Vineyard Lake, Michigan

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.[1] It is located within Columbia Township to the west and Norvell Township to the east.

Vineyard Lake, Michigan
Census-designated place (CDP) & unincorporated community
Location within Jackson County
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Coordinates: 42°05′12″N 84°12′37″W
Country	United States
State	Michigan
County	Jackson
Townships	Columbia and Norvell
Area [1]
• Total	3.43 sq mi (8.9 km^2)
• Land	2.56 sq mi (6.6 km^2)
• Water	0.87 sq mi (2.3 km^2)
Elevation	965 ft (294 m)
Population  (2010)[1]
• Total	980
• Density	382.8/sq mi (147.8/km^2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code(s)	49230 (Brooklyn)
Area code(s)	517
GNIS feature ID	2583767[2]
FIPS code	26-82490

History

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]

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the Vineyard Lake CDP has an area of 3.43 square miles (8.88 km²), of which 2.56 square miles (6.63 km²) is land and 0.87 square miles (2.25 km²) (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 2 miles (3 km) to Brooklyn and southeast 5 miles (8 km) to Hayes State Park at Wamplers Lake.

References

1. "2010 Census Gazetteer Files - Places: Michigan". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved February 25, 2017.
2. "Vineyard Lake Census Designated Place". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
3. "Michigan: 2010 Population and Housing Unit Counts 2010 Census of Population and Housing" (PDF). 2010 United States Census. United States Census Bureau. September 2012. p. III-6, 26 Michigan. Retrieved May 2, 2020.