 Calumet's nickname is Copper Town U.S.A.

What is now Calumet was settled in 1864, originally under the name of "Red Jacket", named for a Native American Chief of the Seneca tribe.Until 1895 the name "Calumet" was used by the nearby town of Laurium, Michigan; present day Calumet was not legally named so until 1929.Red Jacket grew due to the copper mines in the area.