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Sylvan Lake

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Also known as Sylvan Lake, Michigan, Sylvan Lake, MI

human settlement in Oakland County, Michigan, United States of America

Key facts

Country
United States
State
Michigan
County
Oakland
Incorporated
1921 (village), 1947 (city)
Type
Mayor–council
Mayor
Jim Cowper
Manager
John Martin
City
0.85 sq mi (2.20 km )
Land
0.52 sq mi (1.35 km )
Water
0.33 sq mi (0.86 km )
Elevation
955 ft (291 m)
Density
3,316.3/sq mi (1,280.42/km )
Metro
4,296,250 ( Metro Detroit )
Time zone
UTC-5 ( Eastern (EST) )
Summer dst
UTC-4 (EDT)
Zip code s
48320 ( Keego Harbor )
Fips code
26-77860
Website
Official website

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

Sylvan Lake is a city in Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. A northern suburb of Detroit, Sylvan Lake is located roughly 26 miles (41.8 km) from downtown Detroit, and borders Pontiac to the east. As of the 2020 census, Sylvan Lake had a population of 1,723. With a land area of 0.51 square miles (1.32 km), Sylvan Lake is the fourth-smallest city by land area in the state after Clarkston, Petersburg, and neighboring Keego Harbor.

Geography

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sylvan Lake” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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