Wolverine Lake, Michigan
community in Michigan, United States
Wolverine Lake is a village in Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, Wolverine Lake had a population of 4,544. The village is located within Commerce Township.
History
Before 1918, Howard Stuart and L. A. Green proposed the idea of damming several small streams in order to create a larger lake. The project was completed in March 1923, and the growing community was petitioned to be named Wolverine Lake by the end of the year. The name was chosen after the wolverine, which is the state animal. Wolverine Lake incorporated as a village in 1954.
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 1.68 square miles (4.35 km2), of which 1.26 square miles (3.26 km2) is land and 0.42 square miles (1.09 km2) (25.0%) is water.
Demographics
2020 census
As of the 2020 census, Wolverine Lake had a population of 4,544. The median age was 45.1 years.
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