Northport (Michigan)
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Location in Michigan
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| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Michigan | ||
| County : | Leelanau County | ||
| Coordinates : | 45 ° 8 ′ N , 85 ° 37 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
| Residents : | 648 (status: 2000) | ||
| Population density : | 150.7 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 4.3 km 2 (approx. 2 mi 2 ) of which 4.3 km 2 (approx. 2 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 185 m | ||
| Postal code : | 49670 | ||
| Area code : | +1 231 | ||
| FIPS : | 26-58740 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 0633697 | ||
Northport is a village in Leelanau County in the US state of Michigan . Northport has 648 inhabitants on an area of 4.3 km². The population density is 150.7 / km². Northport is located on Grand Traverse Bay on a peninsula in Lake Michigan . Northport is also home to Woolsey Memorial Airport and Leelanau State Park . Northport was the county seat of Leelanau County from 1863 to 1883 .
Location
Famous people have also settled in the small village called Northport. This includes, for example, actor Tim Allen .
geography
The nearest settlements / towns are Suttons Bay (18 km), Ellsworth (29 km), Central Lake (29 km), Elk Rapids (31 km) and Charlevoix (35 km).
population
Based on data from the 2000 population census , the village has 648 residents and 174 families . The population density is 150.7 people / km². Of the 648 people, 96.1% are of European, 2.2% Native American, 0.3% African-American, 0.3% Asian and 1.1% of other descent.
There are 272 households in Northport. Children and young people under the age of 18 live in 21.7% of households. The average family size is 2.69 people.
18.4% of the population are under 18, 4.2% are older than 18 and younger than 24, 17.4% are older than 25 and younger than 44, 28.7% are older than 45 and younger than 64 and 31 , 3% are older than 65 years. The median age is 50 years. For every 100 women there are 86.7 men.
The average annual income for the population is $ 40,368. 9.1% of the population lives below the poverty line .
Religions
In Northport there is a Catholic village church called St. Gertrude , an Evangelical Lutheran church called Bethany Lutheran Church , a church of the United Church of Christ and an Episcopal church called St. Christopher .