Elizabeth Lake, Michigan

Coordinates: 42°38′14″N 83°23′18″W / 42.63722°N 83.38833°W

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Elizabeth Lake, Michigan
Unincorporated community
Elizabeth Lake Location within the state of Michigan
Coordinates: 42°38′14″N 83°23′18″W / 42.63722°N 83.38833°W / 42.63722; -83.38833
Country	United States
State	Michigan
County	Oakland
Township	Waterford
Settled	1834
Time zone	UTC-5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP codes(s)	48328 (Waterford)
Area code(s)	248
FIPS code	26-84240^[1]
GNIS feature ID	1627218^[2]

Elizabeth Lake is an unincorporated community in Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The community is located within Waterford Township. As an unincorporated community, Elizabeth Lake has no legally defined area or population statistics of its own, and it uses the Waterford 48328 ZIP Code.

Post office

In 1834, the first post office was established in Waterford Township on the north shore of Elizabeth Lake. It was named Lake Elizabeth Post Office.

Its first postmaster was an American Revolutionary War veteran^[3] named William Terry (b.1760-d.1840), who came to Michigan in 1824.^[4]

The post office was closed in 1841.^[5]

Namesake

Elizabeth Lake was named for the nearby lake, which was named for Elizabeth Cass, the wife of Territorial Governor of Michigan Lewis Cass.^[6]

Lake

The body of water named Elizabeth Lake is located south of Elizabeth Lake Road, north of Cass–Elizabeth Road, east of Cooley Lake Road, and west of Cass Lake Road. The sand-bottom lake is 363 acres (147 ha), making it the 13th largest lake in Oakland County, Michigan. At its deepest point, the lake is 72 feet (22 m) deep.^[7]

References

^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Elizabeth Lake, Michigan
^ Seeley, Thaddeus De Witt (1912). "History of Oakland County Michigan".
^ "Waterford Township Historical Timeline | Waterford, MI". waterfordmi.gov. Retrieved November 15, 2023.
^ Romig, Walter (1986). Michigan Place Names: The History of the Founding and the Naming of More Than Five Thousand Past and Present Michigan Communities. Wayne State University Press. ISBN 9780814318386.
^ Elizabeth Cass myheritage.com ^{[user-generated source]}
^ Oaklandlakeplace.com Archived March 5, 2016, at the Wayback Machine

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v t e Municipalities and communities of Oakland County, Michigan, United States
County seat: Pontiac
Cities	Auburn Hills Berkley Birmingham Bloomfield Hills Clarkston Clawson Farmington Farmington Hills Fenton‡ Ferndale Hazel Park Huntington Woods Keego Harbor Lake Angelus Lathrup Village Madison Heights Northville‡ Novi Oak Park Orchard Lake Village Pleasant Ridge Pontiac Rochester Rochester Hills Royal Oak South Lyon Southfield Sylvan Lake Troy Walled Lake Wixom	Map of Michigan highlighting Oakland County
Villages	Beverly Hills Bingham Farms Franklin Holly Lake Orion Leonard Milford Ortonville Oxford Wolverine Lake
Charter townships	Bloomfield Brandon Commerce Highland Independence Lyon Milford Oakland Orion Oxford Pontiac (defunct) Royal Oak Springfield Waterford West Bloomfield White Lake
Civil townships	Addison Groveland Holly Novi Rose Southfield
Unincorporated communities	Andersonville Austin Corners Brandon Gardens Campbells Corner Charing Cross Clintonville Clyde Commerce Davisburg Drayton Plains East Highland Elizabeth Lake Five Points Four Towns Gingellville Glengary Goodison Groveland Corners Hickory Ridge Highland Huron Heights Jossman Acres Kensington Lake Orion Heights Lakeville New Hudson Newark Oak Grove Oakley Park Oakwood Oxbow Perry Lake Heights Rose Center Rose Corners Rudds Mill Seven Harbors Springfield Thomas Union Lake Walters Waterford Waterstone West Highland Westacres White Lake
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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