Official Name: | Wacousta, Michigan |
Settlement Type: | Census-designated place (CDP) & unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | Michigan#USA |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Pushpin Label: | Wacousta |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within the state of Michigan##Location within the United States |
Mapsize: | 250 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Michigan |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Clinton |
Subdivision Type3: | Township |
Subdivision Name3: | Watertown |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 23.29 |
Area Land Km2: | 23.09 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.20 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 8.99 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 8.91 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.08 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 1532 |
Population Density Km2: | 66.35 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 171.85 |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Elevation Ft: | 824 |
Coordinates: | 42.8203°N -84.6908°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code(s) |
Postal Code: | 48820 (DeWitt) 48822 (Eagle) 48837 (Grand Ledge) |
Area Code: | 517 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 26-82680[2] |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 2583768 |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Wacousta is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Clinton County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The CDP is located within Watertown Charter Township. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 1,440.[3]
The community of Wacousta 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]
The Wacousta CDP has a total area of 8.99sqmi, of which 8.91sqmi is land and 0.08sqmi (0.89%) is water.[3]
The Looking Glass River flows from east to west across the CDP.