Brutus, Michigan
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{{Infobox settlement
|official_name = Brutus, Michigan
|settlement_type = Census-designated place (CDP) & unincorporated community
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|pushpin_label = Brutus
|pushpin_map_caption = Location within the state of Michigan
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|image_map = Brutus, MI location.png
|mapsize = 250
|map_caption = Location within Emmet County
|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = United States
|subdivision_type1 = State
|subdivision_name1 = Michigan
|subdivision_type2 = County
|subdivision_name2 = Emmet
|subdivision_type3 = Township
|subdivision_name3 = Maple River
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|established_title = Settled
|established_date = 1874
|unit_pref = Imperial
|area_magnitude =
|area_total_km2 = 7.32
|area_land_km2 = 7.31
|area_water_km2 = 0.01
|area_total_sq_mi = 2.82
|area_land_sq_mi = 2.82
|area_water_sq_mi = 0.00
|population_as_of = 2020
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|population_total = 202
|population_density_km2 = 27.62
|population_density_sq_mi = 71.56
|timezone = Eastern (EST)
|utc_offset = -5
|timezone_DST = EDT
|utc_offset_DST = -4
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|elevation_m = 207
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|postal_code_type = ZIP code(s)
|postal_code = 49716
|area_code = 231
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|blank1_info = 622148{{gnis|622148}}
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Brutus is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Emmet County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the CDP had a population of 218.{{cite web| url=http://factfinder2.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US2611380| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Brutus CDP, Michigan| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| access-date=February 11, 2016}}{{dead link|bot=medic|date=April 2020}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} Brutus is located within Maple River Township.
It was established with the building of an inn called the Brutus House in 1874.*{{cite book |first1=Walter |last1=Romig |title=Michigan Place Names: The History of the Founding and the Naming of More Than Five Thousand Past and Present Michigan Communities |series=Great Lakes Books Series |type=Paperback |orig-year= 1973 |date=October 1, 1986 |publisher=Wayne State University Press |isbn=081431838X |location=Detroit, Michigan |page=84}}
Geography
Brutus is located in eastern Emmet County, near the center of Maple River Township. US Highway 31 passes through the center of Brutus, leading north {{convert|4|mi|0}} to Pellston and south {{convert|3.5|mi}} to Alanson. Petoskey, the Emmet County seat, is {{convert|14|mi}} southbound on US 31.
The community of Brutus was listed as a newly-organized census-designated place for the 2010 census, meaning it now has officially defined boundaries and population statistics for the first time.{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/cph-2-24.pdf|title=Michigan: 2010 Population and Housing Unit Counts 2010 Census of Population and Housing | date = September 2012|publisher = United States Census Bureau| work = 2010 United States Census| access-date = February 29, 2020|page=III-5}}
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Brutus CDP has a total area of {{convert|7.3|sqkm|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|5985|sqm|acre|order=flip|1}}, or 0.08%, is water.
Education
In much of the CDP, the school district is Alanson Public Schools. In northern parts, the district is Pellston Public Schools.{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st26_mi/schooldistrict_maps/c26047_emmet/DC20SD_C26047.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Emmet County, MI|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|accessdate=2023-02-27}}
Demographics
{{US Census population
|2020= 202
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}
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References
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{{Emmet County, Michigan}}
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Category:Unincorporated communities in Michigan
Category:Unincorporated communities in Emmet County, Michigan
Category:Census-designated places in Emmet County, Michigan
Category:Census-designated places in Michigan