Ponshewaing, Michigan
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|settlement_type = Census-designated place (CDP) & unincorporated community
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|map_caption = Location within Emmet County
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|subdivision_name1 = Michigan
|subdivision_type2 = County
|subdivision_name2 = Emmet
|subdivision_type3 = Township
|subdivision_name3 = Littlefield
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|area_total_km2 = 0.23
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|area_total_sq_mi = 0.09
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|area_water_sq_mi = 0.00
|population_as_of = 2020
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|population_total = 126
|population_density_km2 = 552.98
|population_density_sq_mi = 1431.82
|timezone = Eastern (EST)
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|postal_code = 49706 (Alanson)
|area_code = 231
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|blank1_info = 635223{{gnis|635223}}
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Ponshewaing ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|p|ɑ:|n|ʃ|ə|w|æ|ŋ}} {{respell|PON|shə|WANG}}) 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 69.{{cite web| url=http://factfinder2.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US2665420| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Ponshewaing CDP, Michigan| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| accessdate=February 12, 2016}}{{dead link|bot=medic|date=April 2020}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} It is located within Littlefield Township.
Geography
Ponshewaing is located in southeastern Emmet County, in Littlefield Township, on the north shore of Crooked Lake. It is bordered to the west by Oden. U.S. Route 31 passes through the community, leading southwest {{convert|9|mi|0}} to Petoskey, the county seat, and northeast {{convert|2|mi|0}} to Alanson.
The community of Ponshewaing 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|format=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| accessdate = February 29, 2020|page=III-5}}
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Ponshewaing CDP has a total area of {{convert|0.09|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, all land. Of Michigan's 212 census-designated places, Ponshewaing ranks as the smallest in terms of land area.
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Demographics
{{US Census population
|2020= 126
|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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{{Emmet County, Michigan}}
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Category:Unincorporated communities in Michigan
Category:Unincorporated communities in Emmet County, Michigan