest ATV and snowmobile trail system in Wisconsin, and is a major county for those wanting to fish, hunt, or camp.

Press reports called it the largest such facility in the United States when it was damaged by an earthquake on September 7, 1889.