Official Name: | Eastport, Michigan |
Settlement Type: | Census-designated place (CDP) & unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | Michigan#USA |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Label: | Eastport |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within the state of Michigan |
Mapsize: | 250 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Michigan |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Antrim County |
Subdivision Type3: | Township |
Subdivision Name3: | Torch Lake |
Established Title: | Settled |
Established Date: | 1863 |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 5.18 |
Area Land Km2: | 5.15 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.03 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 2.00 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 1.99 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.01 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 206 |
Population Density Km2: | 39.85 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 103.21 |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Elevation M: | 185 |
Coordinates: | 45.1072°N -85.35°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code(s) |
Postal Code: | 49627 |
Area Code: | 231 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 26-24300[2] |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 625301 |
Eastport is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located in Antrim County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population of the CDP was 206 at the 2020 census. It is located in Torch Lake Township, and lies on an isthmus between Torch Lake and Grand Traverse Bay.
The area was settled by lumberman Murdock Andress in 1863, and a hotel was built in 1869. A post office named Wilson opened on March 29, 1872. It was renamed Eastport on September 8, 1873. The community became a popular shipping area along the east coast Grand Traverse Bay and the northern shores of Torch Lake. The name Eastport was derived from its eastern location along the bay, which was directly across the bay from Northport.[3]
The community of Eastport 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.[4]
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Eastport CDP has a total area of 2sqmi, of which 1.99sqmi is land and 0.01sqmi (0.50%) is water.[1]
Eastport is located at the northern tip of Torch Lake, Michigan's second-largest inland lake. The community also has a shoreline on Grand Traverse Bay, a large arm of Lake Michigan.