Official Name: | Carp Lake Township, Michigan |
Settlement Type: | Civil township |
Pushpin Map: | Michigan#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Carp Lake Township |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
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: | Ontonagon |
Leader Title: | Supervisor |
Leader Name: | Homer Colclasure |
Leader Title1: | Clerk |
Leader Name1: | Nancy Reath |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 225.59 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 224.84 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.75 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 582 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 3.21 |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Elevation M: | 313 |
Elevation Ft: | 1027 |
Coordinates: | 46.7372°N -89.6272°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code(s) |
Postal Code: | 49947 (Marenisco) 49953 (Ontonagon) 49968 (Wakefield) 49971 (White Pine) |
Area Code: | 906 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 26-13520[1] |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 1626034 |
Carp Lake Township is a civil township of Ontonagon County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population of the township was 582 at the 2020 census.[2] Part of Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park is within the township.
Carp Lake Township is the westernmost municipality in the United States to use Eastern Standard Time.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 225.59sqmi, of which 224.84sqmi is land and 0.75sqmi (0.33%) is water. It is the westernmost municipality in the United States to be in the Eastern Time Zone.
The township contains a substantial shoreline on Lake Superior.