Carp Lake Township, Emmet County, Michigan
| Carp Lake Township, Michigan | |
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| Township | |
 Carp Lake Township, Michigan
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| Coordinates: 45°40′53″N 84°47′2″W / 45.68139°N 84.78389°WCoordinates: 45°40′53″N 84°47′2″W / 45.68139°N 84.78389°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Michigan |
| County | Emmet |
| Area | |
| • Total | 35.1 sq mi (91.0 km2) |
| • Land | 32.4 sq mi (83.8 km2) |
| • Water | 2.8 sq mi (7.2 km2) |
| Elevation | 719 ft (219 m) |
| Population (2000) | |
| • Total | 807 |
| • Density | 24.9/sq mi (9.6/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 49718 |
| Area code(s) | 231 |
| FIPS code | 26-13500 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1626033 |
Carp Lake Township is a civil township of Emmet County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 807 at the 2000 census.
Carp Lake is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in the township on the northwest shore of Lake Paradise at 45°41′46″N 84°45′53″W / 45.69611°N 84.76472°W.U.S. Highway 31 passes through the community, with Interstate 75 four miles (6.4 km) to the north and Mackinaw City and the Mackinac Bridge two miles further north. It was founded by Octave Terrian and later became a station on the Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad in 1880.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 35.1 square miles (91 km2), of which 32.4 square miles (84 km2) is land and 2.8 square miles (7.3 km2) (7.91%) is water.
As of the census of 2000, there were 807 people, 339 households, and 226 families residing in the township. The population density was 24.9 per square mile (9.6/km²). There were 728 housing units at an average density of 22.5 per square mile (8.7/km²). The racial makeup of the township was 92.94% White, 1.61% African American, 4.46% Native American, 0.12% from other races, and 0.87% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.87% of the population.
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