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Capac is a village in Mussey Township, St. Clair County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,890 at the 2010 census.

Capac village overview:
Name:	Capac village
LSAD Code:	47
LSAD Description:	village (suffix)
State:	Michigan
County:	St. Clair County
Founded:	1857
Elevation:	814 ft (248 m)
Total Area:	1.91 sq mi (4.95 km²)
Land Area:	1.86 sq mi (4.81 km²)
Water Area:	0.05 sq mi (0.13 km²)
Total Population:	1,983
Population Density:	1,067.28/sq mi (412.04/km²)
Area code:	810
FIPS code:	2613140
GNISfeature ID:	1624440

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History

Capac was founded and platted by a group of men from Romeo headed by George R. Funstan and Judge DeWitt C. Walker in 1857. The judge named it after Huayna Capac, Sapa Inca of the Inca Empire. A nearby post office named “Pinery” was transferred to and renamed “Capac” in January 1858. The Grand Trunk Railroad opened a station in 1866. Capac incorporated as a village in 1873.

Preston Tucker, designer of the 1948 Tucker Sedan, was born near Capac in 1903. Tucker is the subject of the 1988 movie Tucker: The Man and His Dream.

Roman Gribbs, mayor of Detroit from 1970 to 1974, was raised near Capac.

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Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 1.88 square miles (4.87 km), of which 1.83 square miles (4.74 km) is land and 0.05 square miles (0.13 km) is water.