Carp Lake, Michigan
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Carp Lake is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Emmet County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the CDP had a population of 357.<ref name="Census 2010">Template:Cite webTemplate:Dead linkTemplate:Cbignore</ref> It is located within Carp Lake Township.
It was founded by Octave Terrian and later became a station on the Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad in 1880.Template:Sfn
Geography
Carp Lake is located in northeastern Emmet County, surrounding Lake Paradise, historically known as "Carp Lake". The community is in the eastern part of Carp Lake Township. U.S. Highway 31 (US 31) passes through the west side of the CDP, leading northeast Template:Convert to Interstate 75 and Template:Convert to Mackinaw City, and south Template:Convert to Pellston. Petoskey, the Emmet County seat, is Template:Convert south on US 31.
The community of Carp Lake was listed as a newly-organized census-designated place for the 2010 census, meaning it now has officially defined boundaries and population statistics for the first time.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Carp Lake CDP has a total area of Template:Convert, of which Template:Convert is land and Template:Convert, or 56.90%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010"/>