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Wacousta, Michigan

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Country
  
United States

County
  
Clinton County

FIPS code
  
26-82680

Population
  
1,440 (2010)

State
  
Michigan

Time zone
  
Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)

Elevation
  
243 m

Area code
  
517

Wacousta, Michigan

Township
  
Watertown Charter Township

Weather
  
1°C, Wind NW at 26 km/h, 95% Humidity

Area
  
23.31 km² (23.05 km² Land / 21 ha Water)

Wacousta is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Watertown Charter Township, Clinton County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 1,440.

Geography

Wacousta is located in the western part of Watertown Township and consists of the original unincorporated community of Wacousta at the intersection of E. Herbison Road and S. Wacousta Road, and extending north and west from there for 1 mile (1.6 km) and south and east for 2 miles (3 km). The southern edge of the CDP follows Interstate 96, which has no exits directly serving the community. Downtown Lansing is 12 miles (19 km) to the southeast.

The Wacousta CDP has a total area of 9.0 square miles (23.3 km2), of which 8.9 square miles (23.1 km2) is land and 0.08 square miles (0.2 km2), or 0.87%, is water. The Looking Glass River flows from east to west across the CDP.

References

Wacousta, Michigan Wikipedia