Watersmeet, Michigan

Watersmeet is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Watersmeet Township, Gogebic County, Michigan, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the CDP had a population of 428,[1] out of a total population in the township of 1,417. The community was platted in 1884, designated as a station of the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways.[3]

Watersmeet, Michigan
Census-designated place (CDP) & unincorporated community
Location within Gogebic County
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Coordinates: 46°16′04″N 89°10′41″W
Country	United States
State	Michigan
County	Gogebic
Township	Watersmeet
Area
• Total	9.20 sq mi (23.84 km2)
• Land	9.20 sq mi (23.83 km2)
• Water	0.004 sq mi (0.01 km2)
Elevation	1,598 ft (487 m)
Population  (2010)
• Total	428
• Density	52.9/sq mi (20.4/km2)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (EDT)
ZIP code(s)	49969
Area code(s)	906
FIPS code	26-84360[1]
GNIS feature ID	1622065[2]

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 30 miles (48 km) to Iron River and northwest 41 miles (66 km) to Wakefield, while US 45 leads north 46 miles (74 km) to Ontonagon on Lake Superior and south 26 miles (42 km) to Eagle River, Wisconsin. The community is also served by the State Line Trail.[4]

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.[5] According to the United States Census Bureau, the Watersmeet CDP has an area of 9.2 square miles (23.8 km²), of which 0.004 square miles (0.01 km²), or 0.06%, is water.[1]