Negaunee is a city in Marquette County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 4,568 at the 2010 census. The city is located at the southwest corner of Negaunee Township in the Upper Peninsula. The city is home to the Michigan Iron Industry Museum and also a luge track. The name Negaunee comes from an Anishinabemowin word nigani (Ojibwa tribe) meaning "foremost, in advance, leading," which was determined to be the closest Anishinabemowin translation for pioneer.