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Michigan. It quickly outgrew the comparably sized community of Devils Lake at the north end of the lake. Steam launches ferried tourists from the depot
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The Devils Lake Drive-In-Church, a drive-in movie theater, closed its doors after 58 seasons due to the death of its operator. The
Manitou Beach Inn, a long-time staple of the business community, was destroyed by fire January 3, 2010. When the inn was rebuilt, it helped start revitalization of the
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Potawatomi leader Meteau (or Mitteau) after his daughter drowned in the lake and her body was never recovered. As she had been an able swimmer, Meteau believed her to have been taken by evil spirits.
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1599:communities
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1322:County seat
1045:Google Maps
927:January 31,
825:other races
699:US 223
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440:Devils Lake
434:Communities
428:Devils Lake
409:2020 census
341:ZIP code(s)
179: /
1744:Categories
1682:Sand Creek
1667:Ridgeville
1632:Evans Lake
1627:East Ogden
1474:Blissfield
1397:Blissfield
1024:October 3,
969:October 1,
862:References
802:As of the
632:Potawatomi
616:Potawatami
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164:41°58′32″N
1706:Footnotes
1637:Fairfield
1564:Woodstock
1499:Fairfield
1489:Deerfield
1479:Cambridge
1423:Deerfield
1204:March 11,
676:Geography
399:(CDP) in
371:FIPS code
359:Area code
307:Time zone
277:Elevation
234:Woodstock
225:Townships
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1607:Birdsall
1559:Tecumseh
1534:Ridgeway
1504:Franklin
1384:Villages
1362:Tecumseh
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1124:Archived
960:Archived
829:Hispanic
819:, 0.14%
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405:Michigan
375:26-50830
206:Michigan
1529:Palmyra
1484:Clinton
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1413:Clayton
1402:Britton
1392:Addison
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1240:June 4,
1042:(Map).
885:May 21,
847:males.
591:History
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348:49220 (
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218:Lenawee
192:Country
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1692:Tipton
1657:Medina
1642:Geneva
1612:Cadmus
1582:Jasper
1554:Seneca
1544:Rollin
1519:Medina
1509:Hudson
1456:Raisin
1446:Adrian
1428:Onsted
1352:Hudson
1347:Adrian
1339:Cities
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804:census
716:Census
494:Geneva
230:Rollin
213:County
1622:Dover
1597:Other
1524:Ogden
1514:Macon
1494:Dover
963:(PDF)
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821:Asian
809:White
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776:−2.9%
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756:2,080
741:2,061
395:is a
335:(EDT)
333:UTC-4
312:UTC-5
293:2,032
201:State
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1574:CDPs
1549:Rome
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1242:2016
1206:2010
1102:ISBN
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887:2022
791:0.6%
782:2020
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725:Note
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