Sylvan Lake, Michigan | |
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City of Sylvan Lake | |
Coordinates: 42°36′41″N 83°19′43″W / 42.61139°N 83.32861°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Michigan |
County | Oakland |
Settled | 1824 |
Incorporated | 1921 (village) 1947 (city) |
Government | |
• Type | Mayor–council |
• Mayor | Jim Cowper |
• Manager | John Martin |
Area | |
• City | 0.85 sq mi (2.20 km2) |
• Land | 0.52 sq mi (1.35 km2) |
• Water | 0.33 sq mi (0.86 km2) |
Elevation | 955 ft (291 m) |
Population (2020) | |
• City | 1,723 |
• Density | 3,313.46/sq mi (1,280.42/km2) |
• Metro | 4,296,250 (Metro Detroit) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
ZIP code(s) | 48320 (Keego Harbor) |
Area code(s) | 248 |
FIPS code | 26-77860[2] |
GNIS feature ID | 1614519[3] |
Website | Official website |
Sylvan Lake is a city in Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. A northern suburb of Detroit, Sylvan Lake is located roughly 26 miles (41.8 km) from downtown Detroit, and borders Pontiac to the east. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 1,720.[4] With a land area of 0.51 square miles (1.32 km2), Sylvan Lake is the fourth-smallest city by land area in the state after Clarkston, Petersburg, and neighboring Keego Harbor.