Official Name: | Vineyard Lake, Michigan |
Settlement Type: | Census-designated place (CDP) & unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | Michigan#USA |
Pushpin Label Position: | top |
Pushpin Label: | Vineyard Lake |
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: | Jackson |
Subdivision Type3: | Townships |
Subdivision Name3: | Columbia and Norvell |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 8.89 |
Area Land Km2: | 6.64 |
Area Water Km2: | 2.25 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 3.43 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 2.56 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.87 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 992 |
Population Density Km2: | 149.45 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 387.05 |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Elevation Ft: | 965 |
Coordinates: | 42.0867°N -84.2103°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code(s) |
Postal Code: | 49230 (Brooklyn) |
Area Code: | 517 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 2583767 |
Blank1 Name: | FIPS code |
Blank1 Info: | 26-82490 |
Vineyard Lake is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Jackson County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The CDP had a population of 980 at the 2010 census.[2] It is located within Columbia Township to the west and Norvell Township to the east.
The community of Vineyard Lake 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.[3]
According to the United States Census Bureau, the Vineyard Lake CDP has an area of 3.43sqmi, of which 2.56sqmi is land and 0.87sqmi (25.36%) is water.[3]
The community is in southeastern Jackson County, in the southeast corner of Columbia Township and the southwest corner of Norvell Township. It is bordered to the south by Cambridge Township in Lenawee County. The CDP surrounds Vineyard Lake, a natural water body along the River Raisin. The CDP includes the unincorporated communities of Sunset Beach and The Heights, each on the east side of the lake.
State highway M-124 forms the northern border of the Vineyard Lake CDP; the highway leads west 2miles to Brooklyn and southeast 5miles to Hayes State Park at Wamplers Lake.