Capac, Michigan
| Capac, Michigan | |
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| village | |
 Location of Capac, Michigan |
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| Coordinates: 43°0′43″N 82°55′41″W / 43.01194°N 82.92806°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Michigan |
| County | St. Clair |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1.88 sq mi (4.87 km2) |
| • Land | 1.83 sq mi (4.74 km2) |
| • Water | 0.05 sq mi (0.13 km2) |
| Elevation | 814 ft (248 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 1,890 |
| • Estimate (2012) | 1,857 |
| • Density | 1,032.8/sq mi (398.8/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| FIPS code | 26-13140 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1624440 |
Capac is a village in Mussey Township, St. Clair County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,890 at the 2010 census.
Capac was founded and platted by a group of men from Romeo headed by George R. Funstan and Judge DeWitt C. Walker in 1857. The judge named it after Huayna Capac, Sapa Inca of the Inca Empire. A nearby post office named "Pinery" was transferred to and renamed "Capac" in January 1858. The Grand Trunk Railroad opened a station in 1866. Capac incorporated as a village in 1873.
Preston Tucker, designer of the 1948 Tucker Sedan, was born near Capac in 1903. Tucker is the subject of the 1988 movie Tucker: The Man and His Dream.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 1.88 square miles (4.87 km2), of which 1.83 square miles (4.74 km2) is land and 0.05 square miles (0.13 km2) is water.
As of the census of 2010, there were 1,890 people, 704 households, and 470 families residing in the village. The population density was 1,032.8 inhabitants per square mile (398.8/km2). There were 807 housing units at an average density of 441.0 per square mile (170.3/km2). The racial makeup of the village was 87.7% White, 0.3% African American, 0.6% Native American, 0.1% Asian, 8.0% from other races, and 3.2% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 18.9% of the population.
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