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Three Lakes, Michigan

FieldValue
nameThree Lakes, Michigan
settlement_typeCensus-designated place (CDP) & unincorporated community
motto
image_seal
pushpin_mapMichigan#USA
pushpin_label_positionright
pushpin_labelThree Lakes
pushpin_map_captionLocation within the state of Michigan##Location within the United States
image_mapThree Lakes, MI CDP.png
mapsize250
map_captionLocation within Baraga County
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_nameUnited States
subdivision_type1State
subdivision_name1Michigan
subdivision_type2County
subdivision_name2Baraga
subdivision_type3Township
subdivision_name3Spurr
established_titleSettled
established_date1878
unit_prefimperial
area_footnotes
area_total_sq_mi7.86
area_land_sq_mi6.00
area_water_sq_mi1.86
<!-- Population -->population_as_of2020
population_total167
population_density_sq_mi27.83
<!-- General information -->timezoneEastern (EST)
utc_offset-5
timezone_DSTEDT
utc_offset_DST-4
elevation_ft1621
coordinates
<!-- Area/postal codes & others -->postal_code_typeZIP code(s)
postal_code49861 (Michigamme)
area_code906
blank_nameGNIS feature ID
blank_info1617894

Three Lakes is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Baraga County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The CDP had a population of 167 at the 2020 census. Three Lakes is located within Spurr Township.

History

Three Lakes was established as a mining settlement, and was given a station on the Marquette, Houghton and Ontonagon Railroad in 1878.

For the 2020 census, Three Lakes was included as a newly-listed census-designated place.

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Three Lakes CDP has a total area of 7.86 sqmi, of which 6.00 sqmi is land and 1.86 sqmi (23.7%) is water.

Three Lakes takes its name from its location near Beaufort Lake, George Lake, and Ruth Lake, which flow out through the Spurr River to Lake Michigamme. The community is located about 3.9 mi west of the Marquette County line.

Major highways

  • follows an east–west route through the community.

Demographics

References

References

  1. "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau.
  2. {{GNIS. 1617894. Three Lakes, Michigan
  3. "Geographic Names Information System".
  4. Romig, Walter. (1986). "Michigan Place Names: The History of the Founding and the Naming of More Than Five Thousand Past and Present Michigan Communities". [[Wayne State University Press]].
  5. "State of Michigan Census Designated Places - Current/TAB20 - Data as of January 1, 2020".
  6. "Geographic Names Information System".
  7. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov.
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