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Lake Mohawk, Ohio

Lake Mohawk, Ohio
Census-designated place
Lake Mohawk is located in Ohio
Lake Mohawk
Lake Mohawk
Coordinates: 40°39′50″N 81°11′23″W / 40.66389°N 81.18972°W / 40.66389; -81.18972Coordinates: 40°39′50″N 81°11′23″W / 40.66389°N 81.18972°W / 40.66389; -81.18972
Country United States
State Ohio
County Carroll
Townships Brown, Harrison
Area
 • Total 4.5 sq mi (11.6 km2)
 • Land 3.7 sq mi (9.5 km2)
 • Water 0.8 sq mi (2.1 km2)
Elevation 1,030 ft (310 m)
Population (2010)
 • Total 1,652
 • Density 450/sq mi (173.8/km2)
Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
FIPS code 39-41443
GNIS feature ID

Lake Mohawk is a census-designated place (CDP) in Brown and Harrison townships of Carroll County, Ohio, United States, developed around Lake Mohawk, a reservoir. The population of the CDP was 1,652 as of the 2010 census.

Lake Mohawk was founded in 1963 by property developers as a planned community.

The Lake Mohawk community is situated on both sides of Lake Mohawk, a small reservoir on Middle Creek, a tributary of Sandy Creek, part of the Tuscarawas River watershed flowing to the Ohio River. The majority of the lake and community are in Brown Township, with the upstream end of the lake extending south into Harrison Township. The lake's outlet is 1.5 miles (2.4 km) south of the village of Malvern.

The community was established in 1963 by the American Realty Service Corporation on 1,728 acres (6.99 km2) of property. The lake is inside a gated community which contains approximately 1,700 property lots that are privately owned.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the Lake Mohawk CDP has a total area of 4.5 square miles (11.6 km2), of which 3.7 square miles (9.5 km2) is land and 0.81 square miles (2.1 km2), or 17.99%, is water.


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