Watersmeet, Michigan


Watersmeet is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Watersmeet Township, Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the CDP had a population of 408, out of a total population in the township of 1,456. The community was platted in 1884, designated as a station of the Milwaukee Lake Shore and Western Railroad.

Geography

The community is located in the northern part of Watersmeet Township, in the western part of Michigan's Upper Peninsula, at the confluence of Duck Creek with the Middle Branch of the Ontonagon River. U.S. Routes 2 and 45 cross at the southern edge of town; US 2 leads southeast to Iron River and northwest to Wakefield, while US 45 leads north to Ontonagon on Lake Superior and south to Eagle River, Wisconsin. The community is also served by the State Line Trail.
The community of Watersmeet 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. According to the United States Census Bureau, the Watersmeet CDP has an area of, of which, or 0.05%, is water.

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