| Karlin, Michigan | |
| Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
| Pushpin Map: | Michigan#USA |
| Pushpin Label: | Karlin |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Grand Traverse |
| Subdivision Type3: | Township |
| Subdivision Name3: | Grant |
| Established Title: | Settled |
| Established Date: | 1897 |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Elevation Ft: | 892 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code(s) |
| Postal Code: | 49643 (Interlochen) |
| Area Code: | 231 |
| Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank Info: | 629463 |
Karlin is an unincorporated community in the U.S. state of Michigan.[1] Part of Grant Township, Karlin is within Grand Traverse County, and is considered part of Northern Michigan. As an unincorporated community, Karlin has no legally defined boundaries or population statistics of its own.
An extension of the Manistee and North-Eastern Railroad northeast of Nessen City was completed in 1890.[2] A station was opened south of Interlochen known as Horicon, with a post office opening in 1897. Edward Wilson was the first postmaster at Horicon. The name of the community was changed in 1903 to Karlin, after Karlín, Austria-Hungary, from whence a number of local settlers originated.[3] The railroad line running through Karlin was removed in 1934.[4]