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Census-designated place & unincorporated community in Michigan, United States
Watersmeet, Michigan
Census-designated place (CDP) & unincorporated community
Location within Gogebic CountyLocation within Gogebic County
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Coordinates: 46°16′04″N 89°10′41″W / 46.26778°N 89.17806°W / 46.26778; -89.17806
CountryUnited States
StateMichigan
CountyGogebic
TownshipWatersmeet
Area
 • Total9.21 sq mi (23.84 km)
 • Land9.20 sq mi (23.83 km)
 • Water0.01 sq mi (0.01 km)
Elevation1,598 ft (487 m)
Population
 • Total408
 • Density44.35/sq mi (17.12/km)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code(s)49969
Area code906
FIPS code26-84360
GNIS feature ID1622065

Watersmeet is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Watersmeet Township, Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the CDP had a population of 428, out of a total population in the township of 1,417. The community was platted in 1884, designated as a station of the Milwaukee Lake Shore and Western Railroad.

Geography

The community is located in the northern part of Watersmeet Township, in the western part of Michigan's Upper Peninsula, at the confluence of Duck Creek with the Middle Branch of the Ontonagon River. U.S. Routes 2 and 45 cross at the southern edge of town; US 2 leads southeast 30 miles (48 km) to Iron River and northwest 41 miles (66 km) to Wakefield, while US 45 leads north 46 miles (74 km) to Ontonagon on Lake Superior and south 26 miles (42 km) to Eagle River, Wisconsin. The community is also served by the State Line Trail.

The community of Watersmeet 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. According to the United States Census Bureau, the Watersmeet CDP has an area of 9.2 square miles (23.8 km), of which 0.004 square miles (0.01 km), or 0.06%, is water.

Demographics

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Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
2020408—
U.S. Decennial Census

References

  1. "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 21, 2022.
  2. ^ "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Watersmeet CDP, Michigan". American Factfinder. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved December 19, 2016.
  3. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Watersmeet, Michigan
  4. Chicago and North Western Railway Company (1908). A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western Railroad. p. 136.
  5. "Amazing Michigan Trails for Hiking, Biking and More". michigan.org. Michigan Economic Development Corporation. 2020. Retrieved November 30, 2020. Michigan's longest and reddest rail-trail.
  6. "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 January 20, 2020.
  7. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
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