Watersmeet, Michigan | |
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,_MI_location.png) Location within Gogebic County | |
  Watersmeet Location within the state of Michigan  Watersmeet Watersmeet (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 46°16′04″N 89°10′41″W / 46.26778°N 89.17806°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Michigan |
| County | Gogebic |
| Township | Watersmeet |
| Area | |
| • Total | 9.21 sq mi (23.84 km2) |
| • Land | 9.20 sq mi (23.83 km2) |
| • Water | 0.01 sq mi (0.01 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,598 ft (487 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 408 |
| • Density | 44.35/sq mi (17.12/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP code(s) | 49969 |
| Area code | 906 |
| FIPS code | 26-84360[2] |
| GNIS feature ID | 1622065[3] |
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,[2] 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.[4]
- ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 21, 2022.
- ^ a b "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Watersmeet CDP, Michigan". American Factfinder. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved December 19, 2016.[dead link]
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Watersmeet, Michigan
- ^ 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.