Map of Michigan Center CDP

Michigan Center is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Jackson County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 4,672 at the 2010 census. The CDP is located within Leoni Township on the eastern border of the city of Jackson.

Michigan Center was platted as “Michigan Centre” in 1837 by Abel Fitch and Paul Ring, although there were settlements in the area from at least 1834. The name was presumably derived from the proximity to the Michigan meridian which divided the state into eastern and western portions for surveying. The community is not close to any sort of geographical center of the state. Fitch became the first postmaster in 1838.

Michigan Center began developing as a mill town on a tributary of the Grand River. There was a station on the Michigan Central Railroad. However, nearby Jackson rapidly outpaced Michigan Center, which has since become a bedroom community to the city.

Michigan Center CDP overview:
Name:	Michigan Center CDP
LSAD Code:	57
LSAD Description:	CDP (suffix)
State:	Michigan
County:	Jackson County
Elevation:	945 ft (288 m)
Total Area:	5.70 sq mi (14.76 km²)
Land Area:	5.04 sq mi (13.06 km²)
Water Area:	0.66 sq mi (1.70 km²)
Total Population:	4,609
Population Density:	914.30/sq mi (353.04/km²)
Area code:	517
FIPS code:	2653580
GNISfeature ID:	0632205

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Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 5.70 square miles (14.76 km), of which 5.04 square miles (13.05 km) is land and 0.66 square miles (1.71 km) (11.58%) is water.

Michigan Center is in eastern Jackson County, in the southern part of Leoni Township. The CDP shares a slight western border with the city of Jackson but is otherwise surrounded by Leoni Township on the north, east, and west with a southern boundary with Napoleon Township.

The community is situated primarily around the northern end of Center Lake, formed by a dam on a tributary of the Grand River. Several other nearby lakes on the same tributary form a connected chain of lakes: Round Lake, Price Lake, Moon Lake, Little Dollar Lake, Dollar Lake, Olcott Lake, Little Olcott Lake, Wolf Lake and Little Wolf Lake. Local residents travel between the first several lakes using small boats or personal watercraft.