Carp Lake, Michigan
Carp Lake, Michigan | |
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.jpg) Intersection of E. Gill Road and Paradise Trail | |
 Location within Emmet County | |
  Carp Lake Location within the state of Michigan  Carp Lake Location within the United States | |
| Coordinates: 45°41′40″N 84°46′45″W / 45.69444°N 84.77917°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Michigan |
| County | Emmet |
| Township | Carp Lake |
| Settled | 1880 |
| Area | |
• Total | 4.78 sq mi (12.37 km2) |
| • Land | 2.06 sq mi (5.33 km2) |
| • Water | 2.72 sq mi (7.04 km2) |
| Elevation | 725 ft (221 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 356 |
| • Density | 172.90/sq mi (66.77/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code(s) | 49718 |
| Area code | 231 |
| FIPS code | 26-13480[2] |
| GNIS feature ID | 622752[3] |
Carp Lake is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Emmet County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the CDP had a population of 357.[2] It is located within Carp Lake Township.
It was founded by Octave Terrian and later became a station on the Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad in 1880.[4]
Geography
[edit]Carp Lake is located in northeastern Emmet County, surrounding Lake Paradise, historically known as "Carp Lake". The community is in the eastern part of Carp Lake Township. U.S. Highway 31 (US 31) passes through the west side of the CDP, leading northeast 3.5 miles (5.6 km) to Interstate 75 and 7 miles (11 km) to Mackinaw City, and south 10 miles (16 km) to Pellston. Petoskey, the Emmet County seat, is 28 miles (45 km) south on US 31.
The community of Carp Lake was listed as a newly-organized census-designated place for the 2010 census, meaning it now has officially defined boundaries and population statistics for the first time.[5]
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Carp Lake CDP has a total area of 4.7 square miles (12.3 km2), of which 2.0 square miles (5.3 km2) is land and 2.7 square miles (7.0 km2), or 56.90%, is water.[2]
Demographics
[edit]| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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| 2020 | 356 | — | |
| U.S. Decennial Census[6] | |||
References
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 21, 2022.
- ^ a b c "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Carp Lake CDP, Michigan". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Retrieved February 11, 2016.[dead link]
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Carp Lake, Michigan
- ^ Romig 1986, p. 99.
- ^ "Michigan: 2010 Population and Housing Unit Counts 2010 Census of Population and Housing" (PDF). 2010 United States Census. United States Census Bureau. September 2012. p. III-5. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
- ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
Sources
[edit]- Romig, Walter (October 1, 1986) [1973]. Michigan Place Names: The History of the Founding and the Naming of More Than Five Thousand Past and Present Michigan Communities (Paperback). Great Lakes Books Series. Detroit, Michigan: Wayne State University Press. ISBN 0-8143-1838-X.
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