Cambria, Michigan
{{Use American English|date=July 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
|official_name = Cambria, Michigan
|settlement_type = Census-designated place (CDP) & unincorporated community
|image_skyline = Cambria, Michigan CDP (2022).jpg
|imagesize = 275
|image_caption = Looking south along Cambria Road
|pushpin_map = Michigan#USA
|pushpin_label = Cambria
|pushpin_label_position = top
|pushpin_map_caption = Location within the state of Michigan##Location within the United States
|coordinates = {{coord|41|49|19|N|84|39|54|W|region:US-MI|display=inline,title}}
|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = United States
|subdivision_type1 = State
|subdivision_name1 = Michigan
|subdivision_type2 = County
|subdivision_name2 = Hillsdale
|subdivision_type3 = Township
|subdivision_name3 = Cambria
|established_title = Settled
|established_date = 1835
|established_title1 = Platted
|established_date1 = 1878
| area_total_sq_mi = 1.26
| area_land_sq_mi = 1.24
| area_water_sq_mi = 0.03
| area_total_km2 = 3.26
| area_land_km2 = 3.21
| area_water_km2 = 0.08
| area_water_percent =
| population_as_of = 2020
| population_footnotes =
| population_density_km2 = 80.57
|timezone = Eastern (EST)
|utc_offset = -5
|timezone_DST = EDT
|utc_offset_DST = -4
|elevation_m =
|elevation_ft = 1070
|postal_code_type = ZIP code(s)
|postal_code = 49242 (Hillsdale)
|area_code = 517
|blank_name = FIPS code
|blank_info = 26-12680
|blank1_name = GNIS feature ID
|blank1_info = 622501{{GNIS|622501}}
|website =
|footnotes =
|pop_est_as_of =
|pop_est_footnotes =
|population_est =
|population_total = 258
|unit_pref = Imperial
|population_density_sq_mi = 208.74
}}
Cambria is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Hillsdale County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population of the CDP was 258 at the 2020 census. The community is located within Cambria Township.
History
File:Cambria, MI road signage.jpg
The area was first settled as early as 1835 when John and Andrew McDermid built a sawmill. Other settlers arrived by 1837, and a post office opened on December 14, 1840. The post office was named Woodbridge after Michigan governor William Woodbridge. By the next year, the community and township was named Cambria after Cambria, New York, which was the hometown of many of the early settlers. The post office was also renamed Cambria on June 1, 1841, and operated until August 22, 1853. The community was platted in 1878. The nearby Cambria Mills post office opened on April 17, 1848. This post office was later renamed and transferred to Cambria on November 28, 1882, but later closed completely on September 17, 1906.{{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 |type=Paperback |orig-date= 1973 |date=October 1, 1986 |publisher=Wayne State University Press |isbn = 978-0-8143-1838-6 |location=Detroit, Michigan| page=94}}
For the 2020 census, Cambria was included as a newly listed census-designated place, which is included for statistical purposes only. Cambria continues to remain an unincorporated community with no legal autonomy of its own.{{cite web| last= U.S. Census Bureau|url=https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/tigerwebmain/Files/tab20/tigerweb_tab20_cdp_mi.html|title=State of Michigan Census Designated Places|date=2020|accessdate=July 9, 2021}}{{GNIS|2806328|Cambria Census Designated Place}}
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of {{convert|1.26|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|1.24|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is land and {{convert|0.03|sqmi|sqkm|2}} (2.38%) is water.
The community is served by Reading Community Schools to the west in Reading.{{cite web|last=Michigan Geographic Framework|url=http://www.mcgi.state.mi.us/mgdl/pdfmaps/CountySchools/SD_BYCO_esize_HILLSDALE%20COUNTY.pdf|title=Hillsdale County School Districts|date=15 November 2013|accessdate=December 23, 2022}}
Demographics
{{US Census population
|2020= 258
|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}}
}}
References
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{{Hillsdale County, Michigan}}
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Category:Census-designated places in Hillsdale County, Michigan
Category:Census-designated places in Michigan
Category:Unincorporated communities in Michigan
Category:Unincorporated communities in Hillsdale County, Michigan
Category:Populated places established in 1835
Category:1835 establishments in Michigan Territory
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