Map of Clare city, Michigan

Clare is a city mostly in Clare County in the U.S. state of Michigan. A small portion of the city extends south into Isabella County. The population was 3,254 at the 2020 census.

Clare was settled as early as 1870 and contains two listings on the National Register of Historic Places: the Clare Downtown Historic District and the Clare Congregational Church. The city is located along the junction of U.S. Route 10 and U.S. Route 127, and each highway has a business route (Bus. 10 and Bus. US 127) through the downtown area. M-115 also runs through the city.

Clare city overview:
Name:	Clare city
LSAD Code:	25
LSAD Description:	city (suffix)
State:	Michigan
County:	Clare County, Isabella County
Founded:	1870
Incorporated:	1885 (village) 1891 (city)
Elevation:	837 ft (255 m)
Total Area:	3.83 sq mi (9.92 km²)
Land Area:	3.72 sq mi (9.63 km²)
Water Area:	0.11 sq mi (0.28 km²)
Total Population:	3,254
Population Density:	874.26/sq mi (337.53/km²)
Area code:	989
FIPS code:	2615920
GNISfeature ID:	0623335

Online Interactive Map

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Clare online map. Source: Basemap layers from Google Map, Open Street Map (OSM), Arcgisonline, Wmflabs. Boundary Data from Database of Global Administrative Areas.

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Clare location on the Michigan map. Where is Clare city. — Location of Clare in Michigan.

History

Clare was founded with the coming of the Pere Marquette railroad in 1870. It was named after the county, which was named after County Clare in Ireland. The Clare post office opened on January 20, 1871. It incorporated as a village in 1879 and as a city in 1891.

Cops & Doughnuts is a bakery that opened in 2009 in the former Clare City Bakery that dates back to 1896.

Clare Road Map

Clare city Satellite Map

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 3.83 square miles (9.92 km), of which 3.72 square miles (9.63 km) is land and 0.11 square miles (0.28 km) (2.87%) is water.

The south branch of the Tobacco River flows through the city and also contains Lake Shamrock.

Climate

This climatic region is typified by large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and cold (sometimes severely cold) winters. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Clare has a humid continental climate, abbreviated “Dfb” on climate maps.