Cooley Lake (White Lake Township, Michigan) Explained

Cooley Lake
Location:	Oakland County, Michigan
Coords:	42.6156°N -83.4526°W
Type:	Lake
Basin Countries:	United States
Area:	86acres
Max-Depth:	55feet
Elevation:	285m (935feet)
Pushpin Map:	Michigan
Pushpin Map Alt:	Location of the lake in Michigan.

Cooley Lake is a private, all-sports, 86acres Oakland County, Michigan lake located in White Lake Township.^[1]

Namesake

Solon Cooley (1830-1881), along with his wife Levantia (1836-1910) and their two children, lived on a 158acres farm in section 36 of White Lake Township, Michigan, on the shore of the lake that was named for them, Cooley Lake.^{[2] [3] [4]}

Solon was originally from Galen, New York.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Map . www.dnr.state.mi.us .
2. Web site: RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project: Wheeler, Decker, Johnson, Bonker and Houston Families . Wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com . 2018-08-31.
3. Web site: White Lake, Atlas: Oakland County 1872, Michigan Historical Map. Historic Map Works. LLC.. www.historicmapworks.com.
4. Web site: Archived copy . 2016-07-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160817174107/http://www.memoriallibrary.com/MI/Oakland/PLATS/1872whitelake.htm . 2016-08-17 . dead.